Just finished brewing a hefeweizen with only a 60 min Tettnanger addition. What do you all think of dry hopping this? It's going to be in a corny.
If you don't think I'm crazy, what would you recommend?
Thanks,
Dave
Dry Hop a Hefe?
Dry Hop a Hefe?
Johnny Clueless was there
With his simulated wood grain
With his simulated wood grain
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Barley Water
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Back away from your bag of hops immediately. I am assuming that you are using one of the heffe yeasts that will give you the classic clove/bannanna aroma and flavor (if you are making an American wheat, ignore this post).
If you dry hop this type of beer, you are going to overwhelm the clove/bannanna aroma as well as cover up some of the great taste that the yeast is putting out. On the other hand, if what you want is hop aroma and dry hop flavor, my suggestion would be to make an American wheat. To do this, you would use a regular ale yeast and actually this type of beer tastes pretty good with a little hop action. I think that adding a bunch of hops to a German Heffe is right up there with adding cola to single malt scotch or dumping catsup on a great steak
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If you dry hop this type of beer, you are going to overwhelm the clove/bannanna aroma as well as cover up some of the great taste that the yeast is putting out. On the other hand, if what you want is hop aroma and dry hop flavor, my suggestion would be to make an American wheat. To do this, you would use a regular ale yeast and actually this type of beer tastes pretty good with a little hop action. I think that adding a bunch of hops to a German Heffe is right up there with adding cola to single malt scotch or dumping catsup on a great steak
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BigEd
How did I know you were from the USA? 
Follow Barley Water's advice here. Although the beer police will not blast through your front door if you do it there is no valid reason to dry hop a hefe. At best it will fight with the profile of the beer and beyond that it will ruin the character that you have tried to achieve by brewing the style in the first place.
Follow Barley Water's advice here. Although the beer police will not blast through your front door if you do it there is no valid reason to dry hop a hefe. At best it will fight with the profile of the beer and beyond that it will ruin the character that you have tried to achieve by brewing the style in the first place.Sorry for the late reply. I've been sent to southern Mississippi for work. The mice running on treadmills have just enabled me enough power for an internet connection.
Sorry for the indecent proposal. I'm not a hophead at all, really. The reasons for my question: I make a German hefe every year for my boss, since I keg, I usually lose a lot of the aroma gained by a yeast slurry poured into a glass. I figured maybe 1/2 once of a noble hop to give me something until I tasted the banana/clove.
Ducking and covering.....
Sorry for the indecent proposal. I'm not a hophead at all, really. The reasons for my question: I make a German hefe every year for my boss, since I keg, I usually lose a lot of the aroma gained by a yeast slurry poured into a glass. I figured maybe 1/2 once of a noble hop to give me something until I tasted the banana/clove.
Ducking and covering.....
Johnny Clueless was there
With his simulated wood grain
With his simulated wood grain