Weissbier Bee Cave Brewery Bavarian Hefeweizen

[Danny124]

hm, mine's hanging around 1.014...what are you guys getting down to with 3068?

Just checked my gravity after 4 days in primary (couldn't resist), and had a 1.010. I also boiled the wort a little too long, and ended up with OG of 1.058, so looks like this'll be stronger than I anticipated. Fermented with 3068, and no starter (ran out of time to make one; I know, horrible).

I taste-tested my gravity measurement, and it was awesome other than the slight bit of sulfur on the end. The fermentation was originally putting out quite a bit of sulfur smell, but a litte more time sitting around should take care of that in the taste. Great recipe, looking forward to trying this bad boy!

 

[IPAAAA]

Is a starter really needed for a 5 gallon batch?

 

[theschick]

IPAAAA - The strong consensus on the forum is to use a starter for liquid yeast. Check out http://www.mrmalty.com/ for recommended pitching amounts.

 

[IPAAAA]

IPAAAA - The strong consensus on the forum is to use a starter for liquid yeast. Check out http://www.mrmalty.com/ for recommended pitching amounts.

I have never made a starter so that is why I ask since I don't know what I am doing when it comes to that.

I have a bag of regular dme left...can I use that for the starter or would a wheat dme be the way to go?

 

[hinke]

Not needed for this beer. I made one with starter, one without, both turned out great.

 

[IPAAAA]

Not needed for this beer. I made one with starter, one without, both turned out great.

Thanks.

 

[IPAAAA]

Btw...you guys say to soak the rice hulls. That in cold or warm water?

 

[hinke]

No need to soak them.

 

[IPAAAA]

O...thought I read earlier that edwort said he soaks them in water for 30 minutes. So just toss them in with the mash and I'm good to good?

 

[hinke]

I know he mentioned to soak them. You can do it if you want to. I did not do it, and it worked just fine. Just mix them in with the rest of the grains

 

[IPAAAA]

Sounds good. Gonna try this tomorrow.

Do you guys calculate the rice husks when figuring the total lbs of grains for the water needed or do you just consider it 11 lbs?

 

[motobrewer]

i rinsed the hulls in hot water before i added them to the mash so they wouldn't asbsorb that much wort

i didn't include them in the total grain calc.

 

[IPAAAA]

So I brewed this today and it seemed to go well other then me missing my mash temps.

Just to clarify...Original Gravity: 1.052 means a 1.052 gravity reading post boil?

 

[Centexbear]

So I brewed this today and it seemed to go well other then me missing my mash temps.

Just to clarify...Original Gravity: 1.052 means a 1.052 gravity reading post boil?

yes post boil and also before pitching the yeast and then take your FG number and adjust for temperature.

 

[IPAAAA]

yes post boil and also before pitching the yeast and then take your FG number and adjust for temperature.

Thanks. My mash didn't go that well but I still hit 1.050 so I am happy.

 

[Centexbear]

Awesome! Please let us know how this turns out as it's on my list for sure. Before this is Edwort's House Pale ale.

Super excited about both recipes!

Keep us updated on your brew!
Jeff

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

I just bottled this one last night and it came out awesome judging from the hydrometer sample. Nice balance between cloves and bananas and not too strong flavors from either. I tweaked the recipe just a hair buy subbing Munich in for 8oz. of the Pilsner malt just to add a little bit of malt character.

I ended up being more efficient than normal which was great process wise but my OG is a little out of style at 1.056.

I made a 1L starter on my stirplate with the WLP300 and had a nice clean fermentation held at 64* the entire time. Final gravity was 1.010.

Carbed to style on this one using 5.5 oz. corn sugar for the 5g batch.

Can't wait to taste the final results!

 

[IPAAAA]

Awesome! Please let us know how this turns out as it's on my list for sure. Before this is Edwort's House Pale ale.

Super excited about both recipes!

Keep us updated on your brew!
Jeff

Will do. It is bubbling away right now stinkin up my garage heh.

Is this beer really ready for bottling at 10 days or is that if you are kegging?

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

Will do. It is bubbling away right now stinkin up my garage heh.

Is this beer really ready for bottling at 10 days or is that if you are kegging?

Hefes are ready pretty quickly typically. I left mine in primary for 14 days then bottled (absolutely no need for a secondary for a hefe). No diacetyl present, etc. It tasted like it was ready to go.

What temp are you fermenting at? That's the most important factor. If it's on the high side I would let it mellow out for a while in primary.

 

[IPAAAA]

Been sitting at about 68-70 now since Sat. I also used a american wheat and not a german one since my local store didn't have it. Guy there said it wouldn't make a huge difference but who knows.

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

Been sitting at about 68-70 now since Sat. I also used a american wheat and not a german one since my local store didn't have it. Guy there said it wouldn't make a huge difference but who knows.

What strain? (WLP320 or WY1010 possibly?)

If you used an American Wheat strain IMO it will make a considerable difference in flavor. The Bavarian Hefe yeast is what give the style all of it's clove/banana character - you likely won't get as much of that with an American Wheat strain.

Either way it's probably fine to bottle already.

 

[IPAAAA]

No idea what the american wheat was...the guy that worked there said it would just change the color a bit and not the flavor but I was still skeptical.

O well nothing I can do about it now.

 

[SwampassJ]

No idea what the american wheat was...the guy that worked there said it would just change the color a bit and not the flavor but I was still skeptical.

O well nothing I can do about it now.

Smack pack or vial?

 

[IPAAAA]

Smack pack or vial?

I am talking about the grains and not the yeast. The yeast I used was the one in this thread.

Think you guys might be confusing what I said. I used American wheat grains and not german grains.

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

I am talking about the grains and not the yeast. The yeast I used was the one in this thread.

Think you guys might be confusing what I said. I used American wheat grains and not german grains.

Ahh gotcha. My mistake.

Subbing American wheat malt for German is not going to affect this recipe at all. Might change the color and malt profile just a hair but unless you did a side by side comparison you wouldn't notice the difference.

 

[IPAAAA]

Ahh gotcha. My mistake.

Subbing American wheat malt for German is not going to affect this recipe at all. Might change the color and malt profile just a hair but unless you did a side by side comparison you wouldn't notice the difference.

Awesome. :rockin:

I gotta take a gravity reading and possibly bottle this tomorrow.

 

[elproducto]

Forgive me if I've missed this in the thread, but I'm looking at buying wheat malt, and I can buy Weyermann Pale or Dark. I'm assuming by looking at the pictures I want the pale? Lovibond 2.4 vs. 7.3 for the dark.

 

[IPAAAA]

Gonna bottle this today!!!

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

Forgive me if I've missed this in the thread, but I'm looking at buying wheat malt, and I can buy Weyermann Pale or Dark. I'm assuming by looking at the pictures I want the pale? Lovibond 2.4 vs. 7.3 for the dark.

Pale

 

[IPAAAA]

So I just bottled this. My OG was 1.050 and I ended up with 1.008. Can't wait to try this around Thanksgiving.