
Bird's Best
Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 5 gal
Very basic Hefeweizen for my wife, her favorite style
April 27, 2012 am 11:27am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 5 lbs
Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®
Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics:Perfect foundation grist for all 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, Belgian beers
- 5 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
- .5 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
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White Labs WLP380 Hefeweizen IV Ale
White Labs WLP380 Hefeweizen IV Ale
Large clove and phenolic aroma and flavor, with minimal banana. Refreshing citrus and apricot notes. Crisp, drinkable hefeweizen. Less flocculent than WLP300, and sulfur production is higher.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer
Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.052 | 1.044 - 1.052 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 1.010 - 1.014 | ![]() |
Color: | 4.1 SRM | 2 - 8 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 5.2% ABV | 4.3% - 5.6% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 9.4 IBU | 8 - 15 | ![]() |