NunoAraujo
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Has anyone tried something like this? I would like to brew a somewhat maltier hefeweizen, but not to weizenbock strength.
Wheat beer with only munich and wheat malts
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LLBeanJ
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My go-to Hefe is a 50/40/10 wheat/Munich/flaked oats brew. Very tasty.
NunoAraujo
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Nice, thanks. I was also thinking of using T-58 yeast and perle for bittering, and mandarina bavaria for flavor
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I don't think using 100% munich malt as your pilsner malt will accomplish this, or will give you the results you're expecting. Munich malt in a Hefeweizen should generally be used as a minor addition to a German Pilsner malt for the barley portion of the Hefe.
To achieve what you want, you might want to try simply increasing your OG to a higher level than a standard Hefe. My normal Hefe has an OG of 1.049, but I have pumped this up to 1.058 and ended up with a Hefe in between a "normal" hefeweizen and a true weizenbock. This is something you may want to try. Also a small addition of a caramunich may increase the "maltiness"
Goodluck, and be sure to follow up with what you ended up brewing and the results
To achieve what you want, you might want to try simply increasing your OG to a higher level than a standard Hefe. My normal Hefe has an OG of 1.049, but I have pumped this up to 1.058 and ended up with a Hefe in between a "normal" hefeweizen and a true weizenbock. This is something you may want to try. Also a small addition of a caramunich may increase the "maltiness"
Goodluck, and be sure to follow up with what you ended up brewing and the results
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