Looking for fruitty, yummy Hefe recipe

[Cheesefood]

If you have such a recipe that's tried and tested, please post. I'm buying ingredients tonight and brewing either tonight or this weekend.

 

[chillHayze]

Made a lemon one with 6lbs LightDME, light English hops, and just juiced half a dozen lemons into the secondary. I'm sad It's running low...

 

[homebrewer_99]

Extract:

(No more than) 6 lbs of Wheat DME

1.1 oz of Hallertau Whole Hops @ 3.5 to 4.4% will work well. Naturally, the lower AA% will be sweeter than the higher AA%

Boil for 60 mins.

I use the "late"boil technique. I boil 1.5 gals of water for my batch. You can substitute 1 lb of malt for 1 lb of Extra Light DME boiled for 45 mins with hops.

After 45 mins remove from heat and add in, stir and dissolve 1 lb of malt at a time for the remaining 5 lbs.

Return to heat. Boil for 15 mins. Watchout for another hot break.

I sparge my hops out through a nylon net over my bucket. I also place 4 gals of water in the freezer for 4-5 hours prior to brewing.

Top off to 5.25 gals.

Use a good Hefe Weizen yeast. I use WLP 351, but you can only get it several months out of the year or you can try the WL website (too expensive)...and make a starter.

It doesn't get any simpler than that.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I do basically what Bill says, but AG. I aimed for ~1050 OG w/12IBU of H. Hersbrucker and Wyeast 3068 in my last batch and it's about as good as I can ask for. My previous batch I had ~18IBU due to a clerical error (damn clerics), and even at that relatively low level of IBU's the yeast's flavor was overshadowed by the hop bitterness. A HW is all about the yeast, IMO, and any other competing flavor will overshadow it.

If by fruity you mean adding fruit to it, I think I'd shoot for an American wheat as a base as it would provide a cleaner base for adding fruit flavor to. But I've never tried that, so it's just spekoolashun.

 

[Spyk'd]

I may do mine a bit differently, but I just sampled my HW and it's like a banana in a bottle!

Extract
3lbs. Light DME
3lbs. Wheat DME

Specialty Grains
.5lbs. CaraPils
2lbs. Crystal(or caramel) Malt (10 Lov)
Steep @150 for 30 mins.

Whole Leaf Hops
.5oz Hallertauer for 45 mins.
2oz Cascade for 30 mins.
.5oz Hallertauer for 20 mins.

Yeast
Wyeast #3068

Even though it might look like alot of hops, the Hallertauer are pretty mild and the Cascade add a nice "grapefruity" flavor. The overall flavor is very fruity.

Enjoy!

 

[chillHayze]

I may do mine a bit differently, but I just sampled my HW and it's like a banana in a bottle!

Extract
3lbs. Light DME
3lbs. Wheat DME

Specialty Grains
.5lbs. CaraPils
2lbs. Crystal(or caramel) Malt (10 Lov)
Steep @150 for 30 mins.

Whole Leaf Hops
.5oz Hallertauer for 45 mins.
2oz Cascade for 30 mins.
.5oz Hallertauer for 20 mins.

Yeast
Wyeast #3068

Even though it might look like alot of hops, the Hallertauer are pretty mild and the Cascade add a nice "grapefruity" flavor. The overall flavor is very fruity.

Enjoy!

Sounds Simple, but elegant. I'll try that next time, just gotta get the fermentation temps down in the 60s.

 

[Cheesefood]

I may do mine a bit differently, but I just sampled my HW and it's like a banana in a bottle!

Extract
3lbs. Light DME
3lbs. Wheat DME

Specialty Grains
.5lbs. CaraPils
2lbs. Crystal(or caramel) Malt (10 Lov)
Steep @150 for 30 mins.

Whole Leaf Hops
.5oz Hallertauer for 45 mins.
2oz Cascade for 30 mins.
.5oz Hallertauer for 20 mins.

Yeast
Wyeast #3068

Even though it might look like alot of hops, the Hallertauer are pretty mild and the Cascade add a nice "grapefruity" flavor. The overall flavor is very fruity.

Enjoy!

Nice. I happen to have the available hops in my freezer, so this looks like a winner! Thanks.

 

[timdsmith72]

Drinking this one right now.....It's awesome!!!!

Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse (from Beer Captured)

4 oz Belgian Aromatic Malt
2 oz Acid Malt

6 lb. 5 oz. Muntons Wheat Dry Malt Extract
2¼ oz. Malto Dextrin

1 oz. American Hallertauer @ 3.5% (bittering hop)

¼ oz. Spalt (flavor hop)
¼ oz. Perle (flavor hop)

White Labs #WLP300 Hefeweizen Ale Yeast

 

[Cheesefood]

Drinking this one right now.....It's awesome!!!!

Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse (from Beer Captured)

4 oz Belgian Aromatic Malt
2 oz Acid Malt

6 lb. 5 oz. Muntons Wheat Dry Malt Extract
2¼ oz. Malto Dextrin

1 oz. American Hallertauer @ 3.5% (bittering hop)

¼ oz. Spalt (flavor hop)
¼ oz. Perle (flavor hop)

White Labs #WLP300 Hefeweizen Ale Yeast

I wanted to brew this one a while ago, but I couldn't find the Acid malt (except online) and now I'd have to special order the hops (b/c LHBS doesn't carry whole in those varieties) and malt. Maybe in the future.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Talk about extreme-avatars...

 

[NEPABREWER]

What unique profile does this strain posses? I am trying to create the taste of an beer I had in Salzburg a few summers ago an cannot put my finger on it. Light in color, cloudy as hell, nicely spicy served quite cold and bubbly.

QUOTE=homebrewer_99]Extract:

(No more than) 6 lbs of Wheat DME

1.1 oz of Hallertau Whole Hops @ 3.5 to 4.4% will work well. Naturally, the lower AA% will be sweeter than the higher AA%

Boil for 60 mins.

I use the "late"boil technique. I boil 1.5 gals of water for my batch. You can substitute 1 lb of malt for 1 lb of Extra Light DME boiled for 45 mins with hops.

After 45 mins remove from heat and add in, stir and dissolve 1 lb of malt at a time for the remaining 5 lbs.

Return to heat. Boil for 15 mins. Watchout for another hot break.

I sparge my hops out through a nylon net over my bucket. I also place 4 gals of water in the freezer for 4-5 hours prior to brewing.

Top off to 5.25 gals.

Use a good Hefe Weizen yeast. I use WLP 351, but you can only get it several months out of the year or you can try the WL website (too expensive)...and make a starter.

It doesn't get any simpler than that.[/QUOTE]

 

[homebrewer_99]

From the White Labs website:

Bavarian Weizen Ale (WLP351) * Available July/August
Former Yeast Lab 51 yeast strain, acquired from Dan McConnell.

The description originally used by Yeast lab still fits: " This strain produces a classic German-style wheat beer, with moderately high, spicy phenolic overtones reminiscent of cloves."

Attenuation: 73-77; Flocculation: Low; Optimum Ferm. Temp: 66-70

I can get both the cloves and banana out of this one really well. Naturally, since I usually ferment around 72 I get more banana out of this one.

You can see why I started washing my yeast since it's only available in the summer.

I used this yeast when I won Best of Show and Best of Style at the the local HB contest in '97. It was the first and last time I entered a contest. I don't even bottle for them anymore (12 oz).

 

[brackbrew]

Made a lemon one with 6lbs LightDME, light English hops, and just juiced half a dozen lemons into the secondary. I'm sad It's running low...

Did you do anything to the lemon juice? could you use lemon juice from a bottle? I'm going to brew a hefe for my wedding (among other things) and this intrigues me. Also what specific hops did you use and how many?

Thanks.

BREW ON

 

[chillHayze]

I just juiced the lemons into the secondary, seeds and all. For hops I used Mt hood and hallertau. I'll dig up the schedule when I get home.

Yeah it is a geed recipe. I think it will be the first brew in the new place I'm moving to end of the month.

 

[brackbrew]

Awesome, thanks. I ended up using the Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse clone from BC as my actual HW recipe. I had to go to my LHBS right after work today and it's a 45-minute drive, each way. The recipe calls for Hallertauer as the primary bittering hop and Spalt and Perle as flavor hops. Wonder if the lemon will still work in the secondary. There's a couple specialty grains in this recipe and I don't know how they might affect the overall taste of the beer, although are Hefe's traditionally served with lemon wedges anyway?

 

[Cheesefood]

I wanted to brew this one a while ago, but I couldn't find the Acid malt (except online) and now I'd have to special order the hops (b/c LHBS doesn't carry whole in those varieties) and malt. Maybe in the future.

OK, I ordered th ingredients for the Franzi clone from Alternative Beverages in Charlotte, NC. This will be my Father's Day present: getting to brew up some Franzi.

I've never ordered from this place before, but I was impressed that I could order malts by the oz. Sure, they cost a little more, but there's no waste and I save on shipping. Yeah! Franzi clone next weekend!

 

[Cheesefood]

OK, I ordered th ingredients for the Franzi clone from Alternative Beverages in Charlotte, NC. This will be my Father's Day present: getting to brew up some Franzi.

I've never ordered from this place before, but I was impressed that I could order malts by the oz. Sure, they cost a little more, but there's no waste and I save on shipping. Yeah! Franzi clone next weekend!

Ingredients arrived today! I'm very impressed by the speed of service, selection, and price of http://www.ebrew.com (giving them a plug for the good job). I really like how I can order my grains by the oz instead of by the pound. Everything arrived in good shape. I'm going to hit the HBS tomorrow for the DME, make a starter tomorrow night and brew on Saturday. Yeah! I've just got a TON of prep work before I can brew. I have to bottle one batch and clean the carboy. Transfer my 80/- to my free carboy then clean out the old one. Transfer my mead to the clean carboy, then clean out the dirty one. Finally, I'd like to transfer the 80/- to the newly cleaned one so I can start using my glass carboy as a primary but I'm not sure I want all that agitation.

Finally, I have to brew and clean up that whole mess. Good thing I'm usually up by 6:00am.

 

[Spyderturbo]

Ingredients arrived today! I'm very impressed by the speed of service, selection, and price of http://www.ebrew.com (giving them a plug for the good job). I really like how I can order my grains by the oz instead of by the pound. Everything arrived in good shape. I'm going to hit the HBS tomorrow for the DME, make a starter tomorrow night and brew on Saturday. Yeah! I've just got a TON of prep work before I can brew. I have to bottle one batch and clean the carboy. Transfer my 80/- to my free carboy then clean out the old one. Transfer my mead to the clean carboy, then clean out the dirty one. Finally, I'd like to transfer the 80/- to the newly cleaned one so I can start using my glass carboy as a primary but I'm not sure I want all that agitation.

Finally, I have to brew and clean up that whole mess. Good thing I'm usually up by 6:00am.

I made this last week and have a question about the recipe. I guess I should have asked before I brewed, but oh well.

Are you supposed to grind up the grain before you steep? I was told by the lady in the LHBS that I didn't need to do anything before I used them. The were whole and she looked at the recipe. Did I get bad advise?

Also, is it necessary to make a starter if you get the pitchable yeast?

Thanks!

 

[Cheesefood]

I made this last week and have a question about the recipe. I guess I should have asked before I brewed, but oh well.

Are you supposed to grind up the grain before you steep? I was told by the lady in the LHBS that I didn't need to do anything before I used them. The were whole and she looked at the recipe. Did I get bad advise?

Also, is it necessary to make a starter if you get the pitchable yeast?

Thanks!

1) Your grains should (need) to be crushed. Were they pre-crushed? If so, you're good.

2) Starter isn't necessary, but the growing opinion is that it's very beneficial.

 

[Spyderturbo]

Nope, they weren't pre-crushed.......The lady said that they didn't need to be after looking at my recipe.

Is my beer going to taste like crap?

 

[Cheesefood]

Nope, they weren't pre-crushed.......The lady said that they didn't need to be after looking at my recipe.

Is my beer going to taste like crap?

Oh, wow man. No, it'll be worse than crap. It'll taste like bum crap that's marinating in bum urine. If I were you, I'd consider taking my own life rather than taste a drop.

Your only hope is if you post nekked pictures of your girlfriend on this forum.

 

[Spyderturbo]

I don't think that my wife would appreciate that too much.

There are pictures of her on the internet, but she has her clothes on.