Will this be a dunkelweizen?

I tried to copy BigKahuna's Bananas on the Beach recipe but my LHBS didn't have American Crystal 120 or WYeast 3068. They recommended CaraAroma as a sub for the American Crystal and WLP 300 instead of 3068.

So here is my total ingredient list

1 lb CaraAroma
.25 lb Special B
6.4 lbs Liquid Wheat Extract
1 lb Candi Sugar Dark
2 oz Fuggles

WLP300

I know that there are a lot of variations of dunkelweizen but I'm just not sure if it is what I am making with these ingredients...I'm not too familiar with dunkelweizen (only drank it a few times but I really liked it and BK's recipe sounded amazing).

Yes, that would be a Dunkelweizen.

• WLP300 is a perfect and very very close match to 3068.
• CaraAroma is a terrible replacement for C120, but I think in this case it will work fairly well, as a bit of melanoidin taste is welcomed in hefeweizens.
• Never heard of candi sugar in a hefeweizen, and that much may dry the beer out a bit. If it is for alcohol, I would sub more wheat extract and some chocolate malt.
• Fuggles is a weird choice, but it won't matter enough for me to recommend a change.

dkershner said:

Yes, that would be a Dunkelweizen.

• WLP300 is a perfect and very very close match to 3068.
• CaraAroma is a terrible replacement for C120, but I think in this case it will work fairly well, as a bit of melanoidin taste is welcomed in hefeweizens.
• Never heard of candi sugar in a hefeweizen, and that much may dry the beer out a bit. If it is for alcohol, I would sub more wheat extract and some chocolate malt.
• Fuggles is a weird choice, but it won't matter enough for me to recommend a change.

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Thanks. As a potential sub for the candi sugar, how much more wheat extract and chocolate malt would be sufficient?

For future reference, what hops would you recommend?

IPAndrew said:

Thanks. As a potential sub for the candi sugar, how much more wheat extract and chocolate malt would be sufficient?

For future reference, what hops would you recommend?

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Actually Carafa II would be even better than chocolate, go with .125lb of either. 1lb of Wheat Extract combined with this would be a good replacement for 1lb sugar.

Tettnang or Halletauer are generally the hops used.