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Recipe Suggestions/Help

Post by broon »

Anyone had/heard of Tucher? They make a helles with a light blue lable that I can't get here and would like to try and brew it. Suggestions?
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Hefe Weizen?

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Are you referring to their Helles Hefeweizen or is this a Munich Helles?
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Hefeweizen

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It's the Hefeweizen.
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Watered Down Hefeweizen

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I don't have a recipe specific to this beer, although I may be able to point you in the right direction. Tucher Helles Hefeweizen is a refreshing beer but the flavor is kind of weak and the body is rather thin in comparison to the typical weizen. If I were attempting to brew this beer, I would find a good Weizen recipe and tone it down to a less hearty version. Maybe create a recipe that starts your gravity between around 1.040 and 1.045, which is the bottom end of the spectrum for that beer style. This will probably yield you with a refreshing summer brew, so if I were you I would get cracking before the summer is gone. If you want somthing more specific let me know and I will try to help formulate a recipe for you. Just be sure to let me know if you brew extract, partial mash, or all grain.
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Thanks

Post by broon »

Thanks for your advice. It's been about two years since I've had the beer. I don't remember the Tucher that I had being watered down so maybe it's not the hefe that I'm looking for. I recently did a Weihenstephaner Hefe-weissbier clone that was excellent and I would hate to water that down. I guess I need to make the four hour drive to get some samples so I can be sure.

I would try any all grain recipes you might have for the other Tucher beers. Thanks again.
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