Bigeb
Well-Known Member
About six weeks ago I brewed (AG) a Bavarian Dunkelweissen. Everything seemed fine. I mash, sparged, boiled, sanitized, etc. I don't take gravity measurements because I'm lazy and figure 3 weeks for fermentation/3 weeks for conditioning should be fine. While a bubbling blow off tube isn't a measure of fermentation, I get giddy like a school girl when I see bubbles (which I saw a lot of).
Anyways after my six week wait, I open two bottle and what do I find but a bland (almost like water) brown liquid that doesn't remotely taste like beer. heck, Coors Light has more flavor. Can anyone think of my problem? My grains were about 6-8 months old but I can't figure this would be a problem. Anyways, here's my grain bill:
Rice Hulls - .5 lb
Wyeast Labs Weihenstephan Weizen
Weyermann Pilsner - 4 lbs
Weyermann Pale Wheat - 6 lbs
Weyermann Chocolate Wheat - .5 lb
Hallertau Pellets, German - 1 oz.
Mash @ 160 for 60 min
Sparge @ 170 for 15 min
Boil for 60 min
Ferment for 3 weeks
Condition for 3 weeks
Anyways after my six week wait, I open two bottle and what do I find but a bland (almost like water) brown liquid that doesn't remotely taste like beer. heck, Coors Light has more flavor. Can anyone think of my problem? My grains were about 6-8 months old but I can't figure this would be a problem. Anyways, here's my grain bill:
Rice Hulls - .5 lb
Wyeast Labs Weihenstephan Weizen
Weyermann Pilsner - 4 lbs
Weyermann Pale Wheat - 6 lbs
Weyermann Chocolate Wheat - .5 lb
Hallertau Pellets, German - 1 oz.
Mash @ 160 for 60 min
Sparge @ 170 for 15 min
Boil for 60 min
Ferment for 3 weeks
Condition for 3 weeks