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[Poptop]

It's added to my beer order

[Poptop]

Welp, it appears from several posts above in this thread pics are disappearing again. I use imgur. Anyone else?

[Big Nake]

Welp, it appears from several posts above in this thread pics are disappearing again. I use imgur. Anyone else?

The latest board kerfuffel caused some links to end up dead. I brought this to Scott's attention and he said they would be fixed eventually.

[Big Nake]

You guys are probably getting tired of these beers but here I go again: This is the 7th batch that I made with the Bayern yeast... my "American Lager". It just finished carbing at 10:30 this morning. I just ran the yeast off the bottom of the keg and then drank about a half glass of this beer. Then I tapped this one:



It's just as good as the previous 6 batches and maybe I should have kept it instead of retiring it. Anyway, this is a recipe that I'm particularly fond of and proud of because it's so drinkable and it's a beer that I envisioned making when I started brewing in 1999. Had I known that it would take me 15+ years to get it right, I might have gone over to the needlepoint forum instead. Cheers Beerheads.

[positiveContact]

The head on that beer looks fantastic.

[Poptop]

An absolute beauty Ken. Bayern is on my next order for sure.

[Big Nake]

More Oktoberfest Lager...





These were the beers I was meant to make and drink. I'm floored by how good this very simple recipe came out. Two grains. One hop variety added only one time. Great yeast and suitable water.

[HVB]

Looks awesome.

[neddles]

Fantastic. Wish I was there to sample.

[Big Nake]

Now the dunkel with Omega Bayern yeast...



Get in muh belly!

[positiveContact]

just what the doctor ordered!

[Poptop]

Looks good Ken. What would be a good commercial example of a Dunkel to pick up for R&D? The style interests me but I'm not sure if it's too malty for my schedule yet.

[HVB]

Looks good Ken. What would be a good commercial example of a Dunkel to pick up for R&D? The style interests me but I'm not sure if it's too malty for my schedule yet.

 Andechs or Ayinger are the ones I reach for in the store.

 

[Poptop]

Andechs or Ayinger are the ones I reach for in the store.

Thank you kindly

[Big Nake]

If you have a good bottle shop with German styles, look for anything German... Andechs and Ayinger are great. Hofbrau, Augustiner, Spaten, etc.

On the maltiness: It's a balance with this style (like many others) where you have Munich 2, pilsner and carafa. You can get the right percentage of Munich 2 and pilsner malt for your palate and you can also adjust the water to help you. For this style I want to avoid that overly-malty finish. It's a malty style so you need to have SOME of that but bumping the sulfate just a hint can help to get a slightly drier finish in the beer that makes you want to chug it take another sip. If you're squeamish about it being too malty, you have tools. If you want me to post my dunkel water numbers, let me know. It's not like that's the only way to go but it's what I came up with after futzing with it a number of times.

[Poptop]

Thanks man. Let me research some.

[positiveContact]

Oatmeal stout

Edited by pickle_rick, 14 October 2017 - 01:16 PM.

[Mya]

beauty

 

 

definitely has the oaty head

[neddles]

Inspiring. Been a while since I made a stout.

[positiveContact]

beauty


definitely has the oaty head

yeah. seems to be doing the job.