Brewing 24th Feb - Dunkelweizen

Alton_Bee · Post by **Alton_Bee** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:55 pm

Just started mashing the above.

2 kg Wheat Malt
1 kg Dark Wheat Malt
2 kg Pale Ale Malt
100 gm Chocolate Malt
100 gm Crystal Malt

1 oz Fuggles - 60 mins
1 oz Fuggles - 5 mins

Brewferm Blanche - Dry Wheatbeer Yeast

Am brewing this today with a view to having it pulled apart at the next meeting of the North Hants Brew Club.

mysterio · Post by **mysterio** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:12 pm

Nice one, I like dunkelweizen

Alton_Bee · Post by **Alton_Bee** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:14 pm

15 mins into the mash - just checked the temp - 155 degs

Mashed the grainbill with 3.5 galloons

Horden Hillbilly · Post by **Horden Hillbilly** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:34 pm

Have a good brew day A_B, hope it goes smoothly for you.

Seveneer · Post by **Seveneer** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:04 pm

Nice one Vic. How did it go?

/Phil.

Post by **Andy** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:14 pm

Oooo, another interesting beer to sample at the next brewclub meeting

Alton_Bee · Post by **Alton_Bee** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:04 am

The brewing yesterday seemed to go well without any major problems - however on pitching the yeast this morning I took an Og reading and only got 1.042 with a volume of 6 galloons giving an efficency of 68% according to Pro-Mash.

Seveneer · Post by **Seveneer** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:10 am

Too late to worry about that now.

I've made hefeweizens with gravity around the low 40's up to mid 60's and they've all been great. You'll be fine

/Phil.

SteveD · Post by **SteveD** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:21 pm

Looking forward to that next month

I too am partial to dunkelweizen. I always wait with anticipation for the Aventinus to arrive on the supermarket shelves in the autumn

tribs · Post by **tribs** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:05 pm

I brewed an Aventinus clone 2 weeks ago. Its still sat in the fermenters. I had to use two because wy3638 gives an enormous yeast head so I needed plenty of headspace. I'm bottling the whole batch this weekend (or next if I'm feeling lazy).

I got terrible efficiency (60%) and used too much water. I had to boil for over two hours to get the correct OG. It has fermented well and I'm looking forward to trying it once it is ready. Which supermarkets usually stock it?

Alton_Bee · Post by **Alton_Bee** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:04 pm

Dropped this to secondary earlier today with a SG of 1.013

On looking at the sample taken I feel this is too pale for a Dark Wheat Beer so will have to think about how to darken it forn the next attempt.

Initial thoughts are to change ALL the wheat to dark, or else use Black Patent instead of Chocolate (and increase the quantity used)

SteveD · Post by **SteveD** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:09 am

tribs wrote:I brewed an Aventinus clone 2 weeks ago. Its still sat in the fermenters. I had to use two because wy3638 gives an enormous yeast head so I needed plenty of headspace. I'm bottling the whole batch this weekend (or next if I'm feeling lazy).

I got terrible efficiency (60%) and used too much water. I had to boil for over two hours to get the correct OG. It has fermented well and I'm looking forward to trying it once it is ready. Which supermarkets usually stock it?

Sainsbury's during the Winter, Safeway used to, and I think Waitrose do too. Oddbins would have had it but I think their beer range has got worse of late.

Alton_Bee · Post by **Alton_Bee** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:36 pm

Have kegged this beer this evening (and bottled some for next tuesday).

According to Pro-Mash I have ended up with a ABV of just under 4 % so quite happy with that.

Also having drunk the sample taken got a FG reading I think this has a nice taste to it but will await comments next week ....

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Brewing 24th Feb - Dunkelweizen

Brewing 24th Feb - Dunkelweizen