Sounds good I would like to check out your recipe. I've been wanting to brew an Oktoberfest too. Just finished scaling a recipe for my pilsner that I got from byo.com. Here it is Bohemian Pilsener (3 gallons/11.4 L, all-grain) OG = 1.056 (13.9 °P) FG = 1.016 (4.2 °P) IBU = 40 SRM = 4 ABV = 5.3% Ingr...

Hey Pete, Thanks for the reply and all the info! I've been thinking about the things you mentioned in your reply and I think what I am going to do is have a little bit of an experiment. I am going to take my 3-gallon batch and split half of it to a smaller fermenter that I can move to the fridge for...

So I'm a newer brewer with some extract brews and two biab brews under my belt and I want to brew a Pilsner. This time of year the garage is perfect for cold fermentation at a pretty stable 50 degrees. I'm pretty confident on brewing and fermenting the beer, but I have questions on the lagering phas...

Hi guys! My name is Matt from Northern Illinois USA. I'm pretty new to brewing but not beer drinking! I found out about this site listening to an older podcast from basic brewing radio. I've been wanting to try all grain brewing and biab sounds like the way to go for me. I'm getting ready to give it...