It's no surprise to anyone who knows me, but Fall is by far my favorite time of year. Leave out the great holidays and weather. My birthday also falls at the end of October, not to mention most folks start spending more time with family and friends indoors and enjoying the wonderful food of the season(Pumpkin Cheesecake anyone?). In the last few years I've been discovering the amazing variety of beers that accompany Autumn. Recently, I brewed a great Pumpkin Amber ale with a biscuit note, (if interested send me an email for the recipe). You'll find my Pumpkin Porter in an earlier post. But lets not forget the fall classic (and I'm not talking about the New York Yankees winning another World Series, Boo yeah), I'm talking about Oktoberfest!
This year I'll be debuting mine at my wedding on November 20th.
So to say Cheers and welcome in another wonderful Fall Season:
Zorn's Harvest Fest bier (Oktoberfest!)
Grain:6.5# German Pilsner
6# Vienna
3# Munich
.75# Crystal 60
.5# British Amber
.25 Carafoam
Hops: 25IBU
1oz Tettnanger, 1oz Hallertau @ 60
.5oz Tett and .5oz Hallertau @ 30
.5oz Tett and .5oz Hallertau @ 10
Years:
Oktoberfest WLP820
Mash at 122F for 30min, 153 for 60min, 165 Mashout
54F for Primary, Lager at 38F for 1 MonthOG 1.058 (6.5 gl)
First of the Wedding Brews...
