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Escape From Alcatraz Hefeweizen

Escape From Alcatraz Hefeweizen

Weizen/Weissbier • Partial Mash • 5 gal

Alacazip

A traditional Hefeweizen for a great summer race here in San Francisco.

May 21, 2009 pm 09:37pm

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Partial Mash5 gal)

  • 1 lbs English 2-row Munich

    English 2-row Munich

    Used for extra flavour and colour in nitro-keg ales.

  • 1.5 lbs Midwest Wheat Malt

    Midwest Wheat Malt

    Light flavor and creamy head. For American weizenbier, weissbier and dunkelweiss.

  • .5 lbs White Wheat Malt

    White Wheat Malt

    Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.

  • 5 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.

  • .5 oz Hallertauer Tradition - 3.6 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Tradition

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Hallertauer Tradition - 3.6 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Hallertauer Tradition

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • .5 oz Hallertauer Tradition - 3.6 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Hallertauer Tradition

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • 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.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.059 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 10.0 SRM 2 - 8
Alcohol: 5.9% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 18.5 IBU 8 - 15

Discussion

Alacazip

Very Tradional Outcome

2009-06-20 10:45am

The beer turned out perfectly. In fact we did a blind tasting of other traditional German Hefeweizen with friends and this one was the favorite. All banana and clove flavors and aromas.

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