bavarian style hefe to bottles in a week??

[Minky]

Wow, who judged that competition? Per the BJCP style guideline the beer should be somewhat hazy even if you do not rouse the yeast. Maybe if it was entered as a Krystall version.

The point that I was trying to make is not that the yeast will settle out leaving a beer that looks as if it had been filtered. The higher protein level of wheat, for instance, can leave some haze, and that is acceptable. My hefeweizen gets pretty darn clear after a couple of weeks in the fridge.

My point was that the cloudiness of the beer should come primarily from the suspended yeast. Given time, the yeast will settle out leaving a relatively clear beer. That's why bottling hefeweizen is preferable to kegging unless you drink it real fast. You'd have to keep agitating the keg to keep the yeast in suspension.

Hefeweizen is not supposed to be a murky, muddy mixture with a half an inch of sludge on the bottom of the bottle.......unless that's what you like!!

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

thx for the feedback, I'll let you know. Truth be told I was a bit disapointed in this kit. The two other kits I've made had specialty grains and smelled amazing when I was brewing them. This kit was kinda meh from that point of view. Hopefully the taste will make up for it.

I got my kit from my local store and I was thinking exactly the same. It seemed really bland. I am already looking forward to my next batch.

 

[springer]

Edworts Hefeweizen and Beirmunchers Octoberfast are beers that are always on tap at my home now.

 

[homebrewer_99]

The point that I was trying to make is not that the yeast will settle out leaving a beer that looks as if it had been filtered. The higher protein level of wheat, for instance, can leave some haze, and that is acceptable. My hefeweizen gets pretty darn clear after a couple of weeks in the fridge.

My point was that the cloudiness of the beer should come primarily from the suspended yeast. Given time, the yeast will settle out leaving a relatively clear beer. That's why bottling hefeweizen is preferable to kegging unless you drink it real fast. You'd have to keep agitating the keg to keep the yeast in suspension.

Hefeweizen is not supposed to be a murky, muddy mixture with a half an inch of sludge on the bottom of the bottle.......unless that's what you like!!

Goes right the point I was making earlier...


Hey, springer...not the safest place to set a beer is it?

 

[Arkador]

So is 10 days in the primary then straight to a keg a bad thing? Assuming of course, that the hydrometer readings have leveled out.

I just kegged a batch last night on day 8. Looks, smells and tastes wonderful!
Here is the recipe I used
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/bavarian-wheat-hefeweizen-hybrid-93517/

 

[springer]

Hey, springer...not the safest place to set a beer is it?

Owned by my company its an ok laptop if it breaks I take a tax writeoff..

 

[SmugMug]

Owned by my company its an ok laptop if it breaks I take a tax writeoff..

Got any good hints on how to destroy a company laptop (by accident)? The problem I'm running into is that the IT warehouse actually has replacement motherboards for these relics (Dell 810), so "accidentally" severing the fan wires, spilling something on the keyboard, or reversing the power source wires won't work.

Maybe a cracked screen......

 

[talenos]

I was lazy and didn't bottle my hefe until 5 weeks in primary. We'll see how it tastes I guess. Might try one tomorrow since it will be a week in bottles then.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I left a HW in a primary for 34 days once...won Best of Show...

 

[springer]

Got any good hints on how to destroy a company laptop (by accident)? The problem I'm running into is that the IT warehouse actually has replacement motherboards for these relics (Dell 810), so "accidentally" severing the fan wires, spilling something on the keyboard, or reversing the power source wires won't work.

Maybe a cracked screen......

One of my employees left one on the roof of her car .... stopped at a light and wham slid off the roof dented her car and hit the pavement.