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Stewart Line Festbier - Conical This is almost the same beer as my Marzen. I used a bit less of CaraMunich I as I wanted a lighter, less roasty beer for the summer. This is still kind of malty for a Festbier. I have decided not to buy the bulk grains from Chile. Not German malts, so why do it? INGREDIENTS 12 lbs. Bohemian Pilsner 8 lbs. Munich I 6 lbs. Vienna 8 ozs. CaraMunich I 1.1 oz. Carafa Special III 34/70 Fermentis Lager Yeast - ( 5 Sachets ) Water Profile - Amber Full PH - 5.50 O.G. 1.051 F.G. - 1.012 % -     5.13 SRM - 7 BU - 26.6                                                                BREW DAY NOTES Very hot in the garage, but it is done. Added some water to the Robobrew chiller with ice and I think it was colder this way. This may be darker than the last one, but that is fine. Still not cooled down...

Robobrew I made this style back in Oct. 31, 2018. As usual, I quit making it. I hate it when I do that as this was a real nice beer. Buying some bulk grains in July, so this and the next one will give me an idea of how much grains to buy. Re-using this yeast and doing an over build with every starter. Decided to not buy the bulk grains from Chile. They are not German grains, and they most likely won't taste like this brew. Ingredients 5 lbs. Vienna Malt 4 lbs. Pilsner Malt 3 lbs, Munich I 8 ozs. CaraMunich I 3.4 g Carafa Special III 16.20 g Magnum at 60 min. 28.35 g Tettnanger at 20 min. 56.70 g Tettnanger at 5 min. 34-70 -  Fermentis Lager - 11.5 g sachets - ( 2 )  O.G. - 1.052 F.G. - % - SRM - 7 BU - 27.5 Water Profile - Amber Full PH - 5.50 - I am still going with this PH as it seems to me that when I lower it with any brew to                   5.2 - 5.3, it sucks, but my Amber beers seem to be fine with a PH of 5.5.   ...