Festbier

[abeamer]

Ordered all the ingredients for 6 beers...luckily delivered when the SWMBO was out magic timing!

Minor faux pas....forgot the yeast for the Festbier. Seen a few (well most of the vids) on a popular steaming site and there seems to be a lot of options of yeast to use....obvs not Lutra!

any good suggestions?

 

[Brew_DD2]

Imperial L17 (Augustiner strain) is my absolute favourite. WHC sells it as Helles Fire Club.

 

[sifty]

If you're considering dry, I used Mangrove Jack's M76 Bavarian lager for a festbier. Couple of packs from memory, ABV around 5.8%.
Worked well...

 

[Ninja7]

Lol i do same try plan delivery around wifes work days
Anyway i made my first october festbeer last year with wyeast 2633 octoberfest lager blend , the beer came out my best beer to date . Im a czech pilsner man myself and it smashed all my past pilsners with wyeast 2001 pc , wyeast 2278 and wlp 833 bock .

I went back done the fest beer again same recipee but with 833 bock Yeast and a tiny bit of melanoidin malt . The beer was no where as good or nothing special
I will be doing the fest beer again this year with the 2633 and evan gona try that yeast in a few light pilsners this summer

 

[MrRook]

A clean ale yeast would also work.

 

[Rakey]

Omega Oktoberfest is what I used last year on a Festbier and just done another batch for this year using it.