What have I created? (Hefewasn't)

[BrosephJarclay12]

So I attempted to brew a hefeweizen yesterday. A big time error (too embarrassing to say) caused me to have both low pre-boil grav and low volume. I thought I would improvise by adding more water to bring my total boil volume up to 8 gallons and 3.3 lbs of pils LME I had sitting around from before I started all-grain. My thought was to add a bunch of water to offset the LME addition and end up with 5 gal in the carboy and put the remaining gallon+ in some 1gal jugs. All the above worked out,except my color is wayyyyy off. its now an Amber color.

I dont know what to call this beer other then Hefewasn't
Its color is way off, and it now contains less then 50% wheat due to the LME


Orig. grain bill

8.7 oz Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 1 5.0 %
5 lbs 15.4 oz Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 55.0 %
4 lbs 5.4 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 40.0 %

Yeast = wlp380

 

[kaboom133]

I would call it beer. If it's good, call it tasty beer. If it's not good call it neighbor's beer.

 

[BrosephJarclay12]

Haha your logic is flawless. I was thinking more along the lines of the BJCP styles just incase it turns out good and I want to submit it for a comp.

 

[novahokie09]

It could fall under dunkelweizen and if it's very malty, sweet even a weizenbock. Check BJCP cat 15 German Wheat and Rye Beer.

Honestly, it will still probably fall under 15a because you didn't have any Munich malt to add more malt complexity to fall in 15b/15c.

 

[BrosephJarclay12]

It definitely fits into some of those, butttttt... does it matter that the grist is now sub 50% wheat. I know this is not Deutschland and we can do what we like with our beer, but as far as competing goes is it a deal breaker?

 

[BrosephJarclay12]

AHHHH, I met Charlie Papazian on Sat night, I was so starstuck that I didnt think to ask him about this...I figure he might have known. damn it!