Oktoberfest recipe suggestions?

[bustyraker]

I'd like to brew an Octoberfest this weekend and plan to do a decoction. I brew alot of hefeweizens so I'm familiar with the process. This will be my first lager so hopefully it turns out.

 

[govner1]

There is a very good recipe in “Beer Captured” from the German brewery Ur. Great beer.

 

[GoeHaarden]

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Take your pick....

 

[Queequeg]

I have never brewed one but I have brewed both a Vienna and a marzen. My inclination based on both of these beers would be to go for something like 30 pilsner, 50 Vienna, 20 Munich I.

 

[specharka]

I'd like to brew an Octoberfest this weekend and plan to do a decoction. I brew alot of hefeweizens so I'm familiar with the process. This will be my first lager so hopefully it turns out.

It depends specifically which style you’re interested in replicating. Traditional Marzen is an amber lager with a strong malty character; Festbier brewed for Munich’s Oktoberfest is basically a strong Munich Helles / Munich Exportbier, lighter in color and only touched with a faint grainy-sweet character.

Marzen (Traditional Oktoberfest) Recipe
1.055 OG, 1.014 FG, 22.5 IBU, 6.8 SRM

48% Vienna
30% Munich Light
20% Pilsner
2% Acidulated

18 IBU Hallertau @ 60 min
4.5 IBU Hallertau @ 15 min

WLP833 @ 50F for 2 weeks, 65F for 1 week, 35F for 3+ weeks

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I just use even amounts of all three, Vienna, Munich and Pilsner with hallertau

 

[cactusgarrett]

It depends specifically which style you’re interested in replicating

This. Figure this part out first, then we can take it in a more pointed direction.