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Jwible, you're the man!

I don't know how the exact Original Recipe tasted because I added a few things to mine that I listed on this thread already. I loved how it turned out and my keg kicked in about 4 days. I'll be brewin 15 gallons of this for Punkin Chunkin this year.

I added mine to the keg. It was amazing. You'll be fine.

If I need to, I'll cold crash the starter, and decant the spent wort before pitching. I've always pitched the entire starter right at high krausen. I want my Octoberfest to be amazing.

Do you need to keep you lager yeast starter at cold temps? I was under the assumption that you could make the starter at room temp, pitch at room temp, then put it into the fermentation chamber. I can't make a cold starter. Please put my mind at ease.

Samichlaus Classic, Samichlaus Helles, DFH Palo Santo, Ayinger Dunkle, and DFH Burton Baton. I'm splitting all with a buddy.

Stone released MANY of their recipes for home brewers in their book, The Craft of Stone Brewing Co. They scaled them down for 5 gallon batches. It's a great book!

How about the best yeast to use for Oktoberfests? I make starters from Wyeast smack packs. Which Wyeast have you guys found to be the best?

Actually, I'm going to make it on August 1st. I just checked my calendar. 3 weeks primary and 6 weeks layering should do it. I'll keg it on Sept 29th hopefully and it'll be ready for October. Even though Oktoberfest is in Sept.!

Thanks. I just used 2.5 oz. in a Honey Orange Wheat beer on Saturday. 5 gal batch so I hope I'll be okay.

When does everyone here typically start brewing their oktoberfests? I'm thinking of brewing my first one (not my first lager) on August 18th. I'm hoping it'll be done around the end of October. I'm pretty late already I'm assuming.

How much orange peel was in it?

How much orange peel was in it?

My buddy Bon. He's the drummer inmy band. After helping out with two brews he began brewing himself. He picked up AG brewing quickly. Now we do two batches at the same time.

Water. I've cut down to three beers a week and only on the weekend. I need to drop some weight again.

I've used my hydrometer for years and know how to calculate abv. I know my set up yields 70% efficiency. So when I create a recipe using iBrewmaster and it gives me my abv based on my recipe and efficiency, I feel okay if I forget to take an OG reading. The beer still tastes awesome even if I...

I keep meticulous notes and make sure I hit my mash temps. Also, I let it ferment out for three to four weeks until I see it's fairly clear ( i can see an inch or two in from the side while looking at the yeast cake) and the yeast cake is compact. I also keg so I'm not worried about bottle bombs.

I've noticed on my last three beers I haven't taken hydrometer readings. I simply forgot to take the OG after the first one. I panicked then realized it was still going to be beer and as long as it tasted good I didn't care about the readings. If I were competing I'd obviously care way more. I...

I literally just brewed something so similar to this yesterday and I happened to stumble upon this thread. I'll post my recipe now and pics with tasting notes when it's ready. The cool thing is, my recipe used Wyeast 1056 American Ale because I wanted the malt and orange to shine through without...

Made a 1000ml starter at 6 a.m. In preparation for my Honey Orange Wheat that I will be brewing in an hour!