Saturday, March 31, 2007

New Brew: Hefeweizen


Here's a quick brewing update. I just finished brewing up a batch of German wheat beer, here's the run-down:

5# wheat malt
4# German pilsner malt
6 oz. Caravienne
1 oz. Saaz (3.8% AA) @ 60 min
1/2 tsp Irish Moss @ 15 min

149 F mash for 30 min
1 gal decoction for 15 min

SG: 1.047
Anticipated FG: 1.010
Anticipated alcohol: 4.6%

Notes: I attempted to vorlauf as per the someone's suggestion of pouring the recirculated wort over fin foil. This worked until my mash would get stuck. Use rice hulls on the next batch of wheat beer.

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