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Maiden's Kiss

Maiden's Kiss

Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 5 gal

Drunken Viking

My take on a classic German Weisen bier.

April 19, 2012 pm 07:40pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 7 lbs Wheat Malt Pale (Organic); Weyermann®

    Wheat Malt Pale (Organic); Weyermann®

    Wheat malt is produced by using german quality wheat from certified organic cultivation. All Weyermann Specialty Malts are produced according to the strict “German Purity Law“. Weyermann does not use any genetically manipulated materials.

  • 6 lbs Premium Pilsner Malt Extra Pale; Weyermann®

    Premium Pilsner Malt Extra Pale; Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest) Varieties: Barke & Scarlett Product Characteristics:Perfect foundation grist for all extra pale lagers. Excellent modification and favorable protein and glucan levels. Excellent lautering properties. Provides finished beer with substantial body and mouthfeel, as well as good foam development and head retention. Very flexible grain with high extract efficiency for reliable lager-making in any brew house, including pub ale systems. Yields optimum results for any process⎯from single-step to multi-step infusion, to decoction. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): All lagers, especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer

  • 2 lbs Weyermann CaraFoam®; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraFoam®; Weyermann

    Pilsner, Lagerbier, alcohol-reduced Beer, Light Beer, Bock Beer

  • 1 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 Mittelfrüher - 4.4 AA% pellets; boiled 90 min

    Hallertauer Mittelfrüher

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • 1 ea Lemon zest - zest of 1 lemon (omitted from calculations)

    Lemon zest

    Has a slight sweet odor and a subtle mild sweetness. One medium lemon has about 3 tablespoons of grated peel.

  • 1 tsp Irish Moss - supermoss (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

    A dried red-brown marine algae. Fining agent to remove large proteins. Negatively charged polymer attracts positively charged protein-tannin complexes (extracted from grain husks and hops) during the boil. This action is aided by the clumping of proteins in the boiling process. Irish moss settles to the bottom of the brew kettle with spent hops and hot break material at the end of the boil.

  • Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen™

    Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen™

    Unique top-fermenting yeast which produces the unique and spicy weizen character, rich with clove, vanilla and banana. Best results are achieved when fermentations are held around 68F.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.075 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.018 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 9.4 SRM 2 - 8
Alcohol: 7.6% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 22.1 IBU 8 - 15

Discussion

V3D0

Question about lemon zest

2012-06-05 1:14pm

When is the lemon zest added? During the fermentation, during the boil...?

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