Not So Humble Hefe
Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 15 gal
A 75% Wheat Hefe!
November 18, 2008 pm 12:53pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 15 gal)
- 6.25 lbs
German 2-row Pils
German 2-row Pils
- 18.75 lbs
German Wheat Malt Light
German Wheat Malt Light
Typical top fermented aroma, produces superb wheat beers.
- 1 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- 2 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
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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.
Notes
This 75% wheat beer should be brewed using at least a two step decoction mash. Fermentation temperatures should remain in the upper 60's (68F).
Style (BJCP)
Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer
Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.049 | 1.044 - 1.052 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.010 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 2.9 SRM | 2 - 8 | |
| Alcohol: | 4.8% ABV | 4.3% - 5.6% | |
| Bitterness: | 10.8 IBU | 8 - 15 |
