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Not So Humble Hefe

Not So Humble Hefe

Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 15 gal

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A 75% Wheat Hefe!

November 18, 2008 pm 12:53pm

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Ingredients (All Grain15 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.

  • 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

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