rico567
Well-Known Member
My first all-grain batch of Hank's Hefeweizen (a Midwest kit) appeared to be successful at first, but hasn't turned out to have much hefe in its weizen. I'd made several batches of the extract version before, and it was a great hit with my wife and other females in the family. I have made it as a Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat clone, or variant, with an ounce of coriander and two ounces of blueberry extract. I've always used the Wyeast Weihenstephaner Weizen yeast 3068. But the latest (AG) batch, although a hefeweizen, cleared completely after bottling in a very un-hefe manner, and although it has the characteristic SSW coriander and blueberry flavors, it lacks the usual hefeweizen banana-like complex that the extract batches had.
My beer is bottled in standard 12 oz. longnecks and primed with 5 oz. of dextrose per 5 gal. Fermentation was probably around 63-65F. Coriander is thrown in a few minutes before flameout, and the blueberry extract is added at bottling.
Any ideas?
My beer is bottled in standard 12 oz. longnecks and primed with 5 oz. of dextrose per 5 gal. Fermentation was probably around 63-65F. Coriander is thrown in a few minutes before flameout, and the blueberry extract is added at bottling.
Any ideas?