Weissbier Recipe - El Jefe Hefeweizen

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El Jefe Hefeweizen

by on
All Grain
5.5 Gallon(s)
7 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
All Grain Weissbier homebrew recipe. This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients: Pale Wheat - CA, Dark Wheat - DE, Bohemian Pilsner - DE, Carapils - Dextrine Malt - US, Tettnang Hops, White Labs Hefeweizen Ale WLP300 Homebrew Yeast.

Fermentables

35% - Pale Wheat - CA
3.5
36
2
Mash
20% - Dark Wheat - DE
2
39
9
Mash
40% - Bohemian Pilsner - DE
4
38
1
Mash
5% - Carapils - Dextrine Malt - US
0.5
33
1
Mash

Hops

Tettnang
1
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
4.5
15.4

Yeast

White Labs Hefeweizen Ale WLP300
74%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Ferment at 65F for 2 weeks, rack to secondary & let yeast settle out in the fridge for 5 days

Tasting Notes (3)

Hawkville

Tasted on 8/19/2017 by Hawkville

Notes:

WAY light. Good flavor, just tastes watered down/flat. Definitely boost the grain bill next time.

Hawkville

Tasted on 8/5/2017 by Hawkville

Notes:

FG: 1.009 ... tastes spicy. Surprisingly not much banana. Need to make sure to convert more in the mash. Longer mash.

Hawkville

Tasted on 7/24/2017 by Hawkville

Notes:

OG: 1.038

Recipe Facts

El Jefe Hefeweizen
Weissbier
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.051 OG
  • 1.013 FG
  • 15.4 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.30 BG:GU
  • 4.7° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 4.8% ABV Alcohol
  • 169 per 12oz Calories
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