acidrain23
Well-Known Member
I'm creating a beer in honor of my wife's band, Sad Banana. Here is what I was thinking- kind of a weizenbock (or is it a dunkelweizen?)...anyhoo, here it is...
For 5.5 Gallons:
6 lbs Wheat DME
1 lb Piloncillo, or Brown Sugar
3 lbs Wheat Malt
1 lb Two Row
1 lb Flaked Wheat
.5 lbs Canadian Honey Malt
.5 lbs Special B
3-4 lbs bananas in the mash
1 oz German Saaz at 60M
Yeast: Wyeast Weihenstephan 3068
Secondary with 6 lbs very ripe bananas.
Ferment on the warm side.
First of all- how should the bananas be handled? Do they require a boil BEFORE mashing? I'm guessing there should be enough enzymes in the mash to convert any remaining starches- or should I add amylase?
My second question concerns the yeast- I want to above all produce lots of banana-y esters- what temperature should I start the fermentation, and should I bother with a starter? I'm afraid that if I do make a starter I'm going to lose the esters, but I'm also afraid of a stuck fermentation. What do you think?
Cheers, and happy Friday!
Here is what my calculator is predicting, BTW:
OG: 1.086
FG: 1.022
ABV: 8.6% (not factoring in the sugars from the bananas)
IBU's: 15
SRM: 14
For 5.5 Gallons:
6 lbs Wheat DME
1 lb Piloncillo, or Brown Sugar
3 lbs Wheat Malt
1 lb Two Row
1 lb Flaked Wheat
.5 lbs Canadian Honey Malt
.5 lbs Special B
3-4 lbs bananas in the mash
1 oz German Saaz at 60M
Yeast: Wyeast Weihenstephan 3068
Secondary with 6 lbs very ripe bananas.
Ferment on the warm side.
First of all- how should the bananas be handled? Do they require a boil BEFORE mashing? I'm guessing there should be enough enzymes in the mash to convert any remaining starches- or should I add amylase?
My second question concerns the yeast- I want to above all produce lots of banana-y esters- what temperature should I start the fermentation, and should I bother with a starter? I'm afraid that if I do make a starter I'm going to lose the esters, but I'm also afraid of a stuck fermentation. What do you think?
Cheers, and happy Friday!
Here is what my calculator is predicting, BTW:
OG: 1.086
FG: 1.022
ABV: 8.6% (not factoring in the sugars from the bananas)
IBU's: 15
SRM: 14