korrosion
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
I want to make a really good Weizenbock for my brother's wedding in August. His favorite beer is Sunshine Wheat and he said he's always wanted a dark version of that. He love's very dark beers like porters and stouts so I thought maybe a nice weizenbock would fit the bill perfectly.
I just kind of came up with this on my own so please let me know if it should be changed. I'm going to make a yeast starter tonight and brew on Sunday hopefully. I decided to use the trappist ale yeast instead of hefeweizen yeast because I am concerned the hefe yeast won't do well in a high gravity beer. The trappist yeast should still give it that fruity aroma anyway.
I will be using the brew in a bag technique for this so keep that in mind. My last batch was BIAB and it was low efficiency around 63%. I'm going to use a finer crush this time to hopefully fix that but accounted for 65% in the recipe anyway.
I also need advice as to what hops should be used. I assume just about an ounce or so of bittering hops at the beginning but not sure what kind for the style. TIA!
Type: All Grain
Date: 3/27/2009
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Dave
Boil Size: 5.72 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
11.25 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 65.22 %
3.00 lb Munich Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 17.39 %
2.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 11.59 %
0.50 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 2.90 %
0.25 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
0.50 lb Candi Sugar, Dark (275.0 SRM) Sugar 2.90 %
1 Pkgs Trappist Ale (White Labs #WLP500) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.085 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.56 %
Bitterness: 0.0 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 25.7 SRM Color: Color
I want to make a really good Weizenbock for my brother's wedding in August. His favorite beer is Sunshine Wheat and he said he's always wanted a dark version of that. He love's very dark beers like porters and stouts so I thought maybe a nice weizenbock would fit the bill perfectly.
I just kind of came up with this on my own so please let me know if it should be changed. I'm going to make a yeast starter tonight and brew on Sunday hopefully. I decided to use the trappist ale yeast instead of hefeweizen yeast because I am concerned the hefe yeast won't do well in a high gravity beer. The trappist yeast should still give it that fruity aroma anyway.
I will be using the brew in a bag technique for this so keep that in mind. My last batch was BIAB and it was low efficiency around 63%. I'm going to use a finer crush this time to hopefully fix that but accounted for 65% in the recipe anyway.
I also need advice as to what hops should be used. I assume just about an ounce or so of bittering hops at the beginning but not sure what kind for the style. TIA!
Type: All Grain
Date: 3/27/2009
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Dave
Boil Size: 5.72 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
11.25 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 65.22 %
3.00 lb Munich Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 17.39 %
2.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 11.59 %
0.50 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 2.90 %
0.25 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
0.50 lb Candi Sugar, Dark (275.0 SRM) Sugar 2.90 %
1 Pkgs Trappist Ale (White Labs #WLP500) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.085 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.56 %
Bitterness: 0.0 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 25.7 SRM Color: Color