Organic Hefe Weizen
I recently brewed a Hefe Weizen with a recipe that is loosely a clone of the Paulaner Hefe-Weißbier. I wanted to continue with my recent focus on brewing organic beers, but being a malt extract brewer, I had trouble finding organic wheat DME or LME. So I talked to the folks at Seven Bridges Cooperative to get some help. They suggested going with a mini-mash approach, and mash the organic wheat grains but use DME for the barley component of the recipe. They even help me convert my recipe into a mini-mash version. Here is the mini-mash recipe:
Ingredients
Instructions
Soak crushed wheat malt and munich malt grains in 1.3 gallons of water at 150 degrees F for 40-60 minutes. Use a grain bag in which the grains can fit loosely in. Strain and rinse with another 1 gallon of water at 165 degrees F. Add rest of water for brewing and bring to a boil. Remove heat, add DME, and return to a boil. Add hops, and then boil for 60 minutes. Cool, add wort to fermentor, add water until wort is at 5 gallons, aerate and pitch yeast when wort is below 75 degrees F.
Ingredients
- 3.5 pounds of organic White Wheat Malt
- 6 ounces of organic German Munich Malt
- 3 pounds of organic DME
- 0.5 ounce of organic German Hallertauer Tradition 6% hops (3 HBU) at 60 minutes
- White Labs 300 Hefe Weissen Ale yeast. Starter is recommended.
Instructions
Soak crushed wheat malt and munich malt grains in 1.3 gallons of water at 150 degrees F for 40-60 minutes. Use a grain bag in which the grains can fit loosely in. Strain and rinse with another 1 gallon of water at 165 degrees F. Add rest of water for brewing and bring to a boil. Remove heat, add DME, and return to a boil. Add hops, and then boil for 60 minutes. Cool, add wort to fermentor, add water until wort is at 5 gallons, aerate and pitch yeast when wort is below 75 degrees F.
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