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Decided to try my hand at brewing an altbier yesterday. Brewers Best extract kit. Hopefully the next brew I will get to play with real grain, just got a brewing bag not too long ago.
 
Brewed Yoopers house pale with Amarillo instead of cascade on Saturday. Smoked brisket on Sunday and smoking ribs today
 
I'm brewing an Oktoberfest for a party in September. 10 gallons with a single decoction.

Here's last year's party:

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and last year's beer:

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That was one of the worst brew sessions I've had in a long time. Almost nine hours. I kept missing my temps and the pre-boil gravity was higher than my target SG. I've never had that happen before. I ended up dumping 2 gallons of wort before the boil and adding 2 gallons of water. I had to add another gallon of water to the fermenters! Then one of the rubber grommets I use to seal the thermowell fell into the bucket. I just left it.
 
Go Green! Hey, isn't O'Fallon brewing right in your neighborhood? Do they have a taproom, maybe sell ingredients?
 
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