- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- WLP300
- Yeast Starter
- Yes
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5.5
- Original Gravity
- 1.43
- Final Gravity
- 1.009
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 90
- IBU
- 11.9
- Color
- 3.6 SRM (see notes)
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 4-7 days @ 65-68 degrees
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 5 days @65-68 degrees
- Tasting Notes
- Very light with slight tartness. Clean aftertaste makes it easy to drink
6.00 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 60.00 %
4.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 40.00 %
0.50 lb Rice hulls
0.50 oz Hallertauer [4.70 %] (60 min) Hops 7.9 IBU
0.50 oz Hallertauer [4.70 %] (15 min) Hops 3.9 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Hefeweizen Ale (White Labs #WLP300) [Starter] Yeast-Wheat
4.00 lb Blackberries (secondary)
This is basically a weihenstaphaner hefe clone that i added in blackberries. Mashed at ~152 for 60min. Fermentation was quick with the starter and low OG, so it was down to 1.009 within 3 days. After day 5 the beer was racked onto 4lbs of blackberries. I bought these in the frozen foods section at Kroger. Thawed and steeped in 160 degree water for 15min. I drained off most of the excess water/blackberry juice before i put it in the carboy. Let this sit for 5 additional days total, but on the 4th day i put the carboy in the fridge to cold crash. Siphoned into the keg with a fine grained nylon bag over the hose to filter any bits of blackberry. Kegged and force carbed to drink on memorial day. In total, it was right around two weeks from grain to glass.
Color was pretty pale before the blackberries, and a rosy/pink color afterward with a thick, lacy head. The flavor is pretty light with a hint of blackberry tartness. Finish is very clean with no lingering aftertaste, so it was easy to drink a lot of these. It was well received by everyone--the 5 gallons was gone in a few hours.
4.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 40.00 %
0.50 lb Rice hulls
0.50 oz Hallertauer [4.70 %] (60 min) Hops 7.9 IBU
0.50 oz Hallertauer [4.70 %] (15 min) Hops 3.9 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Hefeweizen Ale (White Labs #WLP300) [Starter] Yeast-Wheat
4.00 lb Blackberries (secondary)
This is basically a weihenstaphaner hefe clone that i added in blackberries. Mashed at ~152 for 60min. Fermentation was quick with the starter and low OG, so it was down to 1.009 within 3 days. After day 5 the beer was racked onto 4lbs of blackberries. I bought these in the frozen foods section at Kroger. Thawed and steeped in 160 degree water for 15min. I drained off most of the excess water/blackberry juice before i put it in the carboy. Let this sit for 5 additional days total, but on the 4th day i put the carboy in the fridge to cold crash. Siphoned into the keg with a fine grained nylon bag over the hose to filter any bits of blackberry. Kegged and force carbed to drink on memorial day. In total, it was right around two weeks from grain to glass.
Color was pretty pale before the blackberries, and a rosy/pink color afterward with a thick, lacy head. The flavor is pretty light with a hint of blackberry tartness. Finish is very clean with no lingering aftertaste, so it was easy to drink a lot of these. It was well received by everyone--the 5 gallons was gone in a few hours.