dabre4
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Hi all,
I brewed up a Weizen today, pretty close to this recipe linky
I have been brewing all grain for quite a while now, and have been getting my final gravities pretty spot on based on the efficiency of my system (80%).
This is the recipe I put down, I hit all temperatures in the mash schedule spot on and had no problems in the brew process.
15-A Weizen/Weissbier
Size: 21.0 L
Efficiency: 80.0%
Attenuation: 73.0%
Calories: 166.9 kcal per 12.0 fl oz
Original Gravity: 1.050 (1.044 - 1.052)
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 (1.010 - 1.014)
Color: 12.49 (2.0 - 8.0)
Alcohol: 4.79% (4.3% - 5.6%)
Bitterness: 14.3 (8.0 - 15.0)
Ingredients:
2.75 kg Pale Wheat Malt (Weyermann)
0.8 kg Pilsner Malt (Weyermann)
0.8 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann)
0.18 kg Caramunich TYPE I
26.0 g Hallertau (5.2%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
9.0 g Hallertau (5.2%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
0.0 tsp Irish Moss - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 ea Weihenstephan Weizen 3068
Schedule:
00:03:00 Mash in - Liquor: 9.77 L; Strike: 55.36 C; Target: 50.0 C
00:23:00 Enzyme Rest - Rest: 20 min; Final: 50.0 C
00:24:00 Infusion 1 - Water: 5.53 L; Temperature: 93.3 C; Target: 64 C
01:24:00 Protein Rest - Rest: 60 min; Final: 64.0 C
01:25:00 Infusion 2 - Water: 5.65 L; Temperature: 96.3 C; Target: 72 C
02:25:00 Sparge - Sparge Volume: 18.9 L; Sparge Temperature: 73 C; Runoff: 18.91 L
Results generated by BeerTools Pro 1.5.12
So everything is fine and dandy, the wort is cool, and I take the final gravity reading. Its 1.035!!! What the hell! That comes out as a 56% efficiency. I have no idea how this happened. I added about one litre of water before I took the reading because the amount in the fermenter was a bit low (I often do this, and still normally get the correct FG, its normally because I boiled the kettle too low)
Firstly, does anyone know where I went wrong? This is my first wheat beer, does a lot of wheat result in lower efficiencys?
Secondly is there anything I can do to fix the brew? I don't really want a light weizen. Only thing I can think is to add some wheat extract, but who knows what that would do to the beer!
I'm massively pissed, I hate going to all that effort if the results are shithouse.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
I brewed up a Weizen today, pretty close to this recipe linky
I have been brewing all grain for quite a while now, and have been getting my final gravities pretty spot on based on the efficiency of my system (80%).
This is the recipe I put down, I hit all temperatures in the mash schedule spot on and had no problems in the brew process.
15-A Weizen/Weissbier
Size: 21.0 L
Efficiency: 80.0%
Attenuation: 73.0%
Calories: 166.9 kcal per 12.0 fl oz
Original Gravity: 1.050 (1.044 - 1.052)
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 (1.010 - 1.014)
Color: 12.49 (2.0 - 8.0)
Alcohol: 4.79% (4.3% - 5.6%)
Bitterness: 14.3 (8.0 - 15.0)
Ingredients:
2.75 kg Pale Wheat Malt (Weyermann)
0.8 kg Pilsner Malt (Weyermann)
0.8 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann)
0.18 kg Caramunich TYPE I
26.0 g Hallertau (5.2%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
9.0 g Hallertau (5.2%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
0.0 tsp Irish Moss - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 ea Weihenstephan Weizen 3068
Schedule:
00:03:00 Mash in - Liquor: 9.77 L; Strike: 55.36 C; Target: 50.0 C
00:23:00 Enzyme Rest - Rest: 20 min; Final: 50.0 C
00:24:00 Infusion 1 - Water: 5.53 L; Temperature: 93.3 C; Target: 64 C
01:24:00 Protein Rest - Rest: 60 min; Final: 64.0 C
01:25:00 Infusion 2 - Water: 5.65 L; Temperature: 96.3 C; Target: 72 C
02:25:00 Sparge - Sparge Volume: 18.9 L; Sparge Temperature: 73 C; Runoff: 18.91 L
Results generated by BeerTools Pro 1.5.12
So everything is fine and dandy, the wort is cool, and I take the final gravity reading. Its 1.035!!! What the hell! That comes out as a 56% efficiency. I have no idea how this happened. I added about one litre of water before I took the reading because the amount in the fermenter was a bit low (I often do this, and still normally get the correct FG, its normally because I boiled the kettle too low)
Firstly, does anyone know where I went wrong? This is my first wheat beer, does a lot of wheat result in lower efficiencys?
Secondly is there anything I can do to fix the brew? I don't really want a light weizen. Only thing I can think is to add some wheat extract, but who knows what that would do to the beer!
I'm massively pissed, I hate going to all that effort if the results are shithouse.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers