Weissbier Orange Honey Hefeweizen

[DubbelDach]

Hey DD,
I didn't see any mention of marmalade on the first page unless I missed it.How much did you use,was it just something you got at the grocery store,and when was it added.

Just like a heaping tablespoon of orange marmalade at 15 mins... I think I originally forgot to put in in my first post... I do have it here: OHH @ Dubbel Dachs

Probably doesn't make too much of a difference, it's not a lot.

 

[chuckger]

I brewed this beer last week, but I could not find Orange Blossom Honey anywhere except on the internet and I did not want to wait for delivery so i used plain pure honey and uped the Marmalaide to 1/2 cup at 15 minutes. I am going to bottle it tonight the thing is already down to 1.008! I could not believe that yeast (WLP300) took off like it did! Anyway i will post results later. Thanks for the awesome recipe DubbelDach!

This beer is great! It needs a few more weeks in the bottle and it will be fantastic! I highly recommend this one if you like a good Hefe, I think I will brew this again in the spring so that is has time to age in the keg and it will be perfect on those hot summer days!

 

[Blindguardian]

All I can say is WOW this is a great beer! I tasted one after only a week in the bottle and like chuckger said this would be great for the hot summer days!

My OG came out to be 1.050 and the FG came in at 1.009 giving me a 5.3% ABV

thanks for such a great recipe, I will add this one to the list to be brewed again!

PS. I used 2oz of sweet orange peels in 1 1/4 cup of Level (top shelf) Vodka.

 

[jamie3]

Does this recipe require mashing?
I've never done an all-grain recipe before.

I'm wondering if I can simply steep the grains at 153 degF for 45 min in a cloth bag and then increase the temp and do the boil, add hops, etc?

If not is there an extract based recipe I could use?

 

[RandalG]

After several dark beers in a row I decided to do a batch of this the other day as it's my most requested beer to date. Made my starter with my stirstarter I recently got and I actually needed to switch the airlock to a blow off for the first time I needed to use it as the krausen was coming out of the airlock the next day. Really looking forward to tasting this batch as I'm hoping it will be even better than the first.

 

[Lodovico]

So this turns out well with just a 60 min boil? I would expect DMS flavors with the Pils malt and just 60 minutes. Might give it a shot though.

 

[Brewinator]

Hey, you don't mention banana-clove notes in this, which is typical with the hefe yeast. Seems like that would interfere with the orange & honey. Wouldn't this be better with an American wheat yeast?

 

[DubbelDach]

All I can say is WOW this is a great beer!

Thank you!

Does this recipe require mashing? I've never done an all-grain recipe before.

Yes it does.

So this turns out well with just a 60 min boil? I would expect DMS flavors with the Pils malt and just 60 minutes. Might give it a shot though.

It tastes great to me... With all the orange and hefe yeast flavors in there, I have never noticed DMS.

Hey, you don't mention banana-clove notes in this, which is typical with the hefe yeast. Seems like that would interfere with the orange & honey. Wouldn't this be better with an American wheat yeast?

Might be, but I never tried. I chose to work with orange on this because I figured it would go well with any banana esters. As stated above, I love this... But feel free to experiment and report findings back to the thread!

Cheers, all!

 

[aboule13]

thanks dubD... i did this recipe a couple months ago and it was a huge hit. its now going to be my first duplicate ive brewed since ive switched to all grain (a keg of this has been requested for our 4th of july party)

a few side notes:
i never used the marmalade and it turned out fantastic...

i couldnt find german light wheat and subbed in regular white wheat from AHB and the beer was still great...

this beer ferments like wild! i normally brew a 5.5 gallon batch and this one is the only one thats bubbled over on me (twice). next time i'll use a blow off tube or go smaller in batch size.

Thanks again!

 

[teambarber]

this is going into my primary as soon as it's empty. thanx for sharing this gem.

 

[John_FL]

Digging up an old thread. Around a month ago I was feeling lazy and didn't want to formulate a recipe. I stumbled upon this. Tapped the keg today and I had to bring another beer to a BBQ as I didn't want to loose all this in a night!! Best beer I have ever made by far. Thanks for posting!

I did make the mistake of doing my secondary with the orange in a corny. When I went to push beer I am not sure what I was thinking, but obviously filled the poppet with orange peel. Will definitely bag the zest or rack instead of pushing next time.

But once again, you have come up with a huge winner here! Thanks.

 

[DubbelDach]

thanks dubD... i did this recipe a couple months ago and it was a huge hit. its now going to be my first duplicate ive brewed since ive switched to all grain (a keg of this has been requested for our 4th of july party)

I think this was my first duplicate recipe that I brewed too... Now I am doing it this month for the 4th time. The only other thing I've done 4 times was my Watermelon Wheat, but that was trial and error to nail down the recipe. This one has been brewed the same since the first batch.

But once again, you have come up with a huge winner here! Thanks.

Thank you! I am brewing this in a few weeks for a "local restaurant food paired with local homebrews" dinner... Not sure what they're officially calling it, but seems like a good time and we get two free tickets for making some beer!

 

[applestasty]

I saw this recipe a couple of months ago and knew for sure this would be my first all grain batch.
I brewed last night and used a wyeast german wheat 3333.
The fermenting litterally woke me up at 3 this morning. I had to switch my airlock to a blow off tube for the very first time since I've been brewing. I've got high hopes for this one. I, like others, didn't see the marmalade but seeing that its only a heaping spoonfull, I don't think it'll make that much of a difference.
we shall see in 3ish weeks. Thanks DD

 

[DubbelDach]

Yeah, the zest adds the most flavor, so don't sweat the 'lade.

I am making this in 10 days to serve at our local inaugural Homebrewer's Ball. A local creative network is hosting this. Competition with 18 brewers, 3 per 6 styles (Saison, IPA, ESB/Amber, Stout, Belgian Pale/Strong Ale, Fruit Beer) preceding the dinner, then a local caterer is pairing all the beers with finger foods.

I am super excited about this... Told my wife that this is my Super Bowl!

 

[applestasty]

That sounds like a cool event.
As I get my AG skills up, I want to look into local events by me as well.

 

[HappyHollowBrews]

Fairly new to brewing, huge Hefe fan... I lack the equipment and knowhow to do an all grain, was wondering if you have an extract recipe for this? Much obliged

HHB

 

[DubbelDach]

Fairly new to brewing, huge Hefe fan... I lack the equipment and knowhow to do an all grain, was wondering if you have an extract recipe for this? Much obliged

HHB

I would just swap out extra light dme for the pils and wheat malt extract for the wheat. It's not a one to one ratio, but I don't have that handy. It's an easy google though.

 

[millyvfloyd]

I brewed a slight variation of this last night. My local store only carries WYEAST so I used the 3638 Bavarian wht. Instead of marmalade, I boiled down 2 blood oranges and added the extract at 15 minutes (also using blood orange zest). Really excited to see how this turns out.

 

[DubbelDach]

Gotta love WLP300:


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This eventually filled the blowoff pitcher:

 

[cadarnell]

ok .. I have decided to brew this .. your recipe on here and the one on your website are just a little different ... this is what I have .. could you look at it when you get a chance and let me know if you'd change anything? .. thanks dubble

http://hopville.com/recipe/600325/american-wheat-or-rye-beer-recipes/1st-wheat

 

[cadarnell]

bump ....

 

[DubbelDach]

ok .. I have decided to brew this .. your recipe on here and the one on your website are just a little different ... this is what I have .. could you look at it when you get a chance and let me know if you'd change anything? .. thanks dubble

http://hopville.com/recipe/600325/american-wheat-or-rye-beer-recipes/1st-wheat

The one on my site is the latest incarnation... one that is still fermenting, so the jury is out. I'll try to report later in the week when I sample some.

So what would I change? I'd change to the recipe on my site, as I just did. As far as yours goes, that should be good too. No reason why it shouldn't work.

 

[cadarnell]

The one on my site is the latest incarnation... one that is still fermenting, so the jury is out. I'll try to report later in the week when I sample some.

So what would I change? I'd change to the recipe on my site, as I just did. As far as yours goes, that should be good too. No reason why it shouldn't work.

well ... i went ahead and brewed the recipe as it is on here including the marmolade, but with just 12oz. of plain honey as thats all i could find around town .. i havent yet started the zest soaking in the vodka ... im hearing different thoughts on that .. so would you say your way will give me a nice citrus flavor without over powering the beer? .. thanks for the recipe .. the wlp300 is just attacking that wort right now .. smells really banana-ish and sulfur-ish coming out of the ailock

 

[DubbelDach]

i havent yet started the zest soaking in the vodka ... im hearing different thoughts on that .. so would you say your way will give me a nice citrus flavor without over powering the beer? ..

What other thoughts? I feel it's the best way to extract the oils from the zest. Don't automatically dump it all in - add it to taste when you're bottling/kegging.

smells really banana-ish and sulfur-ish coming out of the ailock

I am getting those right now too... Especially the sulfur a few days ago. On the bright side, the sulfur is on the outside now! :fro:

 

[Cheektronic]

I would really like to brew this, but I only have the ability to do just over a 5 gallon boil. Could you see about 1.5lbs of the pils grain being replaced with 1lb of Breiss Pils DME?

 

[DubbelDach]

I would really like to brew this, but I only have the ability to do just over a 5 gallon boil. Could you see about 1.5lbs of the pils grain being replaced with 1lb of Breiss Pils DME?

If that's how the calculations work out, sure.

 

[MooMooBrew]

Hi DubbelDach, i brewed this, just tossed the keg in my Keezer, wanted to know how long you let it age after bottling.

 

[DubbelDach]

It's a hefe, drink it is soon as you can

 

[MooMooBrew]

Interesting. I think i may have let the orange peel set in the vodka too long, it has an orange pith taste to it... .

Possibly because i only put the Vodka in, not the peels too...

 

[Cheektronic]

Okay, so I bought my ingredients and here's what I'm going to use for partial mash (I have a mash tun but my brew kettle can only handle about a 6 gallon boil):

4 lbs 2-row
4 lbs wheat malt

Mash in 2.5 gallons (165 degree strike water to get a 153 degree mash) for 45 minutes

Sparge 3-3.5 gallons of 170 degree water (just eyeballing how much I can fit in the kettle)

Bring to boil, add 1 lb Breiss wheat DME (65% base malt, 35% wheat malt)

Boil .5 oz Hallertau for 60 minutes
Heaping Tbs of Orange marinade (15 minutes)
8 oz Orange blossom honey (5 min)
8 oz apricot flavored honey (5 minutes)

The store only had 1 8oz jar of Orange blossom in stock, but this should work

Do the Orange peel in vodka thing

I'll report back how it works out