Friday the 13th Dunkelweiss

[Neal]

Hi all,
First time wheeat beer, using BeerSmith. Brewed this Last Friday with a single step decoction:
3.00 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (3.9 EBC)
0.50 kg Carafoam (3.9 EBC)
0.50 kg Munich Malt (17.7 EBC)
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (157.6 EBC)
10.00 gm Galena [13.00 %] (60 min)
1 Pkgs SafBrew T-58

The decoction had to be done in 2 portions + some hot water to get the temp from 50 - 68 degC, so the mash was a bit time consuming and convoluted. Will try an infusion next time for comparison.
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Temp eventually got to 69

First runnings of the wort tasted lovely. Boil went a bit awry as the electrim bin's element was dirtier than I thought and caused a bit of tripping toward the end of the boil.Got a bit paranoid about too much bitterness as 10g was a bit difficult to measure on my scales.

Hot break and running off to 1ary:


All went OK but was smelling very eggy when it went from 1ary to 2ary. The bubbles coming through the airlock today are less potent though. Fingers crossed

[stevezx7r]

I've made chillies that looked very similar to that first pic

[Neal]

Cheers,
I was concerned about the reduced preservative content from a low hop rate, so I boiled to recover 4 gals insted of 5 for a more potent brew, so hopefully less prone to infections.
OG was 1050-ish, down to about 1012-ish yesterday.

[mysterio]

Looks good, i've made loads of lagers and wheat beers with very small hop rates and dont have any problems with infection.