Hefeweizen v.2

Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Clone
5 gallons
7/1/2007

4 oz aromatic malt
2 oz acid malt

The grains were heated to 155F in 1 quart of water, and left to steep for 30 minutes. The liquid was strained into the brewpot, the total amount of liquid was brought up to 1.5 gallons, and brought to a boil. The following were then added:

5.75 lb Munton's Wheat DME
2 oz malto-dextrin
1 oz Hallertau hops

The total amount of liquid was increased to 2.5 gallons and the wort was brought to a boil. After 45 minutes of vigorous boiling, I added:

1/4 oz Perle hops
1/4 oz Spalt hops

After a final 15 minutes of boil, the wort was cooled and added to the fermenter; the total liquid was topped up to 5 gallons, and I added the yeast:

Whitelabs WLP300 Hefeweizen Ale Yeast

After 24 hours, an EXTREMELY vigorous amount of fermentation activity was visible, noisily forcing CO2 and foam out of the airlock; I brought the fermenter downstairs to regulate the temperature somewhat. After a week in the primary, all seemed well - there was much evidence of that vigorous activity when I opened the lid - and the specific gravity was down to 1.012.