Sorry to hear about your troubles. I have found hefeweizen to be quite a difficult style to nail like in Germany. Are you using RO water or filtered tap in the recipe you listed? Seems like a lot of adjustment additions. You have a lot of suggestions but I think the best approach is to go back to basics and keep it simple.
- Simple water profile (I only use Calcium Chloride)
- 60% wheat & 40% pils. (acidulated malt too).
- IBU to 14-16, single addition.
- Keep your Hoch Kurz mash a;though if your sediment amount is too high with BIAB, do not dough in at 131f. Dough in at 145f as you will get less sediment if the grain starts at gelatinization temps.
- pH at 5.4-5.5 during the mash, add a knockout addition at the end of the boil down to 5.1
- Limit oxygen amounts before pitching
- Pitch normal to a low amount of active yeast.
- Ferment at 62-68f
If this does not work then something else is wrong with the brewing practices. I know this is not an option with your current setup, but the biggest change in my 16 years of trying to make hefeweizen is going low oxygen... That is when the delicate flavors started to show up.
Let us know how it works out. I know it is in there as many try to get away from banana bombs!
- Simple water profile (I only use Calcium Chloride)
- 60% wheat & 40% pils. (acidulated malt too).
- IBU to 14-16, single addition.
- Keep your Hoch Kurz mash a;though if your sediment amount is too high with BIAB, do not dough in at 131f. Dough in at 145f as you will get less sediment if the grain starts at gelatinization temps.
- pH at 5.4-5.5 during the mash, add a knockout addition at the end of the boil down to 5.1
- Limit oxygen amounts before pitching
- Pitch normal to a low amount of active yeast.
- Ferment at 62-68f
If this does not work then something else is wrong with the brewing practices. I know this is not an option with your current setup, but the biggest change in my 16 years of trying to make hefeweizen is going low oxygen... That is when the delicate flavors started to show up.
Let us know how it works out. I know it is in there as many try to get away from banana bombs!