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Widmer Hefeweizen clone w/ sweet orange peel

Widmer Hefeweizen clone w/ sweet orange peel

American Wheat or Rye Beer • Extract • 5 gal

mikevw57

Great clone. Have brewed numerious times, with great results. Wife, friends and neighbors love it.

September 7, 2008  04:11pm

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • .5 lbs American Munich

    American Munich

    Munich Dunkels. Adds color/nutty flavor. Sometimes called Aromatic.

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • 6 lbs Dry Wheat;Muntons

    Dry Wheat;Muntons

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

  • 1.5 oz Tettnanger -4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Tettnanger -4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 2 oz Cascade -5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • .5oz Sweet orange peel -(omitted from calculations)

    Sweet orange peel

  • White LabsWLP320American Hefeweizen Ale

    White LabsWLP320American Hefeweizen Ale

    This yeast is used to produce the Oregon style American Hefeweizen. Unlike WLP300, this yeast produces a very slight amount of the banana and clove notes. It produces some sulfur, but is otherwise a clean fermenting yeast, which does not flocculate well,

Notes

Steep specialty grains for 30 minutes at 150-154 degrees. Add dried sweet orange peel at last 15 minuted of boil.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 -Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: D -American Wheat or Rye Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.053 1.040 -1.055
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.008 -1.013
Color: 12.4 SRM 3 -6
Alcohol: 5.3% ABV 4% -5.5%
Bitterness: 46.4 IBU 15 -30

Discussion

mikevw57

Another batch in the keg

2008-10-07 9:21pm

Another batch has graced my kegs once again. This is hands down, my wife's favorite beer. I would love to give it a 5 star rating, but due to the darker color, I'l give it a 4.

roogy

Question for the Author

2009-05-28 3:05pm

Was your "Volume Boiled" really 6 gallons as the recipe states? Or, was that the final "fill" volume when the OG reading was taken? I brewed your recipe last weekend. Looking forward to the results. Thanks for posting it.

mikevw57

Reply

2009-05-28 8:41pm

Yes I began with a 6gal boil, and took my OG reading at end of boil, which was 5 gal. Let me know how it turns out.

ruggend

great clone!

2011-04-23 9:31pm

This beer is outstanding and easy to brew. Maybe tone down the bittering hops to 1oz but very good beer!!! Thanks for sharing.

shawn7245

Question

2022-08-16 4:35pm

Did anyone brewing this have what's called a Krausen blowout during the fermitation process?

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