1fastdoc
Well-Known Member
First and foremost: I love dunkelweizens and I like American wheats. My favorite beer on Earth is the Aventinus wheat dopple. I do not like hefeweizens -- too sour.
Sitting at home I have:
3lbs of wheat DME
1 lb of roasted barley
2 oz tettnanger (3.9 aa)
2 oz hallertau (4.5 aa)
Wyeast 1010 Am wheat
So I'm thinking:
3 lbs wheat DME
? 2 lbs of 2 row pale malt
1/4 lb roasted barley
1 oz hallertau (60 min)
1/2 or 1 oz tettnanger (5 min)
My main question is the hops. I don't want to go overboard on the hops. I prefer malty but not cloyingly sweet brews and flat out don't like more bitter beers like IPAs. I do plan on getting some pale malt from a friend and do a partial mash to raise the gravity a little bit.
I guess the biggest problem I have is I don't know what I'm trying to make. I just want to experiment but I don't want to spend the time and money on something that is going to taste like ass. A roasty wheat beer sounds kind of tasty if it's well balanced.
Should I stick only with the DME or add the pale malt?
Suggetions on hops? Include the Tett for finishing? Use Hallertau instead?
Sitting at home I have:
3lbs of wheat DME
1 lb of roasted barley
2 oz tettnanger (3.9 aa)
2 oz hallertau (4.5 aa)
Wyeast 1010 Am wheat
So I'm thinking:
3 lbs wheat DME
? 2 lbs of 2 row pale malt
1/4 lb roasted barley
1 oz hallertau (60 min)
1/2 or 1 oz tettnanger (5 min)
My main question is the hops. I don't want to go overboard on the hops. I prefer malty but not cloyingly sweet brews and flat out don't like more bitter beers like IPAs. I do plan on getting some pale malt from a friend and do a partial mash to raise the gravity a little bit.
I guess the biggest problem I have is I don't know what I'm trying to make. I just want to experiment but I don't want to spend the time and money on something that is going to taste like ass. A roasty wheat beer sounds kind of tasty if it's well balanced.
Should I stick only with the DME or add the pale malt?
Suggetions on hops? Include the Tett for finishing? Use Hallertau instead?