
Dark Wheat Ale
Dunkelweizen • Partial Mash • 5 gal
Found a coopers signature wheat kit in my closet that was bought over a year ago. Wanted to make something using the coopers kit that was a bit more challenging than extract brew.
November 23, 2012 pm 12:34pm
Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5 gal)
- 2 lbs
German Dark Munich
German Dark Munich
Enhances body and aroma. Stout, schwarzbier, brown ale, dark and amber ales.
- 3 lbs
English Wheat Malt
English Wheat Malt
Light flavor, creamy head. For wheat beers, stouts, doppelbocks and alt beers.
- 0.5 lbs
American Chocolate Malt
American Chocolate Malt
Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.
- 3.75 lbs
Unhopped Wheat; Coopers
Unhopped Wheat; Coopers
- 1.1 lbs
Unhopped Plain Light; Coopers
Unhopped Plain Light; Coopers
- .6 oz
Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 4.5 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
Bring 4 gallons of water to 154 degrees. Steep Grains at 154 degrees for 45 minutes. Sparge grains with 2.5 gallons of water at 170 degrees. Add extracts while stirring vigorously to avoid scorching on bottom of pot. Bring to boil. Once boiling add hops for 60 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit 15 minutes. Cool wort to below 80 degrees and add yeast.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer
Subcategory: B - Dunkelweizen
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.062 | 1.044 - 1.056 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.014 | 1.010 - 1.014 | ![]() |
Color: | 19.7 SRM | 14 - 23 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 6.3% ABV | 4.3% - 5.6% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 13.4 IBU | 10 - 18 | ![]() |
Discussion
Great beer
2013-01-24 9:34am
Beer has aged 2 months in bottles and tastes great.