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Weiss Men Can't Dunkel

Weiss Men Can't Dunkel

Dunkelweizen • Extract • 5 gal

JohnM

Edelweiss Clone Extract Recipe

June 14, 2006 pm 07:04pm

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 0.25 lbs Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.

  • 0.5 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • 0.125 lbs Honey Malt

    Honey Malt

    Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.

  • 5.75 lbs Dry Wheat; Muntons

    Dry Wheat; Muntons

    Made with a preponderance of wheat malt (55%) for the production of wheat or Weiss beers. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 3.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Hersbrucker

    Mild to strong. 'Noble'.

  • White Labs WLP300 Hefewizen Ale

    White Labs WLP300 Hefewizen Ale

    This famous German yeast is a strain used in the production of traditional, authentic wheat beers. It produces the banana and clove nose traditionally associated with German wheat beers and leaves the desired cloudy look of traditional German wheat beers.

Notes

Steep grains for 20 min at 150F. Primary 7 days. Secondary 10 days. Bottle with 1.25 cups wheat DME.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: B - Dunkelweizen

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.050 1.044 - 1.056
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 13.2 SRM 14 - 23
Alcohol: 5.1% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 14.2 IBU 10 - 18

Discussion

JohnM

One of my favorite recipes

2006-11-07 12:41pm

This turned out to be one of my favorite recipes. Even my wife enjoyed this beer, and she is not big on homebrew. The 5 gal batch only lasted about 2 weeks after serving it to some friends.

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