This batch is basically a repeat of Octoberfest 08. The only thing I did differently was accidentally let the temperature get up to 160ºF while steeping the grains. I was reading a magazine waiting for it to come up to temperature, and I didn't check it soon enough, so I shut the flame off and set the timer for 20 minutes. It was 152ºF when the timer went off. I followed the rest of the procedure from the last batch, and even got the same OG reading: 1.056.

Please refer to the previous article for the recipe.

(Oops, I forgot that I had this article set as "Draft" so it didn't publish when it was supposed to. My apologies.)

Update - 10.6.08: Gravity stands at 1.014 after racking to the secondary.

Update - 10.20.08: FG was 1.012 after racking to the keg for a ABV of 5.8%.