Weissbier Bee Cave Brewery Bavarian Hefeweizen

[Loodachris]

Brewed a double batch today... split into two fermenters and pitched 3068 in one and WL300 in the other to compare the similarities and differences. Loving your recipes so far...

Please report back in with your results.

 

[ChefDougAU]

Please report back in with your results.

First thing I can report is VERY vigorous fermentation. I got home from work today and both fermenters had blown out and flooded the bottom of the freezer. Didn't have enough blowoff hose so I hadda make a quick run to Tractor Supply. Got the mess cleaned up... now we wait...

 

[Loodachris]

O yea that's typical and expected with this yeast. What temp are you fermenting at?

 

[ChefDougAU]

O yea that's typical and expected with this yeast. What temp are you fermenting at?

Controller temp was 67 and the thermometer tapes read 70 so I knocked it down to 65...

 

[W0GWT]

Controller temp was 67 and the thermometer tapes read 70 so I knocked it down to 65...

I had mine at 68 ambient. No complaints.

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[mishadude]

Just pitched the yeast for my first batch of this after a brewday where everything seemed to go wrong. Hopefully I'll add a pic in a few weeks.

 

[bembel]

Going to try this recipe today using BIAB, quick question, there is no mention of a boil just a 90 min mash?

I was told at my LHB that with any Pils you needed a 90 minute boil to get rid of the DMS? Plus to sterilize the wort?

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

 

[ChefDougAU]

Day 16 and still bubbling... does fermentation EVER stop?

 

[ChefDougAU]

So... Day 17... the batch with WLP300 is bubbling at a rate of appx. once every 30 seconds. The batch with 3068 is at appx. once every 45 seconds. Ambient temp is 62F with fermstrips reading 66F. Thoughts? Ideas?

 

[ncbrewer]

So... Day 17... the batch with WLP300 is bubbling at a rate of appx. once every 30 seconds. The batch with 3068 is at appx. once every 45 seconds. Ambient temp is 62F with fermstrips reading 66F. Thoughts? Ideas?

My last Hefe bubbled just a little right up to bottling (14 days for that batch), but gravity checks 2 days apart were the same, so I bottled and didn't worry about it. Probably just releasing dissolved CO2.

 

[waverz]

Bubbles in the airlock should not be used as a sign of finished fermentation. Only a gravity reading will tell you if it's truly finished or not.

 

[keevie]

Going to try this recipe today using BIAB, quick question, there is no mention of a boil just a 90 min mash?

I was told at my LHB that with any Pils you needed a 90 minute boil to get rid of the DMS? Plus to sterilize the wort?

See the text at the very top. 60 minute boil---a bunch of people have posted in this thread wondering about DMS with a 60 rather than 90 minute boil, but I had no hints of DMS with mine, and most people seem to be doing the 60 minute boil as written.

 

[gregorch]

Followed the recipe unfortunately my hydrometer was broken. I added blueberries at the request of some of my friends. Will let you know how it turned out! GREAT recipe!

 

[ChefDougAU]

Please report back in with your results.

Both batches turned out really nicely. The 3068 attentuated just a bit more so the ABV is slightly higher. Also, the 3068 carbed a bit higher as well... I love hefeweizens! Like drinking a cold glass of banana bread!

 

[ChefDougAU]

Wlp300

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[agsimon]

First beer ever brewed and it turned out really well! Even my homebrew skeptical friends said this was, "Damn good!" A few slight errors were made in the process and temperatures got a little off, but in the end still great and will be brewing this again for my wedding this summer!

 

[DustyBrew]

Low OG 1.046 followed recipe, but seems to be common. 11lbs of grain. Any thoughts?

 

[bembel]

Low OG 1.046 followed recipe, but seems to be common. 11lbs of grain. Any thoughts?

I have mashed & brewed this recipe 4 times in pretty much exactly the same conditions, and for one of the 4, I purchased the grain and milled it from a different LHBS. I went from 1.048 / 1.052 first runnings to 1.030 with the grain milled from the different shop.

Amazing what a difference proper roller settings and conditions made

 

[AndyRN]

I missed the numbers by a large margin as well. My OG came in at 1.044 and I ended up with less than 5 gallons in the fermenter. I have no idea what happened with this one. The gravities taken off of the vorlauf were, low as well. I only did a 60 minute mash, so that must have been the issue or the grains were a problem. I've heard there is a diminishing return after 60 minute mash. Oh well, should taste fine, if not my father-in-law will drink it.

 

[Mutt98]

I'm brewing this up today to serve as one of my on tap beers for my new home bar grand opening. Hefes are what turned me on to craft beer and, in turn, home brewing so I figured it seemed fitting. Mashing as we speak. Then it's time to finish the room and build my keezer. Going to be a good spring!!!

 

[grevengrevs]

picked up all the items to brew this hefe this week. Gonna be a fun time trying to keep my swamp cooler cool enough for this to ferment well.

 

[japhillips87]

After two years I'm brewing again. I borrowed equipment from a co-worker for my first 3 brews, (2 of the three were this beer). He moved and I didn't have necessary equipment. I have moved since then too. Now that I'm settled in my new house I wanted to pick it back up. Several months ago I built a 3D Printer. I was put in touch with a company called Yeastir that makes stirplates. They needed some 3d prints for their stirplates. I decided some of the money made should go towards homebrewing. I have bought my equipment, including a kegging system. I decided to brew this again. I tried to use the yeast I washed from the last time I brewed this, but they died. Two years is a long shot. I did, however, drink two of the beers that I made 2 years ago while brewing the new batch. They were delicious! I will post an update when I get this one on draft.

 

[DustyBrew]

There it is..... Came out great. Took 10 to 14 days to carb. Low and slow.
Cheers!

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[olotti]

Is everyone doing a 60 min boil on this or are people doing the 90min boil for the Pilsner malt

 

[DustyBrew]

I did about 70min. Any longer I would have had to much boil off.

 

[olotti]

My hallertau is only aa2.4 so I had to use 1oz at 45 min and .8oz at 15 to get 13 ibus. I'm was thinking of just moving the early addition to 60 min so I don't have to go back to the store but I'm guessing you don't wNt that much actuall bitterness from the hops hence the 45 min addition?

 

[ncbrewer]

My hallertau is only aa2.4 so I had to use 1oz at 45 min and .8oz at 15 to get 13 ibus. I'm was thinking of just moving the early addition to 60 min so I don't have to go back to the store but I'm guessing you don't wNt that much actuall bitterness from the hops hence the 45 min addition?

I don't see why it would matter if you use more hops for 45 minutes or less hops for 60 minutes as long as the IBU's come out the same. Maybe the OP will comment on why he chose a 45 minute addition instead of 60.

 

[olotti]

I don't see why it would matter if you use more hops for 45 minutes or less hops for 60 minutes as long as the IBU's come out the same. Maybe the OP will comment on why he chose a 45 minute addition instead of 60.

True I thought about that but luckily my lhbs is right around the corner 5 min there and back and got another pack of hops. Adjusted it to 13.8 ibus with additions at 45, 15 and 5 min.

 

[stever1000]

I made an extract version


4# breiss dry wheat extract
2# breiss dry pilsen malt extract
6 oz carapils steeped @ 155 for 30 min
1/2 oz hallertau @ 60 min
1/2 oz hallertau @ 15

1liter starter of wyeast 3068

fermented in a 62-64 degree water bath for 14 days

crash cooled and kegged/force carbed @ room temp at 40psi for 20 min 2 days ago

Perfect!

FYI, the pic looks quite a bit lighter than the actual beer.

I think I'm going to try the extract version this week! Sounds delicious!

 

[mishadude]

Man this beer turned out good. I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference in a blind test against Fraziskaner. It's definitely on my list for brewing again.