I unexpectedly stopped at a home brew supply shop that I had never been into before. Their prices were good so I decided to throw something together. I walked out with 1 pound of Cara Munich malt, 6.6 pounds of Munich liquid malt extract, 2 ounces of Hallertau hops and a package of Lallemand dry Munich yeast. You can see my thought pattern (Munich). This is the first time I have ever bought ingredients without having a preconceived recipe in hand. I didn't know what to expect. I came out really good! The problem I have is that I don't really know what to call it because I don't really know what classification it would fit into. What do you folks think?
Help me classify this please
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feinbera
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All that Munich malt sounds like one of those amber-to-brown German lager styles, bock or dünkel or somesuch... but, the Munich yeast is an ale yeast typically used in a hefeweizen, if I'm not mistaken? This is indeed a conundrum.
Yes, I agree. The beer fits no particular style guidelines. It's a basic German ale or lager from the hops and extract, but with Munich yeast (a hefeweizen yeast), it's none of the above.
AndytheBeave
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That's the beauty of home brewing. You don't have to fit any style if you don't want to. Brew what you can't buy!
douglasbarbin
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Might be on the lighter side of dunkelweizen, if anything
BradleyBrew
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add more LME or better yet wheat LME and brew a weizenbock.
Aristotelian
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It's a Ranmanweizen, obviously.
Bernsteinweizen.
