jchadscud
Well-Known Member
The Beer:
Julius Echter - Wuerzburger Hofbraeu
(Hover over the bottle on the far right)
Origin: Wuerzburg, Germany
The Backstory:
I've got a friend that grew up in Wuerzburg that originally introduced me to Julius Echter. It's a very light, refreshing weissbier without the strong banana or clove smell of a traditional hefeweizen. I visited the brewery last month, but wasn't able to make it on a weekday when the brewmaster would have been available.
The Mission:
Come up with a recipe that will closely resemble the beer using extract brewing. So far I've found a Wuerzburg Weizenbier recipe from Homebrew Adventures, but it isn't much different from my traditional Hefeweizen recipe so I'm a bit skeptical. I've also started the cultivation of yeast from three Julius Echter bottles and it seems to be going alright thus far.
The Recipe:
.25oz Crystal 10 (Steeping grain)
6lbs. Wheat DME
1oz Hallertauer (Bittering, 60 min.)
Appropriate White Labs Yeast Strain
Unfortunately, the recipe doesn't specify a WLP strain. That's why I'm trying to bottle harvest the actual yeast.
Can anyone that is familiar with the beer make any suggestions to the recipe?
Julius Echter - Wuerzburger Hofbraeu
(Hover over the bottle on the far right)
Origin: Wuerzburg, Germany
The Backstory:
I've got a friend that grew up in Wuerzburg that originally introduced me to Julius Echter. It's a very light, refreshing weissbier without the strong banana or clove smell of a traditional hefeweizen. I visited the brewery last month, but wasn't able to make it on a weekday when the brewmaster would have been available.
The Mission:
Come up with a recipe that will closely resemble the beer using extract brewing. So far I've found a Wuerzburg Weizenbier recipe from Homebrew Adventures, but it isn't much different from my traditional Hefeweizen recipe so I'm a bit skeptical. I've also started the cultivation of yeast from three Julius Echter bottles and it seems to be going alright thus far.
The Recipe:
.25oz Crystal 10 (Steeping grain)
6lbs. Wheat DME
1oz Hallertauer (Bittering, 60 min.)
Appropriate White Labs Yeast Strain
Unfortunately, the recipe doesn't specify a WLP strain. That's why I'm trying to bottle harvest the actual yeast.
Can anyone that is familiar with the beer make any suggestions to the recipe?
