All-Grain - Weizenbock - 2nd place Category 15 winner

bernerbrau · 10-11-2009, 02:49 PM

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: 3068
Yeast Starter: 1 pint @ 1.050, 4 days
Batch Size (Gallons): 3.5
Original Gravity: 1.072
Final Gravity: 1.021
IBU: 26
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 25
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 @ 70
Additional Fermentation: Bottle conditioned 21 days @ 70
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 @ 70
Tasting Notes: Powerful banana and clove esters, strong malt backbone, and a slight alcohol bite

Weizenbock

Weyermann Pale Wheat 5lbs 8oz
Weyermann Chocolate Wheat 0lbs 8oz
Briess Organic Munich 10 4lbs 0oz
Wyeast 3068 1ea
Rice Hulls 1lb 4oz
Palisades Pellets - 6.5% 0.25oz @60
Palisades Pellets - 6.5% 0.75oz @15

cvstrat · 10-11-2009, 03:47 PM

I <3 Weizenbock. For some reason I always thought they needed a much lower fermentation temp, say low 60s. I may have to try this out.

bernerbrau · 10-11-2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvstrat

I <3 Weizenbock. For some reason I always thought they needed a much lower fermentation temp, say low 60s. I may have to try this out.

Probably because true bocks, being lagers, require a lower fermentation temperature. Weizenbock, however, isn't Bock

cvstrat · 10-11-2009, 04:26 PM

I remember reading the BYO Aventinus clone recipe and it requiring lagering. Although the bottle says it's fermented w/ale yeast. Kinda got confused.

rking · 10-12-2009, 03:51 AM

Mash Temps?

bernerbrau · 10-12-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rking

Mash Temps?

Mashed for 60 minutes at 150, finished at 149, batch sparged with 180-degree water to collect 6 gallons. Final post-boil volume was 3.5 due to having boiled off a significant amount of wort.

bernerbrau · 10-12-2009, 01:27 PM

If you scale the grain bill from 3.5 to 5 gallons you can probably get a full-sized batch. This was originally supposed to be a dunkelweizen but due to the use of chocolate wheat and the large boil-off (this was before I bought the pot for full boils and boiled side-by-side in two pots) it ended up being much darker and stronger. The mistake ended up placing me in a competition

michael.berta · 10-14-2009, 12:26 AM

Whats up with Palisade hops? How do they compare to something like hallertau or magnum

bernerbrau · 10-14-2009, 03:16 AM

Palisade is like an American-style noble hop. So a bit of the cascade/chinook impression while still being reminiscent of german hops, I guess. I dunno, I'm not great on hops but I always try to change it up where I can.

Ludovico · 07-27-2010, 06:42 PM

I'm going to follow this recipe for my first all-grain batch. I love Weizenbock's like no other style, and I'm thinking of dryhopping with some more aggressive aroma hops. Thoughts?