I tried a Magic Hat Circus Boy Hefe Clone with the following recipe. I did a side by side comparison yesterday and I wasn't close. Well is wasn't that bad, but significantly off.
I used
7 lbs wheat malt
7 lbs 2-row
(been having efficiency problems, thats why the high grain bill)
Magnum for bittering
Amarillo @ 15 and 5
The OG was 1.055. A little higher than I wanted but I decided to go for it. I also mashed little higher than I wanted to so mine has a little bit more body.
I used Wyeast 1010 and fermented around 70 degrees.
They main difference was my beer didn't have that "tangyness" to it. My beer was also much ligher (in color) than the circus boy, but I don't mind that. It is that tangyness that I really like about this beer and want to know how to emulate.
Did I use the wrong yeast? Forget an ingredient?
I used
7 lbs wheat malt
7 lbs 2-row
(been having efficiency problems, thats why the high grain bill)
Magnum for bittering
Amarillo @ 15 and 5
The OG was 1.055. A little higher than I wanted but I decided to go for it. I also mashed little higher than I wanted to so mine has a little bit more body.
I used Wyeast 1010 and fermented around 70 degrees.
They main difference was my beer didn't have that "tangyness" to it. My beer was also much ligher (in color) than the circus boy, but I don't mind that. It is that tangyness that I really like about this beer and want to know how to emulate.
Did I use the wrong yeast? Forget an ingredient?