Weissbier Simple Hefeweizen

[Matt_man]

I've had it take a little over 24 hours with Danstar Munich, and then go on to a normal fermentation. If it doesn't start by 48 hours, I'd panic.

Thanks for the heads up! Somewhere between 24 and 36 hours it finally started to show signs. Now it's going ahead full steam. Can't wait to try it!

 

[LJsBackporchBrewing]

Still one of the easiest extract hefeweizens to brew. I changed it just a hair though....

I went with the recipe as stated except I used Wyeast 3068. Pitched it in at 75 and just let it roll. I have ways of controlling the temps but, I love the crazy amount of banana produced at high temps. Give it a month in primary, 2 weeks in the bottle, and 1 week in the fridge and its a work of art.

Thanks for the recipe!

 

[masaou]

Thanks for the recipe, looking forward to brewing this tonight.

So I'm relatively new to brewing (have only 2 extract kits under my belt) and was wondering if I need to compensate for the boil off by adding water to the wort in the carboy to reach 5 gallons (like I've done with the kits so far)?

Thanks!

 

[stonecutter2]

Thanks for the recipe, looking forward to brewing this tonight.

So I'm relatively new to brewing (have only 2 extract kits under my belt) and was wondering if I need to compensate for the boil off by adding water to the wort in the carboy to reach 5 gallons (like I've done with the kits so far)?

Thanks!

The recipe posted is for a full volume boil, I believe. So whatever your boil off rate, you want to end up finally with 5 gallons at the end of the boil.

If you can't do a full volume boil, then yeah - just boil what you can (let's say like 3 gallons), then top off in the fermenter with water to reach 5 gallons.

You'll get a little lower IBU because of less hop utilization, but it'll still be pretty close. 12IBU for a 3 gallon boil, from what I got from BrewersFriend:
http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/98679/simple-hefeweizen

You can bump that to 14IBU by adding a 5g more hops above the 1oz called for in the recipe.

 

[TastyAdventure]

Does anyone else get terrible efficiency with using ~50%+ wheat? I just got 56% on my hefe today

 

[IPALove361]

So it's literally just 8oz of carahell, 1oz tettnang hops, 5lbs wheat dme and Munich yeast?!

 

[ncbrewer]

I've brewed this many times - one of my favorites. In my latest batch I reduced the bitterness a little - used OG 1.045, 11.3 IBU's, for a BU:GU ratio of 0.25. I thought the lower bitterness balanced it just right for a hefe. Has anyone else tried this?

 

[Yanni]

I wanted to thank Hooter for posting this recipe. I brewed this over winter with some minor tweaks and I was left with a simple and delicious Hefeweizen to enjoy this summer. My OG was a bit lower than target, but the beer is great tasting. I can live with 4.5% on a summer day. I can always have another.

I kept this one in the fermentation bucket for quite a while and it resulted in a crystal clear beer. Clear pour into glass from 2/3 the bottle, stir the bottle, pour remaining 1/3 into glass. Classic Hefezeizen color, taste, ease of drinking and great in this recipe.

Will definitely brew this again. It was very easy.

 

[SoggyWood]

Kegged this a week ago and it turned out excellent. Simple recipe with great results. Will brew again.

 

[thunderwagn]

For such a simple recipe, this hefe is top notch. I plan to never run out of this one. I think on my next go around, I'm going to try a Citra hopped Hefe :fro:

 

[golfgod04]

I tried this recipe and when i brewed it, as I was cooling it down with my wort chiller, it become darker. During the boil, the color looked like a hefeweizen but now seems darker. Will the color lighten up?

 

[alexacuna]

Just took a gravity reading after about four days in fermenting and it was at 1.020 so it's plugging away nicely. Tasted great already.

 

[alexacuna]

Did an attempt at an all grain version of this today. Smelling great so far. Using ale yeast instead, so it's more of an american wheat ale, because it was already in the rotation.

 

[SoggyWood]

I brewed this again on Sunday but with a couple tweaks:

1.) I subbed in WLP300
2.) I changed the hopping schedule to EdWort's Bavarian Hefe recipe -- 21g Hallertau @ 45 minutes and the remaining 7g @ 15 minutes.
3.) did not use the specialty grains


I guess at this point it's a different recipe, but I still credit HOOTER with making me try this in the first place. Would never have thought to keep it so simple on my own. I tend to over-think and over-complicate things.

 

[snoring_dog]

I did this recipe a few weeks ago, upped the DME to 6lbs to get a little more bang per bottle. Popped a few after a week in the bottle and they're awesome. Definitely going into the rotation. I'll continue to play with the ABV on it, perhaps move toward a mini-mash from all the extract and will likely carb higher next time. Only did it around 3 volumes b/c I was scared of bottle bombs.

 

[JC Mendyka]

This will be my first foray into a non-kit brew. Wish me luck

 

[Brockness Monster]

What yeast are you going to use?

 

[JC Mendyka]

What yeast are you going to use?

The one listed in the recipe…I hope

 

[Brockness Monster]

If you are looking for more of a true Hefeweizen character, the Danstar Munich Classic would be the better choice. The regular Munich will be a lot cleaner, but otherwise still a great ale.