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Hefeweizen


Classification: wheat beer, weizen, hefe-weizen, weissbier, all-grain

Source: Jed Parsons (parsons1@husc.harvard.edu) Issue #917, 7/6/92


This is not as heavy as the German varieties, and does not have the clove-like taste: instead, I made it in pursuit of the taste of Grant's Weis Beer, which is much paler, and lighter of body; with a hoppier aroma; and drier, but not bitter, to the taste.

Ingredients:

Procedure:

Mash in 11 quarts water and protein rest 30 minutes at 130F. Starch conversion 90 minutes at 149F. Mash out and sparge 1 hour at 168F. Boil 1 hour, adding hops as indicated above.

Specifics: