Amber Oktoberfest

[flowerbug]

I'm still drinking off the keg of this malty sweet Oktoberfest. It's a truly wonderful brew. And it just keeps getting better over time. I need to brew this earlier, say like in Jan or Feb for a awesome Oktoberfest brew in October. It seems to me, I best like a beer with no more than 10 IBU (International bitterness unit). Using 1/4 of the hops called for, puts this brew around 5.5 IBU which is about 1/2 as less bitter as Coors Light, which is around 10 IBU. But with this brew however you can actually taste the malty sweetness and that's the way I like it. I'm really going to miss this beer when I pull the handle on the facuet and it spurts out foam instead of beer.

if you start another batch now that just means the next round comes sooner rather than later. winter is a good time to be a brewin'...

 

[flowerbug]

I like the way you think...

My wife asked me: what do you want for Christmas, Santa Clause? Well... Santa Clause wants a new 9mm pistol for Mrs Clause and Santa wants a Mash & Boil with pump With the mash and boil, I can go all grain. No more liquid or dried malt extracts. Besides it will come in handy for soups and canning so it's really for both of us also. Plus it can be a s t I l l with an optional s t I l l pot lid I'll most likely solder my own though.

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Brewer's Edge® Mash & Boil With Pump

The Brewer's Edge® Mash & Boil with Pump is an all in one 110 volt mashing and boiling unit for 2½ to 5 gallon batches of all grain beer. Also useful as a heated fermenter when using Kveik yeast.

www.williamsbrewing.com

My first all grain will be this Irish red ale

Brighid's Irish Red Ale

This Irish-style red ale recipe took home a medal in the 2009 Great American Beer Festival® Pro-Am competition.

www.homebrewersassociation.org

those are both truly things of beauty, but i can skip the high tech versions as i dislike things that may break and need servicing years later. the ale i would enjoy some sips by the looks of it.