"Marzen" beer: AKA "Oktoberfest"?

[morticaixavier]

I think I will drop by on one of the meetings to check it out. I'll PM you.


Cheers!

Cool! I hope to have some Marzen for sharing this month

 

[divrguy]

Cool! I hope to have some Marzen for sharing this month

Love to try it! I'll also bring a Paulaner Salvator (not a fake one from Bevmo...a just flown over one from Germany), a Hacker Psychorr Marzen (again real) and one of the best damm IPA's in existence.... Oh that would be mine! Might have to bring 2 they are real good!... Lol


Cheers!

 

[Scottie61]

Let us know how it turns out. Being a newbie, I'm far from being set up for lagers. After a couple more kit beers, I may try my hand at AG, unless there is a good ME kit out there somewhere. So far, I've not been able to find one.

I don't have a cooling setup for lagers, either. I brewed it yesterday, and it's in primary now. Used a Marzen recipe brewed with Wyeast Kolsch yeast that I wanted to use up.

I'm calling it a "Marsen-style Amber Ale", and I kept the IBUs on the low side for an AM. Amber Style (~26 ibu) to barely fit into the Marsen range. So, FWIW, IBUs will be on the high end for a Marsen, but on the low end for an Amber. I'm not a big hop nut, either, and I tend more towards aroma than flavor bitterness.

I also used American rather than Euro variety hops (Centennial and Willamette), just to rebel a little more from the style! :rockin:

We've had such a seemingly long and cold winter where I am, so since I name most of my brews when I label the bottles, I'm thinking of calling this one Spring Break Marzen-style Amber, and should be a good bridge between the Oatmeal stout I just did for winter, and my light cream ale I brew for summer.

Scott