Hefeweizen and Hallertau Question

[Loftearmen]

Tonight I'll be starting my first batch of hefeweizen. The recipe I'm using is:

7.5lbs of wheat LME
1oz Hallertau Hops (60 min)
Safbrew WB-06

It says that it isn't a very hoppy beer so I was thinking about using a little extra. My plan was to use 1oz hallertau (60 min), .5oz hallertau (15 min) and .5oz hallertau (dry hop). Do y'all think this is a good plan or is there something I should do differently?

I already have 2 ounces of Hallertau so that's what I'll be using.

 

[Flask]

A typical hefe is around 10-15 IBU and you will get that from the one oz for the boil. There usually aren't any or a very small late hop addition. You want the hops to not overpower the clove/banana flavor.
Now that is all typical hefe advise. If you are looking to improvise and experiment by all means go for it.
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[aiptasia]

That's fine if you want a hoppy Hefe.

 

[Loftearmen]

I made the wort and it's really dark. I thought that hefeweizen was supposed to be a lighter colored beer. I boiled half of the lme for 45 min and added the other half 15 min before the boil was over. I didn't scorch any of it. I used Briess wheat LME. Did I do anything wrong?

 

[flars]

You are okay. The wort normally looks darker than expected. It will lighten up a bit with the top off water and then lighten some more when the yeast becomes active. In the bottling bucket it will look even lighter. A boiled extract recipe will typically end up a little darker in the glass than an all grain, but the flavor is all there.

 

[Flask]

It sounds like you did everything you could to help the wort from darkening. I always worry something happened during the boil because the color is pretty dark. I have to remind myself that there is still a lot of junk in the wort(cold break, hop fragments, proteins etc.). All of which are darkening the wort. Another thing to remember is that the larger the volume of wort you have the less light can get through(looking through a carboy vs. a glass). If looking into a ferment bucket, I can hardly tell a pilsner from a porter by color.

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[mChavez]

I only used 0.75oz of haller in my batch and at bottling time it looked like I could still taste some hops.

I like it when there are lots of hops but decided to stick to the recipe and style.

My batch was also very dark after boiling but lightened up a lot since then.