Conclusions:
I did TJ's clone recipe for the grain & hops with Wyeast 3068. It's very clean & crisp. A very fresh Hef.
Not a lot going on. Not complex at all. It is billed as the Champagne of Wheat beers, can't have much else going on if your aiming for Champagne. The wheat malt comes through very nice.
This is a wheat beer that tastes like
a wheat beer. This needs the
carbonation & the cooler temp, in the bucket it tastes like crap.
I did do it differently by keg & force carbonation. No more bottles for me. My 1 piece of advice is......................... time. I fermented in the primary for 2 weeks. Then secondary for 2 weeks. Then it needed 2 additional weeks carbing up & cooling down in the kegerator.
I tried it 1 week into the keg and it still tasted awful. I was starting to really doubt myself. 2 weeks & it was good. It's not bitter or fizzy. There is banana, fruit everywhere. Sampling this recipe & the commercial version side by side as it was fermenting was very unforgiving.
This clone beer tasted NOTHING like the real thing. Now that it has improved, I'm not so sure. I'll have to buy some more of the real stuff!
I'll brew this again! :rockin: I did let it ferment at 68* F.................. Mistake. Next time I'll try it at the 56* F mark.
The yeast was good. But again I'm all about experimentation............. can you say 3056?
P.S. After brewing this myself & having the hands on experience, I now know what these guys are saying between the lines. Some of you guys are spot on, some of you are just hinting at the real story. Just an FYI............ guys........... If you want to say something................ SAY IT! Don't make us guess!!!!!!