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Oberdorfer Dark Clone

Oberdorfer Dark Clone

Dunkelweizen • Extract • 5 gal

mikey2

Adapted from Horst Dornbusch recipe in BYO - Sep/03, reduced bitterness level a bit - More like Oberdorfer Dark.

August 23, 2003 am 09:12am

4.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • .5 lbs German Vienna

    German Vienna

    Increases malty flavor, provides balance. Use in Vienna, Märzen and Oktoberfest.

  • .5 lbs Munich Malt

    Munich Malt

    Sweet, toasted flavor and aroma. For Oktoberfests and malty styles

  • .3 lbs Caramel Wheat Malt

    Caramel Wheat Malt

    For dark ales, hefeweizen, dunkelweizen, wheat bocks and double bocks.

  • .1 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • 6.5 lbs Liquid Wheat Extract

    Liquid Wheat Extract

    Made with a preponderance of wheat malt (55%) for the production of wheat or Weiss beers. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • .75 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Mittelfrüher

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • .75 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Hallertauer Mittelfrüher

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • .25 oz SINAMAR color extract - (omitted from calculations)

    SINAMAR color extract

  • 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.

Notes

Use Weyermann Bavarian Hefeweizen liquid extract & "dehusked" chocolate malt. Bring grains slowly (30min) up to 170F in .5 G water, rinse with .5 G 165F water, add extract, bring vol to to 2.5 G, boil and add bittering hops (60min), add flavor hops last 30 min of boil. Add 1tsp Irish moss last 15 min. Cool & add to 3 Gal cool water to end at 5 Gal @ 68F. Pitch yeast, and lower temp (over 2-3 days) to 45F and ferment. After 1 wk from pitching, rack and let temp come up to room temp (70F) for 2-3 days, add 1Qt of sterile wort that was saved, and bottle condition for 1-2 wks, then cold condition @ 45 F for at least 2 Wks. Adapted from BYO Sept/03, Pg 20.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: B - Dunkelweizen

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.055 1.044 - 1.056
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 14.5 SRM 14 - 23
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 18.5 IBU 10 - 18

Discussion

mikey2

Nice beer.

2008-04-26 5:47pm

This was a very nice dark-wheat beer (#50)

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