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some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:45 am
by akr71
I'm planning on doing Weizen on Friday - a pretty straight forward recipe.
6 # wheat
4 # pils
hopped to 15 IBU with Hallertauer or Tettnang
I'm thinking of adding some melanoidin just for shits n giggles - your thought?
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:04 am
by NASH
Great malt for a Witbier. Errrrr I mean Weizen lol.
Particularly good malt to use in any German style that traditionally uses decoction plus IMO Weizen should have a little colour.
Sent from the hop-phone.
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:09 am
by akr71
NASH wrote:Great malt for a Witbier. Errrrr I mean Weizen lol.
Particularly good malt to use in any German style that traditionally uses decoction plus IMO Weizen should have a little colour.
How much would you use? I was thinking 4% (which would be just over 6oz/180g)
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:24 am
by NASH
I'd probably go 5 or 6% but that's just me
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:25 am
by mr x
Screw that, get in the kitchen and start decocting stuff.
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:16 pm
by akr71
mr x wrote:Screw that, get in the kitchen and start decocting stuff.
Not if I'm doing 2 batches in one day!
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:32 pm
by NASH
HAMMER the melanoidin to it and your beer could be as good as mine
The malt rules the world.
Sent from the hop-phone.
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:37 pm
by mr x
akr71 wrote:mr x wrote:Screw that, get in the kitchen and start decocting stuff.
Not if I'm doing 2 batches in one day!
Put those kids to work! Melanoidin is cheating! It's like covering up flawed beer with excessive hopping, hahahahahhahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaa
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:53 pm
by akr71
So that's all I need to do? Just start dumping shit loads of melanoidin into the mashtun and a bucket full of hops into the kettle and I can open my own brewery? Sweet!
If I can get around child labor laws by making my kids share-holders I might be able to swing it. They'll need to use their next 10 years worth of allowance as venture capital though.
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:05 pm
by NASH
Yepper
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Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:09 pm
by akr71
Allright, so I went with 8oz of Melanoidin and so far so good. The hydrometer sample I left for the wife was a hit and she sends her thanks to you Nash for getting me to increase the Melanoidin (only to 4.75%, but a start).
Jeff Smith stopped by during my first brew of the day and we swapped some homebrews (a Cascadian Dark and an Altbier) - I can't wait to try them.
Re: some unnamed Weizen
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:03 pm
by jeffsmith
Just cracked open one of the IPA's a few moments ago. Tastes great!