DarkWeiss
Dunkelweizen • All Grain • 5 gal
First try at a winter all-grain dunkelweiss
November 18, 2009 pm 12:58pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 6.0 lbs
Pale Wheat Malt; Weyermann®
Pale Wheat Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown top-quality wheat (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Ideal foundation grain for pale Weizenbiers, such as Hefeweizen and Kristallweizen. Essential ingredient in North American pub wheat ales. Adds creaminess, body, and complex wheat flavors to top-fermented beers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 80% in Bavarian-style Weizenbiers, up to 50% in North American pub wheat ales, up to 7% in Altbier and Kölsch. Suitability (beer styles): Ales: Hefeweizen, Kristallweizen, Weizenbock, Dunkelweizen, pub wheat ales, Altbier, Kölsch, light or low-alcohol beers
- 4.0 lbs
Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®
Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics:Perfect foundation grist for all lagers. Excellent modification and favorable protein and glucan levels. Excellent lautering properties. Provides finished beer with substantial body and mouthfeel, as well as good foam development and head retention. Very flexible grain with high extract efficiency for reliable lager-making in any brew house, including pub ale systems. Yields optimum results for any process⎯from single-step to multi-step infusion, to decoction. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): All lagers, especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer, Belgian beers
- .5 lbs
Munich Malt
Munich Malt
Sweet, toasted flavor and aroma. For Oktoberfests and malty styles
- .10 lbs
Chocolate; Crisp
Chocolate; Crisp
Roasted malts for ‘winter warmer’ styles. Rich, dark colours with burnt toast dryness.
- .45 lbs
Weyermann CaraMunich® III; Weyermann
Weyermann CaraMunich® III; Weyermann
Provides body. For Oktoberfest, bock, porter, stout, red, amber and brown ales.
- .5 lbs
Rice Hulls
Rice Hulls
Rice Hulls are used as a filter medium, mostly used in all grain wheat beers to help prevent a stuck mash.
- 1.0 oz
Tettnanger - 3.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
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Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen™
Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen™
Unique top-fermenting yeast which produces the unique and spicy weizen character, rich with clove, vanilla and banana. Best results are achieved when fermentations are held around 68F.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer
Subcategory: B - Dunkelweizen
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.052 | 1.044 - 1.056 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.010 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 14.9 SRM | 14 - 23 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.2% ABV | 4.3% - 5.6% | |
| Bitterness: | 19.2 IBU | 10 - 18 |
