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That is very interesting...I never picked up on that. Is it possible there could be two different yeasts used? I read Erdinger uses similar techniques to making champagne (I am clueless on how to make wine)...which makes sense because Weissbier is very reminiscent of champagne (in regard to...

For those interested: poster Les posted this from another board from Down Under. It's close enough that I'm going to give this a whirl: (6 gal batch) 4.4# Wheat Dry Extract (62.5%) 2.64# Light Dry Extract (37.5%) 0.42 oz Tettnang (90') 6.4 IBU 0.31 oz Pearle (90') 8.6 IBU 0.25 oz...

Actually, the combustion of atmospheric air (78.1% nitrogen, 20.9% oxygen, 1% trace gas molecules like Argon, CO2, etc) leaves Nitrogen, and though Nitrogen inflates our lungs, there's no oxygen available for cellular respiration. As far as breathing 100% oxygen, you can breathe it but you will...

You have to keep in mind regular beer (home brew or not) has 300-500 calories per can/bottle (depending on type). So if you're drinking 2 or 3 big ones, that's an entire day's worth of calories your ingesting so there's no question you're going to need to start exercising to burn off those...

Hmmm...very interesting (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/spelt.html). I had no idea it is grown in my home state of Ohio. By the way, Weyermann sells it to commercial brewers: http://www.weyermannmalt.com/fra/bmprodukte_neu.asp?idkat=196&umenue=yes&idmenue=37&sprache=2. And I read...

I need some guidance on harvesting the yeast. I've searched & googled and I can't find my answer. Two days ago, I started saving the yeast from the bottom of my Erdinger Weissbier bottles. I made a sugar solution and poured that into a sterilized 1 qt canning jar. I placed a sterilized lid &...

Hi RSR, The hops bill came from Michael Jackson; he toured Erdinger and talked to the Erdinger people. Unfortunately, they wouldn't share the entire Hefeweisen recipe with him (the two types of wheat malt, pale malt, or yeast(s) and what they did share, they wouldn't share ratios. DY

To add to Revvy's statement, pouring into a glass is an art/science all to itself. Different beer styles have different shaped glasses to bring out that style's own distinctive aroma and taste. Also, hefeweiser style has a particular shaped glass where one should lightly rinse with cold water...

Be prepared it's EXPENSIVE. I bought another 12 pack for wifey last night and it was $21.99. However, it's very reminiscent of champagne.

Hi Conroe, I was thinking right along those lines: 55% wheat malt and 45% 2 row pilsner. Erdinger uses two wheat malts but after 2 days of Googling, I can't find out what type of wheat is grown in that area. I don't know how close this is but it's what I'm thinking: 55% German Wheat...

Dude, I did a batch of Cooper's English Bitter extract and a week later, I jumped into the All Grain Blue Moon clone (another thread). Even tho I goofed on a couple of things (heated all 5 gallons of water to 172 deg F then pitched all the grains and it took an hour for the water to drop to...

8 day "thought I ruined my beer" update... Wayne: hats off to you for teaching me patience. I hope all the other beginning brewers take note: if ya think you ruined your beer, ya probably didn't. After 8 days, the SG has dropped to 1.018. Of course wifey and I had a sample from the...

Thanks! I'm going to look in that region to see what kind of summer wheat is grown...that may help. There's not anything on google regarding "Brauweizen wheat".

Ok, here's all the information I've been able to gather: OG: 1051 - Brauweizen Wheat Malt (two varieties, >50% of the total grain) - Pale Malt (2 row Barley, summer varieties) - Perle, Hallertau and Tetnanger, with the accent on aroma; IBU is 18 - A double decoction mash is employed. A...

Thanks rsr. I'm going to keep digging and would like to make this thread a work in progress in creating a working clone recipe for Erdinger Weissbier.

Ok, for those interested in making the Erdinger Weissbier clone, here's what I've gathered (thank you, Michael Jackson): 1. Erdinger says it uses more than 50% wheat, but declines to be more specific. Michael Jackson guesses it’s 50-60 per cent. 2. Erdinger contracts with local farmers...

OMG...I just bought a 12 pack of this ($18.99!) and tried it for the first time. It is no question this is one of the best brews I've EVER had. Very champagne like with an ultra clean finish. I gotta make a clone. Edinger says they use Hallentau hops. Mittelfrueh???

Thank you for your expertise, Jaba!

Thank you for your opinions. So I'm guessing there's not a true clone of this beer?

Thank you, Wayne! I'm just starting out and I've read differing opinions on leaving wort in the primary; some say for days, some say for weeks, some say after 30 days the beer gets ruined. Maybe it's personal belief vs fact, maybe it's just the type of beer they are talking about; I don't...