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Lee Elftman
New Member
Username: Lee_elftman
Post Number: 13
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 03:33 pm: | 
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As a big fan of wheat beers (Weinhenstephen and Ayinger Ur Weiss) and a new all grain brewer how will the percentage of wheat in my mash affect flavor?
I have brewed a few extract wheats and they always lack in either that banana flavor or that acidic tang that I’m looking for. I have always monitored the temperatures very closely and still can’t get there.
I noticed that the Clone Brews book has a wheat recipe with a very high percentage of wheat. What is the upper limit and how will this change the flavor? |
Aaron Meyer
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Username: Meyeaard
Post Number: 48
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 03:52 pm: |
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Don't know about wheat malt flavor profile, but I was under the impression that the German wheat beer banana and clove flavors were more due to the yeast than the malt.
The highest percentage of wheat in extract form I've seen (only looked for it once...) was a 60/40 blend of 60% barley and 40% wheat. I think that is one of the reasons to go AG or at least partial mash with german wheat beers. |
Craig Henry
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Username: Sail
Post Number: 123
Registered: 04-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 03:58 pm: |
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FYI - A wheat beer resembling b-52 that I just finished fermenting containing a fair amount of wheat has lots of banana characteristic but was fermented with a dry english yeast. |
Brandon Dachel
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Username: Brandon
Post Number: 1376
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 04:06 pm: |
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The most common percentage is probably 60/40. It's not unheard of to go higher than that though.
Most of the flavors associated with the bavarian wheat beer style are created by the yeast. And there are chemical reasons why wheat tends to accentuate these flavors.
If you don't want to even partial mash I'd recommend using DRY wheat malt extract - liquid is too carmelized. Use a small amount of noble hops for bittering, use a tiny (if any) amount of flavor hops (noble) and no aroma hops.
wyeast 3068 is by far my favorite yeast for this. Stay away from 3056 - it's too blah for this style.} |
Paul Hayslett
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Username: Paulhayslett
Post Number: 589
Registered: 02-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 04:09 pm: |
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50% to 60% wheat is fairly normal for hefeweizens. Replace some of the barley malt with acid (sauer) malt (up to maybe 5% of total grain bill) for an acidic tang. Add 1/2lb rice hulls to avoid a stuck mash.
Use Wyeast 3068 hefeweizen yeast (I don't know the White Labs equivalent) and ferment in the upper 60's for lots of banana flavor. Be careful -- it's easy to overdo it and end up with banana beer. Keep the temp below 70F.
The dreadful foul drink called mead is made from honey, then fermented. It is the sourest, blackest, vilest stuff ever invented by any man, and yet it is potent beyond all knowing; a few drinks and the world spins. -- Ibn Fadlan A.D.922
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