Aventinus Clone AG
Weizenbock • All Grain • 5 gal
AG version of my extract. Requires some time in the bottle to be really good.
February 14, 2004 pm 09:14pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 6 lbs
American 6-row Pale
American 6-row Pale
Tends to increase lautering efficiency due to a stiffer husk. May be used as the base malt for any beer style. The enzymes in all varieties of the current crop are sufficient to support high percentages of specialty malts and adjuncts.
- 7.5 lbs
White Wheat Malt
White Wheat Malt
Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.
- 0.5 lbs
Belgian Aromatic
Belgian Aromatic
Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.
- .25 lbs
Caramel Wheat Malt
Caramel Wheat Malt
For dark ales, hefeweizen, dunkelweizen, wheat bocks and double bocks.
- 0.5 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 0.5 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.1 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 0.5 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
- 0.50 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
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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.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer
Subcategory: C - Weizenbock
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.069 | 1.064 - 1.090 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.017 | 1.015 - 1.022 | |
| Color: | 10.6 SRM | 12 - 25 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.9% ABV | 6.5% - 8% | |
| Bitterness: | 23.3 IBU | 15 - 30 |
Discussion
Not bad...a little light.
2007-02-13 10:50am
I would use some chocolate malt in the next go round.
