Get advice on making beer from raw ingredients (malt, hops, water and yeast)
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dartgod
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by dartgod » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:43 am
I tried out my attempt to make a Widmer Hefeweizen clone today.....it was an interesting experiment.......they say they use an "alchemy blend" of hops for bittering.......Horizon, Magnum, and Warrior (I used a third of each) and from what I've read they originally used a German Alt Yeast, so I used the American Hefeweizen yeast and the German Alt for a yeast blend.......I'm going to try and harvest this blend and use it for three or four generations........
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ECR
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by ECR » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:29 am
Interesting. I hope it went well
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by steve_flack » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:57 am
The American Hefe yeast is Widmer's yeast. It originally came from Zum Uerige which is a alt brewery in Dusseldorf.
I've not used it though.
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by Rookie » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:44 pm
Wyeast 1007 is an alt yeast that is supposed to be good for an american hef style beer.
I'm just here for the beer.
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dartgod
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by dartgod » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:53 pm
steve_flack wrote:The American Hefe yeast is Widmer's yeast. It originally came from Zum Uerige which is a alt brewery in Dusseldorf.
I've not used it though.
That's what I understand......over time they have developed the Alt into their own yeast.......that's why I blended the two together to try to get closer to their original yeast and to try to get my own house yeast for my batches that I brew.....
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dartgod
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by dartgod » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:23 pm
I'm either good or lucky......it turned as good if not better than expected, I'm going to brew it again and a keg of my Irish Red for a dart league party......that out to get the BMC drinkers
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by ECR » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:30 pm
Sounds excellent, DG
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by Rookie » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:27 pm
Rookie wrote:Wyeast 1007 is an alt yeast that is supposed to be good for an american hef style beer.
I forgot to add that I plan to use this yeast next time I brew an AM Hefe.
I'm just here for the beer.
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by dartgod » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:54 pm
Rookie wrote:Rookie wrote:Wyeast 1007 is an alt yeast that is supposed to be good for an american hef style beer.
I forgot to add that I plan to use this yeast next time I brew an AM Hefe.
The yeast blend worked really well......I'm getting ready to brew batch #2 from this experiment sometime this week........
