Sharing this here instead of the recipe forum since I think many extract brewers don't look in there for recipes. I've since started AG myself but tasted this one tonight after only one and a half weeks in the bottle (the wife wanted to try it since she prefers lighter carbonation) and it is amazing. We're big fans of Aventinus but I wasn't trying to make a clone and my recipe is rather simple. However, it came out tasting similar to Aventinus and I am amazed at the smoothness and taste of this so I just had to share. The recipe is below:
5 gallon batch
8.5lb Briess Wheat DME
1lb Weyermann Caramunich III - steeped for 30 minutes at 160
0.25lb Weyermann Chocolate Wheat Malt - steeped for 30 minutes at 160
1 oz Tettnang hops 4.5%AA for 60 minute boil
0.50 oz Hallertauer hops 3.8%AA last 10 minutes of boil
1 pack Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan yeast (created a 1 liter starter 2 or 3 days before) - ferment at 68 degrees
3 weeks in fermenter, of course make sure the FG has been hit, then 3 weeks bottle carb/condition.
My OG was 1.077, exactly as Beersmith estimated, and my FG was 1.021, one point over beersmith's 1.020 estimate. So my ABV was 7.33%.
As with Aventinus and other Weizenbock's the alcohol does sneak up on you. Anyhow, I hope at least someone enjoys this one. I am rather proud how well it came out!
Please excuse my crappy phone pic - the lighting is pretty poor and the flash overexposed it. Oh, and I intentionally poured it so the head is minor.
Rev.
5 gallon batch
8.5lb Briess Wheat DME
1lb Weyermann Caramunich III - steeped for 30 minutes at 160
0.25lb Weyermann Chocolate Wheat Malt - steeped for 30 minutes at 160
1 oz Tettnang hops 4.5%AA for 60 minute boil
0.50 oz Hallertauer hops 3.8%AA last 10 minutes of boil
1 pack Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan yeast (created a 1 liter starter 2 or 3 days before) - ferment at 68 degrees
3 weeks in fermenter, of course make sure the FG has been hit, then 3 weeks bottle carb/condition.
My OG was 1.077, exactly as Beersmith estimated, and my FG was 1.021, one point over beersmith's 1.020 estimate. So my ABV was 7.33%.
As with Aventinus and other Weizenbock's the alcohol does sneak up on you. Anyhow, I hope at least someone enjoys this one. I am rather proud how well it came out!
Please excuse my crappy phone pic - the lighting is pretty poor and the flash overexposed it. Oh, and I intentionally poured it so the head is minor.
Rev.