Homebrewing
Oktoberfest and Festbier – A Lesson Learned

Long story short, always check your scale reading before measuring out grains or hops! Ok, now the medium length story. My son-in-law decided to throw an Oktoberfest party in his backyard this September and approached me about us doing a couple easy drinking, lower abv German beers for the party. We’ve got about three months
Brew Day: Dreadnought English Barleywine

So I like to brew beers based on concepts or themes. Purple Drank (purple, glitter, malt liquor), Aiming Fluid (ESB, think pubs and darts), and Summer Sass Cream Ale (hot cinnamon and orange tea). One that’s been cruising around in the back of my head for a while is the Dreadnought Series. Dreadnoughts are large