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Weizen/Weissbier • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal

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Bavarian Hefeweizen with a little extra bitterness, since I'm a Hophead.

May 15, 2003 pm 03:25pm

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5.5 gal)

  • 2.5 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

  • 2.5 lbs Midwest Wheat Malt

    Midwest Wheat Malt

    Light flavor and creamy head. For American weizenbier, weissbier and dunkelweiss.

  • 3 lbs Wheat Liquid; Alexanders

    Wheat Liquid; Alexanders

    American-made malt extract which is famous for its very light color. The light color of this malt extract makes it ideal for brewing many American and German style beers. 60% wheat & 40% 2 row barley, great base for wheat beers.

  • 0.882 oz Hallertauer Tradition - 5.3 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Tradition

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • .25 oz Hallertauer Tradition - 5.3 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Hallertauer Tradition

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • .25 oz Hallertauer Tradition - 5.3 AA% whole; boiled 0 min

    Hallertauer Tradition

    Fine, '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.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.041 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 4.1 SRM 2 - 8
Alcohol: 4.1% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 23.9 IBU 8 - 15

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