Berliner Weisse First try
Berliner Weisse • All Grain • 5.5 gal
After 10 Years of mash Brewing this is going to be my biggest Challenge yet and its a beer of 2.5% and only around 4 IBU's and Sour.
March 27, 2008 pm 08:22pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 3.22 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
- 3.22 lbs
White Wheat Malt
White Wheat Malt
Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.
- 1.15 lbs
American Vienna
American Vienna
Increases malty flavor, provides balance. Use in Vienna, Märzen and Oktoberfest.
- 0.94 oz
Tettnanger - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
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Wyeast 1338 European Ale™
Wyeast 1338 European Ale™
From Wissenschaftliche in Munich. Full-bodied complex strain finishing very malty. Produces a dense, rocky head during fermentation.
Notes
Still working on this Add near boiling water to take the mash up to 50C for 30 minutes Add near boiling water to take the mash up to 64C for 1 hour Add near boilong water to take the mash up to 77C for 15 minutes Check gravity is around 1.030 Boil the Wort for 20 minutes Let the wort rest for 15 minutes. Collect 2 litres of wort for krausen for bottle conditioning Re-Boil this to make sure its sterile and seal in a plastic container, When cool freeze till bottling day. Rack wort to a sterilised 20 L drum and keep till Starter is ready for Fermentation day Ferment at 18C for 4 days Rack to secondary at 10C for 3 days. Rack Again for bottling. Warm up the krausen and add to the second secondary Mix and bottle as normal. Lager the bottles at 16C for 2 weeks
Style (BJCP)
Category: 17 - Sour Ale
Subcategory: A - Berliner Weisse
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.032 | 1.028 - 1.032 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.005 | 1.003 - 1.006 | |
| Color: | 3.1 SRM | 2 - 3 | |
| Alcohol: | 3.5% ABV | 2.8% - 3.8% | |
| Bitterness: | 6.9 IBU | 3 - 8 |
