JP's Pickelhaube Festbier

All Grain Recipe

Submitted By: johnwpowell (Shared)
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Brewer: JP-2019-09-22
Batch Size: 5.50 gal	Style: Festbier ( 4B)
Boil Size: 7.08 gal	Style Guide: BJCP 2015
Color: 3.8 SRM	Equipment: JP's Grainfather
Bitterness: 24.7 IBUs	Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.057 (14.0° P)	Mash Profile: JP's Grainfather Medium Body
Est FG: 1.013 SG (3.3° P)	Fermentation: Lager, Three Stage
ABV: 5.8%	Taste Rating: 30.0

Ingredients
Amount	Name	Type	#
4.50 gal	JP's Salzburg, Austria	Water	1
8.70 ml	Lactic Acid (Mash 60 min)	Misc	2
2.61 g	Chalk (Mash 60 min)	Misc	3
2.39 g	Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60 min)	Misc	4
1.00 items	Campden Tablets (Mash 60 min)	Misc	5
0.05 g	Baking Soda (Mash 60 min)	Misc	6
7 lbs	Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM)	Grain	7
4 lbs	Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (3.0 SRM)	Grain	8
1.00 oz	Saaz [2.8%] - First Wort	Hops	9
0.75 oz	German Tradition [6.0%] - Boil 60 min	Hops	10
1.00 items	Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15 min)	Misc	11
1.00 items	Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10 min)	Misc	12
1.0 pkgs	German Bock Lager (White Labs #WLP833)	Yeast	13
1.0 pkgs	German Lager (White Labs #WLP830)	Yeast	14
1.10 items	Clarity Ferm (White Labs) (Primary 7 days)	Misc	15

Taste Notes

In the 1970s, Munich Breweries like Paulaner began to notice that paler versions of their Oktoberfestbier were selling better than the classic, full-bodied, copper-colored brew. So Paualaner initiated a return to the more Vienna-style Oktoberfest, which was lighter in body and color, in an an attempt to make it still taste great and yet be less filling.The result was festbier, which was adopted in 1990 os Oktoberfest’s official beer. Festiber provides a wonderful opportunity to fine-tune the balance between malty flavor, clean lager character, crisp though not quite bitter noble hop accents, and drinkability.

Notes

This beer recipe from Amahl Turczyn is featured in the January/February 2016 issue of Zymurgy magazine. Join the American Homebrewers Association or start your 30-day free trial to access the Zymurgy magazine digital archive and other exclusive member benefits!

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