Oktoberfest “Bamberfest” All Grain Recipe Kit

This All Grain Recipe Kit is for Rob’s Home Brew Smokes as part of our Seasonal Brewing Series on YouTube. To prepare for this years Oktoberfest, Rob, Stiffo and Rakey all decided they wanted to brew beers at the traditionally correct time of year which then allows the beer to age in cold conditions for a period of 6 months before drinking in September and October. Check out the video for this brewday here!

Rob’s take on a mix of favourite beer styles. Malty and rich Festbier with a 20% Rauchmalt addition. Lighter in colour than the traditional Bamberg style smoked beers making it highly drinkable . Bitter enough and lower in ABV to be able to drink in quantity.

Please note, yeast is optional in this recipe allowing you to choose a yeast or method of yeast prorogation that suits your style of brewing.

Check out the replies Rob or Rakey brewed as part of this project for alternative styles to celebrate Oktoberfest!

Ingredients Included

Weyermann Rauch Malt
Weyermann Barke Vienna Malt
Saazer – BarthHaas® Pure Hop Pellet (120 grams)

Yeast – Brewers choice. Rob recommends either
WLP920 Old Bavarian Lager – PurePitch® Next Generation or WHC Einstein

Method

Beer Style (main): European Lagers
Beer Style (sub): Bamberg-Style Maerzen Rauchbier
Batch Size: 23L
Original Gravity: 1.052
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV %: 5.2
IBU: 30
Mash efficiency: 80%

THE MASH
Temperature °C (Step 1): 50
Length (mins) (Step 1): 30
Temperature °C (Step 2): 66
Length (mins) (Step 2): 45
Temperature °C (Step 3): 75
Length (mins) (Step 3): 10

THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 60

Hop / kettle additions and timing:

Saaz 120g 60 Mins

Yeast: Whitelabs WLP920 Old Bavarian Lager Or WHC Einstein.
Fermentation temperature/steps: 11c for 14 days. 16c 4 days. 4c 28 days

Secondary additions:

Added Brewtan B to the entire water volume 32.16 litres – 0.32g
Added Brewbrite to the boil, 4g 10 mins before the end. Draw off a cup of wort at the beginning of boil, add the measured amount of brewbrite and stir sporadically through the boil. Add the entire cup back into the boil 10 mins before the end.
Protafloc and yeast nutrient added at flame out

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