Need hefeweizen recipe

[dracus]

Just a word of warning. The forbidden fruit is SUPER estery.

You will want to keep your temps down on fermenter.

I used it when I made a omegang red clone. Yummy but very estery. In my case it was a bit over the top for the clone.

 

[FreeM80s]

Just a word of warning. The forbidden fruit is SUPER estery.

You will want to keep your temps down on fermenter.

I used it when I made a omegang red clone. Yummy but very estery. In my case it was a bit over the top for the clone.

What do you mean by "estery"? I'm still new to some of the terminology...

 

[FreeM80s]

also: i've never used yeast in a pack like that. I assume those are what people refer to as "smack packs"? how do you use them correctly? I use dried packet yeast most of the time

 

[Doc Robinson]

What do you mean by "estery"? I'm still new to some of the terminology...

Fruity. Esters are the compounds that give many fruits their characteristic flavors.

If you want to tone it down, ferment at a lower temperature. Avery Brewing ferments the strain at 72.

 

[Doc Robinson]

also: i've never used yeast in a pack like that. I assume those are what people refer to as "smack packs"? how do you use them correctly? I use dried packet yeast most of the time

Keep it refrigerated. On brew day, take it out of the fridge 3 or 4 hours before you are going to pitch, smack it and leave it at room temperature.

However, I always make a starter, so the starter process would be done 2 days prior to brew day. The gravity is pretty low on this brew, so a starter isn't totally necessary. In fact, I brewed the beer last weekend and didn't make a starter...it fermented out very quickly.

 

[GLoBaLReBeL]

.75 lb Wheat Liquid Extract
3.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract
1.00 oz Saaz [3.20 %] (60 min)
0.50 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 1.0 min)
0.50 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 1.0 min)
0.50 oz Orange Peel, Sweet (Boil 1.0 min)
1 Pkgs Forbidden Fruit (Wyeast Labs #3463)
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I was wondering, I can't find the Saaz anywhere on Northern brewer; is this a special ingredient? Also, the wheat extract I found on Northern Brewer is a blend of wheat malt (65%) and pale malt (35%). Is this the correct extract? I can purchase it in a 3 lb or 6 lb container. Everything el

 

[Doc Robinson]

.75 lb Wheat Liquid Extract
3.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract
1.00 oz Saaz [3.20 %] (60 min)
0.50 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 1.0 min)
0.50 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 1.0 min)
0.50 oz Orange Peel, Sweet (Boil 1.0 min)
1 Pkgs Forbidden Fruit (Wyeast Labs #3463)
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I was wondering, I can't find the Saaz anywhere on Northern brewer; is this a special ingredient? Also, the wheat extract I found on Northern Brewer is a blend of wheat malt (65%) and pale malt (35%). Is this the correct extract? I can purchase it in a 3 lb or 6 lb container. Everything el

Here is the link to Saaz on Northern Brewer.

If you go with the 6 pound liquid wheat extract, you are going to get:

6 x .65 = 3.9 lb Wheat (this is fine)
6 x .35 = 2.1 lb Pale

You need 3.5 pale so 3.5 - 2.1 = 1.4 lb Pale Extract or 1.4 lb * .8 = 1.12 lb Pale Dry Extract.

I would go with the 6 lb. jug of liquid wheat extract and a 1 lb. bag of golden light dry extract.

 

[GLoBaLReBeL]

On a side note, I will be brewing a full 5 gallon batch. I have a 7 gallon kettle and I put about 6 gallons in it. So, I end up with about 4.75 or 5 gallons and I add enough to get it to about 5.5 gallons in the fermenter. (I do this because I don't like to suck up to much trub)

Are there any differences in the amount of additions since I am doing it this way, for your recipe?

 

[Arkador]

Weinstephan Heffe clone...

6# Wheat DME
1oz Hollertau (.8oz if doing full boil)
Weinstephan Liquid yeast (make a 1l starter)

Bring 3gal water to boil
add DME mix well
add 1oz Hollertau
boil 60min
cool, top off to 5gal, pitch yeast, ferment at 69deg for 10 days, go straight to bottles with 7oz dextrose.

 

[Doc Robinson]

On a side note, I will be brewing a full 5 gallon batch. I have a 7 gallon kettle and I put about 6 gallons in it. So, I end up with about 4.75 or 5 gallons and I add enough to get it to about 5.5 gallons in the fermenter. (I do this because I don't like to suck up to much trub)

Are there any differences in the amount of additions since I am doing it this way, for your recipe?

Nope. On a really scientific level there are slight changes, but VERY negligible.

 

[GLoBaLReBeL]

Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but I thought I might be able to get some last minute help before i purchase.

I'm going with Austin HomeBrew Supply to try a new e-tailer. Here's my Q . .

The Liquid extracts for this are different, what do you think . .

1.) The wheat extract is a blend of 40% wheat malt and 60% 2-row barley.
- Will this work for your reciepe?
2.) Our extra pale extract has an EBC rating of approximately 2.5 (1.25 lovibond).
- I don't know if this will work. It is described as an EXTRA pale ale extract. . .

That's it Thank you.

 

[dracus]

You are kind of limited in the extract world here. Hefe are made with pils and wheat. The normal wheat extracts use pale 2 row.

I made a hefe using the exact same recipe above except I added some carapils to help with head retention.

Extremely yummy.

Technically your making an american wheat with hefe yeast.

 

[EricCSU]

Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but I thought I might be able to get some last minute help before i purchase.

I'm going with Austin HomeBrew Supply to try a new e-tailer. Here's my Q . .

The Liquid extracts for this are different, what do you think . .

1.) The wheat extract is a blend of 40% wheat malt and 60% 2-row barley.
- Will this work for your reciepe?
2.) Our extra pale extract has an EBC rating of approximately 2.5 (1.25 lovibond).
- I don't know if this will work. It is described as an EXTRA pale ale extract. . .

That's it Thank you.

I would recommend just buying their Belgian White kit. It has all the ingredients you need and makes a fantastic beer. I've made it four times. It is one of their most popular kits.

Eric

 

[FreeM80s]

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Got the supplies now(big thanks to RebelBrewer.com, amazing service.) and it is ON for superbowl sunday. Making beer, grilling meat and drinking a keg of APA before watching some football. Does life get any better?:rockin:

 

[pweizman]

Are you looking for a traditional German Hefe, like a Weihenstephaner? I can hook you up.

4.25 Pale Liquid Extract
3.75 Wheat Liquid Extract
1.00 oz. Hallertau @ 60 min
White Labs WLP300

Why the dual Liquid extract?

I have always just used 5-6 pounds Wheat LME.

Interesting...

And WLP380 is yummy too. A bit more clove. I thought the WLP300 had too much banana!

Patrick

 

[Stinkyking]

new to brewing and thinking about doing a wit as my second batch... I downloaded the trial version of beersmith and the style notes say that wits are "fragile and tend to not age well"... anyone had that experience?

 

[EricCSU]

new to brewing and thinking about doing a wit as my second batch... I downloaded the trial version of beersmith and the style notes say that wits are "fragile and tend to not age well"... anyone had that experience?

Yes, that is true. Wits do not age well. I have never outlasted a keg of wit myself, but I have had that experience with commercial examples and I have heard that from other homebrewers. It makes sense sense because when the beer is fresh, the spices are fantastic. Those spices will fade in 3-4 months. Also, wheat malt doesn't hold up well over time either. Combine the two and you get a "fragile" beer.

Eric