Rating System

1 - don't waste valuable beer calories on me
2 - tasty, walter approves
3 - so good you should have it for breakfast

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Bavarian Hefeweizen

Bavarian Hefeweizen (recipe from Northern Brewer)
5 gallons extract

6 lbs wheat LME
1 lb wheat DME

1 oz Tettnang @ 4.6% AA (60 min.)

Wyeast 3638 Bavarian Wheat

60 min boil

Pitched: OG 1.060 on April 10, 2011
Secondary: SG 1.015 on May 2, 2011
Kegged: FG 1.014 on June 15, 2011

Notes:

By the morning after I pitched the yeast, there was lots of fermentation activity, as with the previous times I've brewed a hefeweizen: wonder what gets things going so quickly with this style?

Tasted delicious on transfer to secondary, hope it's as good at kegging time.

And I can confirm that it was great at kegging, although I did have a little trouble getting the keg to seal. It seems to be fine now that it has been pumped full of CO2. I'm waiting a week to test it!

Finally, a sample, which was delicious. It needs a tiny bit more carbonation, but summer's here.

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