Spotted Tongue 2026 Czech Out My Hefe
Weissbier • All Grain • 5.5 gal
Recipe submission for 2026 Summer Of Homebrew competition.
May 8, 2026 pm 01:01pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 5.4 lbs
Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®
Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®
Czech-grown two-row spring barley. Traditional, authentic floor malt produced in Czech. Republic according to highest Weyermann® quality standards. Up to 100% of total grain bill. All lagers (especially Czech. Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener) as well as low-alcohol, “light”, and ales.
- 5.4 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
- 1.2 lbs
Barke® Munich Malt; Weyermann®
Barke® Munich Malt; Weyermann®
Weyermann® Barke® Munich Malt brings forth enhanced body and dark-beer aroma, and richly malt-aromatic with notes of honey, and biscuit. Weyermann® Barke® Munich Malt brings forth enhanced body and dark-beer aroma, and richly malt-aromatic with notes of honey, and biscuit. Barke® Munich malt, like the other Barke® Line malts possess excellent process characteristics in the brew house and during filtration, along with increased extract efficiency, strong malt flavor and classic characteristics for original Munich Dunkels. Suitable for Dark Beers, “Schwarzbier”, “Festbier”, Bock Beer, Octoberfest styles, Belgian Dubbels, “Kellerbier”, Stouts, and Munich Dunkels. SKU: MWEY1014
- 0.5 oz
Czech Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Czech Saaz
Very mild. 'Noble'.
- 0.5 oz
Czech Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Czech Saaz
Very mild. 'Noble'.
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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
Yeast is actually Lallemand Munich Classic Wheat Beer, a dried strain. Wheat malt is actually Weyermann Floor Malted Bohemian Wheat Malt.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - German Wheat Beer
Subcategory: A - Weissbier
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.049 | 1.044 - 1.053 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.011 | 1.008 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 5.6 SRM | 2 - 6 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.0% ABV | 4.3% - 5.6% | |
| Bitterness: | 14.6 IBU | 8 - 15 |
