RecipeDB - Bavarian Wheat beer #5

[Weizguy]

Bavarian Wheat beer #5

Ale - Weizen/Weissbier
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Brewer's Notes

Use Muntons DME and Muntons wheat DME. Also use genuine wheat yeast in liquid form to get the right profile. This actually won a BoS trophy at a local comp.

Can get away with a 7 litre boil, using the wheat DME and the hops for 60 min, then add the remaining malt for the last 5 min. Top up to volume in the fermentor, after cooling the kettle/pot in the sink. Ferment at around 20° (cooler or warmer depending on the profile you want).

Malt & Fermentables

%	KG	Fermentable
	1.5 kg	Briess DME- Weizen
	1.5 kg	Muntons DME - Light

Hops

Time	Grams	Variety	Form	AA
	25 g	Saaz (Czech) (Pellet, 4.0AA%, 60mins)

Yeast

500 ml

Wyeast Labs 3068 - Weihenstephan Weizen

23L Batch Size

Brew Details

• Original Gravity 1.05 (calc)
• Final Gravity 1.013 (calc)
• Bitterness 11.1 IBU
• Efficiency 100%
• Alcohol 4.81%
• Colour 11 EBC
• Batch Size 23L

Fermentation

• Primary 7 days
• Secondary 7 days
• Conditioning 2 days

 

[unterberg]

I am going to give that one a go.

My last one was:
1.2 kg of Muntons Wheat DME
1.5 kg of Coopers Wheat LME
300g Carawheat
Hallertau to 15 IBU
Wyeast 3068

Turned out quite nice even though a touch darker than true to the style.
Also I did a ferment at 18C and for my taste not enough esters with that yeast.
Next time definitly the 20C!