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Wheat beer with only munich and wheat malts

Discussion in 'Recipes/Ingredients' started by NunoAraujo, Dec 27, 2013.

 

  1. #1
    NunoAraujo

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 27, 2013
    Has anyone tried something like this? I would like to brew a somewhat maltier hefeweizen, but not to weizenbock strength.
     
  2. #2
    LLBeanJ

    Supporting Member  

    Posted Dec 27, 2013
    My go-to Hefe is a 50/40/10 wheat/Munich/flaked oats brew. Very tasty.
     
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    NunoAraujo

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 27, 2013
    Nice, thanks. I was also thinking of using T-58 yeast and perle for bittering, and mandarina bavaria for flavor
     
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    Andrew_R

    Member  

    Posted Jan 22, 2014
    I don't think using 100% munich malt as your pilsner malt will accomplish this, or will give you the results you're expecting. Munich malt in a Hefeweizen should generally be used as a minor addition to a German Pilsner malt for the barley portion of the Hefe.

    To achieve what you want, you might want to try simply increasing your OG to a higher level than a standard Hefe. My normal Hefe has an OG of 1.049, but I have pumped this up to 1.058 and ended up with a Hefe in between a "normal" hefeweizen and a true weizenbock. This is something you may want to try. Also a small addition of a caramunich may increase the "maltiness"

    Goodluck, and be sure to follow up with what you ended up brewing and the results
     
  5. #5
    RonPopeil

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 22, 2014
    weizenbock. 70/30 wheat to munich.
     
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