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Recommend a weizen for me?
I'm brewing on wednesday with a friend who wants to do an american style wheat beer (not a hefe). Can anyone recommend a recipe for me that isn't too boring? Or maybe help me formulate my own? I was thinking something along the lines of this:
6LBS Wheat extrace (LME)
2LBS American 2-row
1LBS Pilsner Malt
1.5oz Hallertau (60min)
.5oz Halertau (15min)
I figured that will boost up the abv a little to make things interesting while holding true to the taste of an American Wheat. My handy iPhone app says to expect 1.067og and a 1.018fg for 6.4%. As for the hop schedule, I just stole that from an existing recipe. I like the idea of using the same hop all the way through the boil. That way I can do some learning while I'm at it. I've never used Hallertau. And for yeast I'm hoping for WL320, if my lhbs doesn't have it, I've got some Nottingham Dry Ale yeast at home.
Any thoughts? Critisisms? Suggestions?
I did a couple batches of Wheat, same recipe, one with a German Weizen yeast, the other with Coopers.
Much preferred the Coopers. I think you will have good results with the Nottingham. If you can snag some Safale US-05, it would be a little better, IMHO, that's what I use for American wheats now.
I also throw in a half pound of honey, just gives it a little snap.
Have fun.
What is the difference between an American Wheat and a heffe? Is it filtered and just not a heffe yeast? I'm just polishing off a batch of heffe that came out great! Makes good black and tan's (well, black and white's). I used Liberty Hops, 1oz for 30 then 1oz for additional 15 and it's delicious. But I also used fermentis WB-06 which is a hefeweizen yeast. Lower ABV than it sounds like your going for. I'd like to hear how this one comes out.
sewer_urchen wrote:
What is the difference between an American Wheat and a heffe? .
American wheat uses a clean tasting ale yeast, heffe uses a German wheat ale yeast that gives clove flavors, and will give banana or bubble gum flavors if fermented warm.
Thanks Hogarthe, I anticipated a quick response to that question. Still quite a noob, but drinking a black&white right now happilly. 
sewer_urchen I'll be sure to keep you updated.
Brewski - I've actually got a pack of US-05 as well. I'll go ahead and use that, I trust your opinion. This is my very first time trying to come up with a recipe on my own so I'm glad to hear it will probably be a success. I was thinking of adding .5 LBS of unmalted wheat if the brew store has it inorder to add to the wheaty grainy taste. I like my wheat beers real cloudy and wheaty tasting, like bell's oberon. Think that would be necessary?
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