Cave Singer Oktoberfest Ale

My goal was to get as much brewing done as possible before I leave town for two weeks at the end of the month. A sale at Austin Homebrew Supply turned yesterday into a double brew day. Since I still had a Kölsch yeast cake, I decided to something with that. That led me to EdWort's Oktoberfest Ale using Kölsch yeast. I decided to buy my grain from AHS because they were having a free shipping special. I started modifying the recipe and came up with something more my size and economical. I tagged on a Wheat Stout kit (on special) from AHS to give me two brews and free shipping.

The brew day had some issues. The 12 pounds of grain for the Oktoberfest overflowed my mash tun. I ended up leaving about .75 pounds of grain out. I must have had some grain balls. I hit my mash temps pretty well and got pretty good efficiency. I started heating up the mash for the wheat stout during the final half hour of the boil. The whole brew day took about 7 hours, but I have 10 gallons of beer bubbling in the closet.

Cave Singer Oktoberfest Ale

Brew Type: All Grain	Date: 4/18/2010
Style: Oktoberfest/Marzen	Brewer: Matt
Batch Size: 5.00 gal	Assistant Brewer:
Boil Volume: 5.72 gal	Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %	Equipment: My Equipment
Actual Efficiency: 67.65 %

Taste Rating (50 possible points):

Ingredients

Amount	Item	Type	% or IBU
4.70 lb	Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM)	Grain	39.40 %
4.70 lb	Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)	Grain	39.40 %
0.95 lb	Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM)	Grain	7.96 %
0.95 lb	Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)	Grain	7.96 %
1.00 oz	Saaz [3.90 %] (60 min)	Hops	13.5 IBU
0.50 oz	Hallertauer [3.90 %] (30 min)	Hops	5.2 IBU
0.50 oz	Hallertauer [3.90 %] (15 min)	Hops	3.3 IBU
0.50 lb	Candi Sugar, Dark (275.0 SRM)	Sugar	4.19 %
0.13 lb	Honey (1.0 SRM)	Sugar	1.09 %
1 Pkgs	German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029)	Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Estimated Original Gravity: 1.058 SG (1.050-1.064 SG)	Measured Original Gravity: 1.060 SG
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.014 SG (1.012-1.016 SG)	Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Color: 23.9 SRM (7.0-14.0 SRM)	Color [Color]
Bitterness: 22.0 IBU (20.0-30.0 IBU)	Alpha Acid Units: 7.8 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.74 % (4.80-6.50 %)	Actual Alcohol by Volume: 6.52%
Actual Calories:

Mash Profile

Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge	Mash Tun Weight: 0.00 lb
Mash Grain Weight: 11.30 lb	Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Grain Temperature: 72.0 F	Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
Sparge Water: 3.54 gal	Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE

Name	Description	Step Temp	Step Time
Mash In	Add 14.13 qt of water at 165.9 F	154.0 F	60 min