Weissbier Bee Cave Brewery Bavarian Hefeweizen

[MedBrewer]

That looks beautiful! I can't wait to brew it later this week!

 

[browder]

Have my first batch of this on tap along with Bee Cave Haus Ale--just about the only recipes I've boiled in the last couple months have been Bee Cave recipes--have a bucket to get in a can today and another to do when I get back from a trip to Missouri

 

[bunt1828]

Okay, so this beer tastes awesome. But it smells sumthin fierce. I've had to start waiting for the head to drop out before drinking (does not happen quickly) because it smells so funky. Anyone else have this issue, or know what causes it? Did I keg it too soon?


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[Hamaki]

I've brewed this recipe few times and never experienced an unpleasant aroma. Can you describe it?

 

[nmarshall87]

Hello all,

This is my first actual post. I've been lurking on this forum for months and had started brewing about two years ago, and more actively brewing for about the past 3 months. Thank you to everyone who posts on the forum for your numerous recipes, questions, answers, and infinite knowledge/information/experience. I brewed this hefeweizen with a friend yesterday and this was my 5th batch (6th if you count the Parti-Gyle I did off of my last batch). Everything went super well on brew day, I even exceeded my expected original gravity. I pitched a starter made with Wyeast 3068, got some good bubbling airlock action going after about 12 hours and later this afternoon while I was at work my wife came home to this:

Ahhhh! My first exploding bucket! I promptly cleaned and sanitized everything and replaced the airlock with a blow off hose into a sanitizer bucket. I hope this beer turns out okay. It smells awesome in my apartment with yeasty banana/clove aromas...That beast is pumping out CO2 and krausen. I'll post my results after we bottle. Thanks again to all and Edwort for the recipe!

P.S. Anyone's experience with similar situations is appreciated, so maybe I can know what to expect end result-wise.

 

[AndyMac81]

I've had overflow before, especially with wheat beers. Don't worry about it; as as you didn't scoop the blow over back into the bucket you should fine. You may want to look into a blowoff tube if you do a lot of wheat brewing. You can make a cheap one from a three piece airlock and 1/2" rubber tube.


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[nmarshall87]

Thanks. Yeah, I cleaned and sanitized the lid and airlock and made sure nothing that left the bucket got back in. I actually ended up doing just that, and making a blow off tube with my 3 piece airlock.

 

[AndyMac81]

Nice looking krausen on that despite the boom


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[nmarshall87]

It just kept growing. Wyeast 3068 is a beast. I'm definitely going to try to harvest some of the stuff back for future brews.


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[MedBrewer]

I'm brewing ONE gallon of this recipe tonight, should I mash for the 90 min the recipe calls for or will 60 min be ok?

 

[jgonzo108]

Brewing this today. Already had a blow up with my starter. This should be an interesting fermentation. This is my first solo weizen beer. Brewed a dunkelweizen last year with a buddy but he kept the fermenters at his house.

 

[AndyMac81]

Medbrewer,
You could pull a gravity sample at 60 and adjust to see if when you sparge if you'll hit the preboil OG. If you hit your target you should be able stop the mash at 60 mins.

Or you could up the grain and sacrifice efficiency in order to cut the time down.


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[Livendadream]

Just brewed this on Saturday. First all-grain, looks and smells good! Had a yeast volcano kind of like marshalls but caught it before disaster struck.

 

[jgonzo108]

Brew day went well. SG of 1.051. Can't wait to see how this turns out. Has anybody done a decoction mash on this brew? Was researching it but decided on the 90 min mash.

 

[kwgriz]

Brewing this right now. Efficiency was higher than normal - 82% according to BS with a pre-boil gravity of 1.051 and a 75 minute mash. Should be interesting what the gravity ends up at after the boil.

 

[nmarshall87]

Just tasted and took a gravity reading today. This beer tastes great! Gravity is down to 1.015 from 1.057. I'm going to bottle in a couple days and see if I can squeeze another point or two out of it. It's definitely still blowing off CO2. I can't wait to try it cold and carbed! This could be the best brew I've made yet.


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[MarsingRedneck]

3rd Place winner of the 2007 Alamo Cerveza Fest

Bavarian Hefeweizen 5.5 Gallon

7# German Wheat
4# German Pils
.5# Rice Hulls (if needed to prevent stuck mash)

Mash for 90 minutes at 153 degrees.

.75 Hallertau @ 45
.25 Hallertau @ 15

Wyeast Weihenstephan 3068 with starter.

Ferment 10 days at 68 degrees then crash cool & keg.

O.G. 1.052
F.G. 1.009

5.6% abv

Just now getting into BIAB. So does this recipe mean to add 5.5 gallons of water at the beginning? Won't there be some boil off down the line? Thanks.

 

[smyrnaquince]

Just now getting into BIAB. So does this recipe mean to add 5.5 gallons of water at the beginning? Won't there be some boil off down the line? Thanks.

5.5 gallons + grain absorption (e.g., 0.12 gal/lb) + boil-off (e.g., 1 gal)

Your boil-off in gal/hr will depend on your equipment.

I recommend going to www.biabrewer.info and getting the latest copy of the BIABacus, which will do the calculations you want. Those guys are the BIAB experts. Tell them smyrnaquince sent you.

 

[showmebrew]

EdWort thank you for the great beer. I actually hit all the numbers spot on! My only question is head retention. It looks great out of the tap but head fades really quick. Normal or is there something I can change in the next batch ( there will be another very soon also)?


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[nmarshall87]

Turned out fantastic, my best brew yet. I actually exceeded my expected efficiency, so it ended up finishing at 5.56% ABV, which almost bumps it into Weizenbock category. Taste is outstanding with a great balance of slight wheat sweetness and a lemony acid bite. Smells of fresh baked grainy bread and bananas, with a touch of phenolic cloves. Thanks to EdWort for the outstanding recipe.


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[Malty_Dog]

Ordered the ingredients this weekend, expect to brew this on Memorial Day or thereabouts. Got an extra pound of pilsner to combat my poor efficiency lately. Looking forward to this one!

 

[rbkohn]

I just brewed this today. Made my first starter and it kicked off 4 hours later. Looking forward to this one.

 

[Malty_Dog]

Any opinions on whether I would be wasting my time going through a decoction with this?

*Edit - meh, I'll forget about it for now and stick with the recipe as is, which is certainly proven (and easier)

 

[Richard-SSV]

Just cracked one open and I must say this is one better beers I've made. I stuck to the recipe 100% except that I added 0.25 oz. coriander the last 15 minutes of the boil. The beer just plain tastes great!

Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Malty_Dog]

Brew day was solid (other than the wind - ugh). The mash was smooth, the boil was vigorous, the chill was fast, and the yeast are partying. You know you're in for a treat when the starter smells awesome and requires its own bit of blowoff cleanup. Sitting at 62 right now. Thanks EdWort!

*edit - Aaaand one day later a blowoff tube is required. Rotating ice bottles in swamp cooler a little more than usual.

 

[Irreo]

Hey,

First, thanks for sharing this.

Just wanted to say I'm brewing this today. At this moment, doing the mash.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4gx1gvbvb0uitdy/2014-05-24 08.54.19.jpg

At 6am I was picking water from a mountain spring. I have no idea about it's properties, but I'm just giving it a try, to see how it goes.

I'll report back in about 3-4 weeks.

I only changed one thing, that I hope doesn't ruin this. I didn't order Pils because I didn't have much money (a new chiller on this order, so budget was a bit tight), and I already had Maris Otter Bohemian Pils, which I hope is very similar, or maybe even better.

Cheers!

 

[browder]

Last time I did this recipe I dumped some yeast I had saved from a Dunkel without getting it started two days later it hadn't took off so I dumped Safale US-05 in it--On the 10th day I dry hopped it with some Opel for 5 days--turned out pretty tastie didn't taste as good as Boulevard 80 Acre but wasn't bad at all

 

[MarsingRedneck]

Did this one today. Followed to a tee (I think) but I've only done a couple BIAB's and I don't have a wort chiller (YET) so I put my kettle in the tub and threw what ice I had from the ice maker and ran cold water into the tub with the ice. After awhile, my arm was giving out from swirling the water around the kettle and the temp came from over 200 to down about 100 degrees. I thought what the heck been at this since 11am this morning I'll just transfer from the kettle to the primary since it is plastic and not stainless steel, it will probably cool off quicker. WRONG! after I don't know how long I finally said heck with this and carried it into the "Man Cave", I looked at the temp, 90 degrees. Geeze! Is it ok to pitch the 3068 Starter I made at this temp? Or just wait until it's down in the 70's? Could be awhile.
Thanks

 

[timcadieux]

Place your sanitised airlock and wait for it to cool

 

[olotti]

Is it absolutely necessary to make a starter for this. I've never made one before and don't have any of the equipment and I'd like to make this hefe on Sunday.