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Kriegster's Bavarian Wheat

Kriegster's Bavarian Wheat

Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 10 gal

Kriegster

Teach a neighbor to brew day.

April 16, 2011 am 10:43am

3.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain10 gal)

  • 10 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 10 lbs Pale Wheat Malt; Weyermann®

    Pale Wheat Malt; Weyermann®

    German-grown top-quality wheat (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Ideal foundation grain for pale Weizenbiers, such as Hefeweizen and Kristallweizen. Essential ingredient in North American pub wheat ales. Adds creaminess, body, and complex wheat flavors to top-fermented beers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 80% in Bavarian-style Weizenbiers, up to 50% in North American pub wheat ales, up to 7% in Altbier and Kölsch. Suitability (beer styles): Ales: Hefeweizen, Kristallweizen, Weizenbock, Dunkelweizen, pub wheat ales, Altbier, Kölsch, light or low-alcohol beers

  • 1.0 oz Spalt Spalter - 4.1 AA% pellets; boiled 90 min

    Spalt Spalter

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • Wyeast 3056 Bavarian Wheat Blend™

    Wyeast 3056 Bavarian Wheat Blend™

    Blend of top-fermenting ale and wheat strains producing mildly estery and phenolic wheat beers.

Notes

Very low yield...very bad crsh on the wheat malt. Found many whole kernels of wheat. Prefer wheat flakes instead.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.045 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 3.9 SRM 2 - 8
Alcohol: 4.4% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 11.2 IBU 8 - 15

Discussion

Kriegster

Just OK -- Needs more body

2011-05-28 1:23pm

Given the poor crush on the wheat malt (too hard) this beer turned out thin on body. I will have to hand mill the wheat twice to get enough crush the next time. Great flavor, just not enough of it.

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