I've found a recipe for a hans hefe weizen that im gonna try in my next batch , im gonna try moving up to extract brewing , all thoughts and comments would be very welcome ,
for 5 gallons ,
1.8 kg pale malt extract ( i think that converts to approx 1.5 spray dried )
1.8 kg wheat malt extract
750g hallertauer hops (as pointed out a mistake here should be 75g
)
110 ml liquid weisser yeast ( ill be using a dried wb 06 yeast )
i will be boiling water then dissolve extract by stirring etc with half the hops (35g) as soon as it brings back to boil then half of the remaining hops (17 g ish ) at 30mins boil then the remaing hops at 50 mins boil , total boil time 60 mins, cool wort to 15/16c (60f) pitch yeast then ferment at 15 c ( although i always thought a higher temp , all grain version my info says 18c ) for 3 to four days or untill sg reading correct ,( i think i'll be leaving mine for about a week or so from reading other posts) then bottle with priming and store at room temp (uk) 18c and above for 5 days then refrigerate between 4c and 8c for 3 weeks then serve at 8c if poss .
sounds like i could cope with this , hope it sounds ok
This comes from a chap thats visited over a dozen or so of bavarian brewers including Erdinger , Paulaner , Schneider , Franziskaner , Widmann and some others that ive never heard of
there is an old bavarian dunkles weissbier extract recipe thats almost the same instead of pale malt use dark and use 80g of hops boil time 70 mins, add hops at start, 40 mins then 55 mins, ferment at 20c store first at 20 to 25c then cold for 4 weeks serve at 9 c
If anyone wants all grain recipes for wheat beer ive found ,
Isar Weizen
Reunification Berliner Weisse
Christoph Probst Weizenbock
Austrian style Kristall Weizen
Old Bavarian Weissbier
I'd just like to add i don't know jack shit about any of this im just following what ive found , but one day i intend to have brewed them all ( all grain )
all thoughts and comments most welcome before i start the extract version
from pittsy in the westmids uk