Hey guys,
Newbie homebrewer here. We've recently tasted our latest hefeweizen, but unfortunately the result was not what we expected. The overall feeling is of a really light-bodied beer - the flavor is not too bad, but the mouthfeel is like you're drinking a light lager for some reason... and we're trying to understand why, so we can improve next time. Any advice is highly appreciated.
Recipe:
60% wheat malt
40% pilsner malt
(total of 6.5 kg for around 6 gal). Mashed for 60 min at around 66C (maybe a bit lower).
40 grams of Hallertauer Mittelfrüh (60 mins)
Yiest: 1 pack of Safbrew WB-06
OG of 1.056
FG of 1.010
We fermented for a total of 3 weeks in a 30L plastic bucket (temperature of 18C or so), then racked in glass bottles (adding priming sugar), and tasted after another 2 weeks.
We noticed that gunk had clogged the airlock after day 2 or so, and at that point we changed to a new clean airlock (but it may have been 1 day+ that the airlock was blocked).
From the description above, can you see anything that would contribute to a problematic, very light bodied beer? Maybe suggest a change to the recipe, or to the process? Maybe too little headspace in the plastic bucket that resulted in a problematic fermentation? Any ideas?
Many thanks
Newbie homebrewer here. We've recently tasted our latest hefeweizen, but unfortunately the result was not what we expected. The overall feeling is of a really light-bodied beer - the flavor is not too bad, but the mouthfeel is like you're drinking a light lager for some reason... and we're trying to understand why, so we can improve next time. Any advice is highly appreciated.
Recipe:
60% wheat malt
40% pilsner malt
(total of 6.5 kg for around 6 gal). Mashed for 60 min at around 66C (maybe a bit lower).
40 grams of Hallertauer Mittelfrüh (60 mins)
Yiest: 1 pack of Safbrew WB-06
OG of 1.056
FG of 1.010
We fermented for a total of 3 weeks in a 30L plastic bucket (temperature of 18C or so), then racked in glass bottles (adding priming sugar), and tasted after another 2 weeks.
We noticed that gunk had clogged the airlock after day 2 or so, and at that point we changed to a new clean airlock (but it may have been 1 day+ that the airlock was blocked).
From the description above, can you see anything that would contribute to a problematic, very light bodied beer? Maybe suggest a change to the recipe, or to the process? Maybe too little headspace in the plastic bucket that resulted in a problematic fermentation? Any ideas?
Many thanks