Shared my hefeweizen tonight

Some friends stopped by and my Hefeweizen happen to be at 2 weeks bottled. I decided now was a good time to crack open a few bottles and see how the people like it.

(fyi I had 1.5 gallons in a coors home draft kit that blew its safty valve yesterday and I had 2 drunk dogs on my hands. What leaked out keeping the jug from exlpoding ended up being licked up by my yorkie and peekapoo. I wouldn't have known but the box I was holding the jug in was wet.) That issue left me with allot of foam so I lost about half the 1 1/2 gallons but mannnnn it's tasting good. Way better then the 1st week bottled i opened. I have a few sitting in the back for 3 and 4 week trials. The bottles are more carbed then the homedraft kit at this point because i had to releave some of that pressure. It was still good though. I finished it off

congrats on the beer!

Nice!!!

Looks great!

Thanks, a bit hungover this morning.

Odd, how did those orange slices accidentally get into those beers?

Yes, I'm a purist


Rev.

And whats in that baggy in the background that I see lol. Looks like a close relative to hops.

what recipe you do?

lol looks like those sour hops, i may have made a few batches with those....

Arneba28 said:

And whats in that baggy in the background that I see lol. Looks like a close relative to hops.

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LOL you mean this....

Rev2010 said:

Odd, how did those orange slices accidentally get into those beers?

Yes, I'm a purist


Rev.

"Well,relatives to get together sometimes. was that orange,or sour I wonder?" - unionrdr

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It was lemon. Two of the friends I had over like lemon in the Hefe so they brought one with them. It was good but I like it better without. I haven't had an orange slice which I want to try. I'm sure it will be fantastic.

doctorRobert said:

what recipe you do?

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It was an extract kit. True Bruew Bavarian Hefeweizen.
http://www.amazon.com/Brew-Bavarian-Hefeweizen-Home-Ingredient/dp/B003SSHKO0

I did a few things different then the directions. I also know now that I should of did a late extract addition for clearer beer.

2x 3.3lbs Muntons Wheat Malt Extract
2 oz Liberty hops
1 oz Hersbrucker (dry hop 1 week)
1 1/4 DME for priming.
SW-06 dry yeast

9 Days in Primary (dry hopped)
10 Days in secondary
2 weeks bottled

The kit does not come with the 1 oz of Hersbrucker or the 1 1/4 DME (light wheat) It does come with 5oz of dextrose but the co2 calculator for this beer said I would of needed 8.6oz of dextrose for this type of beer. Glad I had the DME on hand just for this purpose.

Here's some video of a the bubbles after a first pour.

http://s139.photobucket.com/albums/q281/vinylraccoon/?action=view&current=VIDEO0059.mp4

Rev2010 said:

Odd, how did those orange slices accidentally get into those beers?

Yes, I'm a purist


Rev.

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FYI there is a young punk band on my record label that hails from Bayonne.

http://skeletoncrewonline.com/records/BANDS/thescandals.html

Sounds good! Coors light neon?

That looks like a fine beer. I've been thinking about brewing a hef for some time.

dirtyjerz said:

It does come with 5oz of dextrose but the co2 calculator for this beer said I would of needed 8.6oz of dextrose for this type of beer. Glad I had the DME on hand just for this purpose.

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Wait, so you primed with 1 and 1/4 pound of DME!?? Did you bottle this in glass bottles or plastic? You didn't have any bottle bombs? That's a heck of a lot of priming DME.


Rev.

Rev2010 said:

Wait, so you primed with 1 and 1/4 pound of DME!?? Did you bottle this in glass bottles or plastic? You didn't have any bottle bombs? That's a heck of a lot of priming DME.


Rev.

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no no it was 1 1/4 cups...my bad

Rev2010 said:

Odd, how did those orange slices accidentally get into those beers?

Yes, I'm a purist


Rev.

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I was thinking that too. If it needs fruit added than there is something wrong with it.

Yea it doesn't really need a fruit. I tried it last night with an orange slice, I wasn't really feeling it. I like it better as is. There's plenty of flavors to taste without fruit.