My Dunkelweisse is dying. Help.

[Cpt_Kirks]

wow. you are my wheat hero. Wheats are the best.

How is that lime wheat? I have never even heard of it. I am not a big fan of Leniekeugals Susnet Wheat so I am particular on my wheats. Not a fan of American wheats but Germans on the other hand...

My neighbor is alergic to the wheat beers. Tell me how much that would suck.

Well, the Lime Wheat started out, of all things, as a "Tequiza" clone, with agave nectar and lime zest. The aguave flavor fermented out, leaving just lime. I had made a goof up using the Brewmaster's Warehouse brew builder. This brew and a wheat beer were both added (by me) at once, causing ALL the grains (including a LOT of wheat) to be combined in one huge bag. D'oh!

Result: Lime Wheat. Best "goof up" I ever made.

 

[DKershner]

Well, the Lime Wheat started out, of all things, as a "Tequiza" clone, with agave nectar and lime zest. The aguave flavor fermented out, leaving just lime. I had made a goof up using the Brewmaster's Warehouse brew builder. This brew and a wheat beer were both added (by me) at once, causing ALL the grains (including a LOT of wheat) to be combined in one huge bag. D'oh!

Result: Lime Wheat. Best "goof up" I ever made.

I cannot even imagine what that tastes like. Did you brew 10gal instead of 5? Or is this lime wheat like 10% abv?

I have to admit I laughed at your misfortune, and then thought about what I could make from what I have lying around the house...

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

I cannot even imagine what that tastes like. Did you brew 10gal instead of 5? Or is this lime wheat like 10% abv?

I have to admit I laughed at your misfortune, and then thought about what I could make from what I have lying around the house...

No, it was a 5 gallon batch, came out right at 5.5%. Pretty good, actually. Very clear, very crisp. There was too much lime at first, but aging has mellowed it nicely.

I divided the big bag of grain in two by weight. One was supposed to be a wheat, anyway. The "Tequiza Clone" just had a LOT more wheat than planned.

 

[MilwaukeeBrewGuy]

Figured I would post an update to my dunkelweisse that i was having some problems with.

boy you were right a dunkelweisse is an odd one. I held fermentation at 68 degrees, and had tons of bananna aroma and flavor. This seems to have died out and now i just have clove flavors with little aroma.

So, it appears it wasn't actually dying, but rather going through some extreme changes. It seems to slowly be getting better with age. I brewed it on 12/20 and kegged about 2 1/2 weeks later. So now it is almost a month old. I thought the flavors on these stabilized pretty quickly, but maybe not...