Weizen

[SiHoltye]

Doing this on Saturday....it's ready after one weeks conditioning

Ingredients
25L, 90min mash @ 67°C, 90min boil
Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.40 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 50.00 %
2.40 kg Wheat Malt, Bel (3.9 EBC) Grain 50.00 %
25.00 gm Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 10.1 IBU
15.00 gm Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.50 %] (15 min) Hops 3.3 IBU
1 Pkgs Safale Wheat Beer (DCL Yeast #WB-05) Yeast-Wheat

Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.045 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.17 %
Bitterness: 13.5 IBU
Est Color: 7.6 EBC

Thanks to Phil.

[Matt]

Hope it goes well on Saturday

That yeast is ace, I'm drinking a hefe I made with it in June. I fermented at 20°C and it is predominantly clovey but with a subtle whiff of banana. Its also quite acidic - in a good way like Hoegaarden is.

I found it goes crazy in terms of how much dust it produces. I bottled from primary but if I did it again I'd secondary for a few days just to cut down on the amount a bit.

Matt

[mysterio]

Good luck with it Si.

I dunno about that yeast but the you get the tartness Matt mentions with WLP300 wheat yeast too, but it fades away after 3 or 4 weeks conditioning making a more drinkable beer IMO. I'm guessing the tartness is coming from acetaldehyde.

[SiHoltye]

Cheers all, I'll shortly have half of my corni's empty with the other 3 not yet conditioned, this'll be a very handsome stop gap hopefully.

[scarer]

Hi Si

I've made a weizen to a very similar recipe today and I just wondered how soon you started drinking it after it had been kegged and do you give the keg a good shake before pouring?!

[SiHoltye]

Supposedly it's good after a week, longer is better though. It takes quite a while to clear if it does at all. Since I kegged it quite young it has plenty of yeast in suspension right now, and I don't plan to shake it unless it starts looking very clear. It's only the 2nd weizen I've done, and the first with this yeast so I'm on a learning curve too. I'll post as I drink it, and get a piccy or 2 up in due course.

[Horden Hillbilly]

Nice looking recipe there, I have often fancied giving a Weizen a go myself out of curiosity as I have had the odd commercial botle & found it ok but I have not got round to making one!