Hefenescence
Weizen/Weissbier

 

Type: All Grain

 Date: 21/02/2007

Batch Size: 21.00 L

 Brewer: Russell Schneider
Boil Size: 18.00 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 40.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.0
Taste Notes: The best beer I've brewed. Banana, a little bit of spice, well merged flavours. Wife says it's the best beer she's ever had.
 

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
0.21 kg Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 4.2 %
3.00 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 61.0 %
0.75 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 15.2 %
0.75 kg Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 15.2 %
0.21 kg Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 4.4 %
24.00 gm Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00%] (25 min) Hops 6.9 IBU
29.33 gm Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00%] (10 min) Hops 4.4 IBU
7.33 gm Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00%] (2 min) Hops 0.3 IBU
1 Pkgs Hefeweizen IV Ale (White Labs #WLP380) Yeast-Wheat

 

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.048 SG

 Measured Original Gravity: 1.044 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.8 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.3 %
Bitterness: 11.6 IBU Calories: 409 cal/l
Est Color: 6.6 SRM Color:
Color
 

Mash Profile
Mash Name: Hefenescence Total Grain Weight: 4.92 kg
Sparge Water: 10.26 L Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C TunTemperature: 22.0 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.4 PH
 

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Dough in Add 8.12 L of water at 41.3 C 37.0 C 30 min
Step 1 Add 2.78 L of water at 99.4 C 50.0 C 20 min
Step 2 Add 4.77 L of water at 99.9 C 63.0 C 60 min

 
Mash Notes:

Carbonation and Storage
Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Volumes of CO2: 2.7
Pressure/Weight: 152.8 gm Carbonation Used: -
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 19.0 C Age for: 28.0 days
Storage Temperature: 7.0 C  
 

Notes
3.5 days primary @ 20C, then 7 days secondary @ 21.
Original recipe on Recipator used WLP300 yeast. Trying to replicate the aromatic wheat beer made by Zierholz brewery in Canberra. According to a brewing accomplice, it's pretty close.