Comments on: Simple Hefeweizen Recipe

By: Hefeweizen Help - Home Brew Forums

Hefeweizen Help - Home Brew Forums — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:57:18 +0000

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By: Chris Sullivan

Chris Sullivan — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:50:32 +0000

I actually am brewing a tradition Hefeweizen to send to Germany to my relatives over there for them to try. I wanted to follow a Northwest ingredient recipe with the Weihanstephaner yeast.
They did not have any Hallertauer at the LHBS so I used Mt. Rainer hops, which are a nice hybrid. I used US grains as well.
As soon as I know how it turned out, I will post again, with the recipe.
As far as I know, Mt. Rainer is a fairly new hop variety including parents in the German Noble Hops family.
- Chris

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:21:43 +0000

I was thinking a 3 gallon boil with the full extract & hops for an hour. A friend is coming over Saturday for his first homebrew, so nothing overly complex. What do you think the benefits are to splitting up the LME? I might do 50% wheat & 50% light malt extract. Any thought prior to Saturday morning would be appreciated.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:52:32 +0000

Tim!
Yeah, in the past I used a three gallon pot so I was boiling 2-2.25 gallons.
If I was in that situation again, I’d boil with only a third of my extract, do the hop additions, then I’d add the rest of the extract late with 15 minutes to go to sanitize it.
That might even allow you to boil 2.5 gallons in a 3 gallon pot because of reduced boil over.
If you brew it let us know how it came out. Thanks for bringing this one up again with a comment. I might brew this one up myself soon its so simple.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:16:34 +0000

How much water did you use to start your boil? I’m assuming 2-3 gallons?

By: First brew suggestion?

First brew suggestion? — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:33:20 +0000

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By: Zen

Zen — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:55:37 +0000

Hey Erik, how much honey did you use?

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:11:15 +0000

Erik,

I recently made a honey hefeweizen and it turned out great. I plan on making it again with a little more hoppiness to it next time. I used honey for the full boil and used .75 oz tettnanger for the boil and .25 oz tettnenger for flavoring at 10 minutes with 6.6lbs of wheat LME. Everyone who tried it commented that there was a little bit of a sweet character on the back end of it but couldn’t specifically identify it as honey.

By: Clamwacker

Clamwacker — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:49:19 +0000

I’ve had some luck with Cascade hops in Hefeweizens. They lend a very mellow aroma and almost no bitterness, but I like my malty flavor in this style.

Also, Wyeast’s 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen is amazing for this style. The banana and clove aromas are wonderful. The only problem I’m having is getting the color right, but I suspect I will have to completely change my malts for that. I’m using Cooper’s LME, 3.31lbs wheat and 3.31lbs pale/light. Pretty basic brew, but it’s fun for a relaxed brewday.

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:29:26 +0000

By the way, here is the recipe I intend to use:

3.3 lbs. Gold Malt extract 3.3 lbs. Wheat Malt Extract 1/2 lb Vienna Malt Grain, 1/2 lb Wheat Malt Grain 1oz. Hallertau Select Hops for bittering Bavarian Weizen 3056 Yeast and priming sugar (or honey).