Weissbier "Kick you in the face Banana Hefeweizen

[blackwaterbrewer]

white labs hefe IV and a 75F fermentation will get all the bananna flavor you want without putting mooshy crap into your beer.

 

[Oscbert]

Add the chocolate in the last 5 minutes of the boil and you will get more chocolate flavoring. I see no reason to boil it for longer than that, it will only realease flavors and scents the longer you boil.
I have added chocolate this way to a Porter and a Mint Stout. Chocolate came through nicely.

 

[jmlivingston10]

I'm going to be brewing a hefe tomorrow and thought about do the banana a a prep today. Would the bananas go bad if I did them today, or should I just wait until tomorrow during the mash to prep them?

 

[nerdyJON]

Looking forward to this beer! Just brewed 2 days ago and fermenting is out of control.

 

[SewerRanger]

Let me know how it turns out for you John. This was the first beer recipe I ever came up with all on my own (wasn't a clone/change to someone else recipe). It warms the cockles of my heart to see someone else wanting to brew it.

 

[nerdyJON]

Hoping someone responds quickly. I am racking into the secondary and I am wondering if I over did it with the banana flavors. Should I continue to plan to add bananas to the secondary? How much banana is in the final taste profile?

 

[SewerRanger]

It had a really nice banana flavor to it when I made it last. Not overly done, but you could taste them. Putting them in the secondary doesn't add much flavor, but intensifies the smell and bumps the ABV a bit.

 

[nerdyJON]

Highly recommend this!!

All my kits have a similar heaviness / taste but this is unbelievable. I believe it got up to 6% which was great but surprising.

I left the secondary bananas out and still had a great light refreshing smell and aroma.

 

[fords4life]

Highly recommend this!!

All my kits have a similar heaviness / taste but this is unbelievable. I believe it got up to 6% which was great but surprising.

I left the secondary bananas out and still had a great light refreshing smell and aroma.

Did you follow the original recipe and fermentation times in the first post?

 

[nerdyJON]

3 weeks in secondary and no bananas in secondary.

 

[hannibalmdq]

I do want to express though that I was expecting more banana flavor...BUT, I did something very different that might have affected the banana's play in the brew. In the secondary, While the banana floated at the top of the carboy, I gave the entire carboy a couple good spins, kind of swooshing it all around and down. I did this maybe 2 times a day, sometimes everyday, sometimes every couple of days. But I noticed that right after swooshing it around, the yeast started feeding like crazy and the banana started fizzing, bubbling through the airlock crazy-like for another 5 minutes or so. Eventually, after a week or so, it was as if the yeast was completely eating up the banana, as the volume of banana floating at the top considerably decreased by the end of the secondary.

Most of those bubbles where probably just CO2 offgassing. Swirling likely gave the bubbles some new nucleation points and forced a little bit of the gas out of the solution. A lot of folks witness this when dry hopping with pellets. Lots of bubbling as new places for the bubbles to form are introduced into the beer.

 

[nerdyJON]

Best beer I have brewed according to friends. I would recommend this to everyone! I called mine Banana Hammock and it is a perfect beer to sit back and relax in the sun, on a beach, or just in the yard.

 

[fords4life]

I switched this up a bit and went with a dunkelweizen recipe instead. Was planning on racking to the secondary with bananas after 1 week, but the krausen has not fallen. Should I wait until it falls or go ahead and rack it anyway?

 

[Fuzzymittenbrewing]

All grain recipe anyone?? Didn't see one in the thread. Very interested in this. Odd Side Ales, a local brewer here in West MI has one called Lolly Catcher (was Banana Hammock but I think they ran into probs putting that on the label.) Sooo very good.

 

[fords4life]

Mine was a partial mash. I haven't gotten into all grain yet.

 

[grevengrevs]

How much bottling sugar did y'all use to bottle?

 

[JBruchwalski]

I went to my LHBS and they converted everything for my BIAB so we will see how this comes out. Only different is I am going to split the two batches into just banana and then the only 2.5 gal into a peanut butter banana using PB2. Will post results, brewing it tomorrow.

 

[Fuzzymittenbrewing]

I went to my LHBS and they converted everything for my BIAB so we will see how this comes out. Only different is I am going to split the two batches into just banana and then the only 2.5 gal into a peanut butter banana using PB2. Will post results, brewing it tomorrow.

Could you post the recipe?

 

[JBruchwalski]

Will do!

Did u want just the grain bill or do you want the PB2 additions as well?

 

[Fuzzymittenbrewing]

Will do!

Did u want just the grain bill or do you want the PB2 additions as well?

With PB2 if you don't mind. Thanks!

 

[grevengrevs]

JBruch,
Did you ever brew the beer?

 

[JBruchwalski]

Ya. I brewed it Saturday. It is fermenting right now. It has take. A few days to really get the fermentation but it is really working it's magic now.


I will post the recipe this afternoon. Have about 10 days or so until I will have a flavor profile for everyone.

 

[NEMaker]

Ya. I brewed it Saturday. It is fermenting right now. It has take. A few days to really get the fermentation but it is really working it's magic now.


I will post the recipe this afternoon. Have about 10 days or so until I will have a flavor profile for everyone.

I'm looking to do a split batch of this next weekend - looking forward to your upcoming recipe. Thanks!

 

[JBruchwalski]

It didn't turn out so good yet. Very little flavor but I am assuming it was a mistake with not enough grain. My LHBS gave me very little grain so I am going back Tuesday to grab a new batch and retry this all.

 

[grevengrevs]

brewed it up and had it bottled. after two weeks in bottles it has good banana smell but poor banana taste. not good mouth feel and the taste is sharp, not sour but sharp. gonna let it sit in bottles for another week or two and try again but right now its a no go for me. i'll try again at a later date.

 

[JBruchwalski]

Ya...not sure why this recipe isn't working out but I am kegging this weekend so I will post results after that

 

[grevengrevs]

Jbruch,
How did it turn out in the keg?

 

[JBruchwalski]

Still not the greatest. Very little body and mouthfeel. The banana flavor or aroma are both not there really

 

[grevengrevs]

I dumped it. Chalked it up to a learning experience

 

[sathrovarr]

How did you treat the bananas? I want to make this recipe but I'm afraid of infection from the bananas