Dunkelweizen

Classification: wheat beer, weizen, dunkelweizen, dark wheat, all-grain

Source: Marvin Crippen (mandos@u.washington.edu), HBD Issue #1447, 6/11/94

I ended up repitching the yeast from a previous batch (Room-mates bavarian weizen, D&M Brockington) and the yeast didn't create the banana & clove taste, but the aroma was right on. I think the yeast had just been used too many times.

The beer scored a 37 and NHC and a 30 at Heart of the Valley. The NHC judges thought I'd used chocolate malt to get the color, go figure. I personally think the color ended too dark. Next time I'm going to try 3 lb Caravienna, 2 lb English Pale, and 7 lb Wheat.

Ingredients:

7 lb Dark Wheat Malt
2.5 lb Munich Malt
2 lb Caravienna Malt
.5 lb Carapils Malt
1 oz Hallertaur Hersb.(2.9 AAU) 60 minutes
1 oz Tettnanger (6.2 AAU) 15 minutes
1 oz Hallertaur Hersb. (2.9 AAU) 1 minute
Wyeast #3068

Procedure:

Single Step Infusion (no protein rest) at 158 degrees F.

Specifics:

O.G.: 1.052
F.G.: 1.010