jimconnors
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Hello fellow beer enthusiasts!
I am currently (as I type) enjoying the last mugs of my first weiss beer ever.
The beer turned out great; it was a simple standard bavarian-style weiss. It turned out to have a good strong banana/clove flavor, if a bit over hopped for my tastes. A number of my friends that have served in the military in Germany all thought it was a good beer.
That said, I'd like to start tweaking the existing recipe to make a slightly different but just as enjoyable beer.
Some of the things I would like to try are the following:
Thanks!
Jim
I am currently (as I type) enjoying the last mugs of my first weiss beer ever.
The beer turned out great; it was a simple standard bavarian-style weiss. It turned out to have a good strong banana/clove flavor, if a bit over hopped for my tastes. A number of my friends that have served in the military in Germany all thought it was a good beer.
That said, I'd like to start tweaking the existing recipe to make a slightly different but just as enjoyable beer.
Some of the things I would like to try are the following:
- Lagering - I'd like to lager the beer to enhance the crispness of the beer.
- Yeast - I used a standard German Wheat Beer yeast originally, but do I need to change that to lager the beer?
- Specialty Grains - I used extract only (6.75 lbs Wheat Malt Extract - a 60/40 LME), with no specialty grains in my first go around; I'd like to add a bit of body to the beer.
- Esters/Phenols - I'd like to reduce them to a whisper. In my first brew, its dominant. I'd like it to drop to a whisper balanced by mild hops.
- Hops - in the first run I used 1 oz GR Select at 60 minutes & 3/4 oz GR Select at 20 minutes. I'd like to drop the hoppiness some, especially in the aftertaste.
Thanks!
Jim