Oktoberfest Ale
                       Malt Extract Recipe

                          James Perkins
                            8/22/2000

A real Oktoberfest is made with lager yeast, but I was not brave enough
to attempt that at the time I did this recipe. This ended up being a
delicious Oktoberfest... and the spices I tried ended up so mild as not
to be noticed.

Ingredients:

    10? # Light Malt Extract (don't remember for sure!)

    8 oz. Belgian Munich Malt 6-10L
    8 oz. German Vienna Malt 4L
    8 oz. Belgian Cara Munich 50-60L

    2 oz. ??? Hops

    1 Tbsp. allspice
    1 Tbsp. cinnamon
    1 Tbsp. fresh ginger root, grated

    3/4 cup corn sugar for bottling

    Enough water for 5 gal.

    White Labs California Ale Liquid Yeast

Hopping Schedule:
    1   oz. hops for entire 60 min of boil
    0.5 oz. hops for last   30 min
    0.5 oz. hops  for last   20 min

I threw in the spices for the last 5 min of the boil.

starting S.G. 1.052
ending   S.G. 1.018 on Day 8