Beer 2016.04

Overview

• Style: Chocolate Oktoberfest Ale
• Codename: Choktober
• Brewmaster:Ron Olson
• Based on: [1]
• Type: All-grain
• Initial Gravity: 1.050
• Final Gravity: ????
• ABV: ????
• Brewed: 2016-09-11
• Kegged: ????
• First served: ????
• Last served: ????

Brew Participants

Those who stuck through thick and thin:

• Ron (Brewmaster)
• Justin
• An
• Monica
• Jacob
• Corinna

Brewing

Mash

Grain Bill:

• 6.01lb German Munich Avengard (#424)
• 1.0lb UK Chocolate (#315)
• 1.0lb UK Pale Ale (#318)
• 1.0lb German Vienna (#427)
• 1.0lb CaraMunich (#412)

Mash Schedule:

• Type: Single step
• Equipment 10 gal igloo cooler
• Grain Weight: 12.0 lb
• Mash Water/Grain Ratio: 1.33 Qt/lb
• Grain Temp: ~65F
• Strike Water: 4 gallons (16 quarts) @ ~170F
• Mash Temp: ~150F (measured at end of mash)
• 60 Min Mash

Sparge

• Sparge Temp: ~168F
• 5 gallons (20 quarts)

Boil

• Start volume: ~5.5 gal
• Boil time: 60 min
• 1oz German Tettnang Hop Pellets (30 min)
• .5oz Czech Saaz Hop Pellets (30 min)
• .5oz Czech Saaz Hop Pellets (Flame Out)
• End volume: ~4.25 gal. Added .75 gallons of distilled water.
• Initial Gravity: 1.050 (after distilled water was added)