- Recipe Type
- Extract
- Yeast
- 3068
- Yeast Starter
- none
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- none
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5
- Original Gravity
- 1.047
- Final Gravity
- 1.012
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 8
- Color
- 10.3
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14 at 68 degrees
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- none
- Additional Fermentation
- none
- Tasting Notes
- traditional banana/clove. caracrystal wheat adds nice complexity, very drinkable
5.5 lbs Breiss Bavarian Wheat DME
0.75 lbs Caracrystal Wheat
0.50 lbs Crystal 10
1.5 oz German Hallertau (3%) 60 minutes
0.3 oz Tettnager (3.5% ) 10 minutes
(friend borrowed my large boil pot, this was only a 7 liter boil, you may need to adjust hop amounts for larger boil pot)
1 smack pack Wyeast 3068 weihenstephan
Crush and Steep grains in 4 liters water at 160 degress for 30 minutes
remove grains and add water to desired boil volume
add DME and bring to boil for 60 minutes
at boil add first hop addition
with 10 minutes remaining, add second hop addition
at 60 minutes, remove hop bag
cool wort in ice bath until 80 degrees
add water to 5 gallons and aerate
transfer to primary and add yeast
ferment at 65-70 degrees for best flavor
after 14 days, bottle with 4.6 oz of corn sugar
carbonate/condition for at least 10 days
0.75 lbs Caracrystal Wheat
0.50 lbs Crystal 10
1.5 oz German Hallertau (3%) 60 minutes
0.3 oz Tettnager (3.5% ) 10 minutes
(friend borrowed my large boil pot, this was only a 7 liter boil, you may need to adjust hop amounts for larger boil pot)
1 smack pack Wyeast 3068 weihenstephan
Crush and Steep grains in 4 liters water at 160 degress for 30 minutes
remove grains and add water to desired boil volume
add DME and bring to boil for 60 minutes
at boil add first hop addition
with 10 minutes remaining, add second hop addition
at 60 minutes, remove hop bag
cool wort in ice bath until 80 degrees
add water to 5 gallons and aerate
transfer to primary and add yeast
ferment at 65-70 degrees for best flavor
after 14 days, bottle with 4.6 oz of corn sugar
carbonate/condition for at least 10 days
