BJCP Style: 8A - Munich Dunkel
BJCP:
Deeply bready-toasty, often with chocolate-like flavors in the freshest examples, but never harsh, roasty, or astringent; a decidedly malt-balanced beer, yet still easily drinkable.
Full recipe is on BrewersFriend, but here's the TL;DR:
- Brewday: 2019-7-28
- Malts: Munich Light (6°L), Chocolate
- Hop: Magnum
- Yeast: W34/70 - Weihenstephaner
- OG: 13.2°P; FG: 2°P; ABV: 6%
- Kegged: 2019-8-20
Grains: Munich and some Chocolate
Crushed in the bag
Mash temp
Bag out
Floor Manager Steve on the job
Ready to chill
Brew session beer: Session IPA
Into the fermenter
Pitched yeast halfway through the fill so it could get nice and blended
Wort sample
OG 13.2 - 74% brew house efficiency
Away we go! This was part of a 4 brew weekend during which I made all the German brews for this years Oktoberfest.
2019-8-18 (+21): uncarbonated sample. This got gelatin in the keg so it should lose its haze over the next couple of weeks
2019-8-21 (+24): Mostly clear sample - already tasting clean
2019-9-21 (+55): full pour. coming up on Oktoberfest in 1 week!
