Ozark,
Thanks for the info. I got around to actually thinking about brewing Sunday and realized I wasn't even close to starting. I hadn't cleaned anything yet, and I didn't know how big my brew pot was. So I settled for doing some prelim stuff and figured out my brew pot was 3 gal.

I got a wort chiller and luckily my well water comes up from 535' below, so it's good and cold (I'm guessing in the 50's). Should be no problem dropping the wort temp quickly.

I'm going to try and brew this oktoberfest up this week before I leave to go hunting. My goal was a drinkable brew for thanksgiving, but I've screwed around too long for that. Just have to enjoy it at Christmas time.

Edit: Need to stay on topic... I just drank the last of all the beers

which was a Smithwick Irish. Next best thing is some Peach Cider I brought in from Colorado. Damn good stuff