October is coming… time for a Märzen!
We are brewing this beer to enter into the Robert Cove Germanfest in the Bayou State, and to our local home brew supply competition at Sitta’s Brew Hub. Temps hit 100 degrees with a heat advisory in affect, so we worked our ass off on this beer. Note: We know this doesn’t fit in with the Meme’s Theme this year, but we wanted to switch it up for this October brew. We also wanted to enter the label into the Brew Your Own magazine label competition.
Update: This beer took 2nd place in Das Best Oktoberfest in Wisconsin.
(5 gallon batch)
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.042
Original Gravity: 1.054
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV: 4.1
Fermentables: 8.6lbs. Munich Dark Type II 2.5 lbs. Vienna Malt 0.5 lbs. Caramunich Type I 0.5 lbs. Carafoam 4 oz. Carahell 4 oz. Melanoidan Boil (hops in pellet form): 1.25 oz. - Hallertau Mittelfruh (2.9 AA) @60 0.75 oz. - Hallertau Mittelfruh (2.9 AA) @15 *Yeast Nutrient and Whirflock Tablet @10 * Lagered at 50-55 degrees for three weeks.
Yeast: WLP 830 - German Lager Yeast