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Aletoberfest Homebrew Recipe

This beer goes by many names: Aletoberfest, Mocktoberfest, Fauxtoberfest, ALToberfest. An ale version of a Marzen-style Oktoberfest as seen brewed by Ryan and Judi Schenian in Chop & Brew – Episode 13: Brewing Aletoberfest. Thanks to Ryan and Judi for sharing this recipe with the people! This is a quick-turning beer using ale yeast to

Chop & Brew – Episode 13: Brewing Aletoberfest

September 18, 2013chopandbrewEPISODESale brewing, aletoberfest, brewing beer at home, chip walton, chop and brew, fermentation, Homebrewing (Hobby), how to brew beer, how to make beer at home, Lager (Beer), lager tricks, making beer at home, oktoberfest, swamp cooler, wyeast 1007 german ale12 Comments

‘Tis the season for Oktoberfest! But not everyone has the temperature-controlled facilities to produce a truly and traditionally lagered Marzen-style beer. That’s okay. Chop & Brew found a workaround thanks to mother/son brew team Judi & Ryan Schenian. They had the great idea to brew an Oktoberfest beer, but to ferment it with a German