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Red Heff

Red Heff

Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 10 gal

Stoked45

A twist on the Heff, going for a red hue, I'm sure Heffner had a redhead playmate somewhere!

August 3, 2011 pm 10:00pm

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Ingredients (All Grain10 gal)

  • 9 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

  • 9 lbs White Wheat; Rahr

    White Wheat; Rahr

    Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.

  • 2 lbs Crystal 60; Great Western

    Crystal 60; Great Western

    Similar to C40 but with a more extensive roasting to a target color of 60° ASBC. Has a more pronounced caramel flavor to coincide with the color.

  • 0.73 lbs Rice Hulls

    Rice Hulls

    Rice Hulls are used as a filter medium, mostly used in all grain wheat beers to help prevent a stuck mash.

  • 1 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 3.7 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Hersbrucker

    Mild to strong. 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Amarillo® - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Amarillo®

    Grown in Washington. A newer multi-use hop with a nice citrus-flower bouquet and medium-high acid content suited for bittering. Used in American Ales and IPAs.

  • White Labs WLP320 American Hefeweizen Ale

    White Labs WLP320 American Hefeweizen Ale

    This yeast is used to produce the Oregon style American Hefeweizen. Unlike WLP300, this yeast produces a very slight amount of the banana and clove notes. It produces some sulfur, but is otherwise a clean fermenting yeast, which does not flocculate well,

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.050 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 12.8 SRM 2 - 8
Alcohol: 5.0% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 12.4 IBU 8 - 15

Discussion

Stoked45

Turned out great

2011-09-02 6:41pm

Not so red, more like orange, but a nice american hef.

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