ApothecaryBrewing
Well-Known Member
So I brewed an Extract/Specialty Grains recipe that I had come up with from scratch for a weissbier. The recipe was
1# Wheat Malt
0.5# Pilsner Malt
0.5# Belgian Aromatic Malt
6.6 # Wheat LME (1/2 @ 60min. & 1/2 @ 10min.)
1oz. German hallertau 4.3%AA (0.75 @ 60min & 0.25 @ 15min)
2 x Wyeast 3068
OG = 1.060 (a little high, not sure why... maybe grains gave off more sugar than expected)
I steeped the grains at about 154F for 60min.
It has been fermenting for about 9-10 days now around 70F
My question is about the length and style of fermentation. I have heard it is good to do a shorter fermentation for weissbiers and to avoid secondary to leave more yeast in suspension.
Once I hit a gravity of about 1.018 or 1.019 I was planning on siphoning it off the trub and bottling it then aging it for 3 weeks.
Does this sound right and proper for this style or am I missing something?
This is the first wheat beer I have done as they are not my favorite and it is intended as gifts for the holidays moreso than my consumption (I prefer a hop slap to the face).
1# Wheat Malt
0.5# Pilsner Malt
0.5# Belgian Aromatic Malt
6.6 # Wheat LME (1/2 @ 60min. & 1/2 @ 10min.)
1oz. German hallertau 4.3%AA (0.75 @ 60min & 0.25 @ 15min)
2 x Wyeast 3068
OG = 1.060 (a little high, not sure why... maybe grains gave off more sugar than expected)
I steeped the grains at about 154F for 60min.
It has been fermenting for about 9-10 days now around 70F
My question is about the length and style of fermentation. I have heard it is good to do a shorter fermentation for weissbiers and to avoid secondary to leave more yeast in suspension.
Once I hit a gravity of about 1.018 or 1.019 I was planning on siphoning it off the trub and bottling it then aging it for 3 weeks.
Does this sound right and proper for this style or am I missing something?
This is the first wheat beer I have done as they are not my favorite and it is intended as gifts for the holidays moreso than my consumption (I prefer a hop slap to the face).