AG#19 - Summer Dunkelweizen

[Gricey]

So this is the other beer to fill my second keg for legendary BBQ later in the year as well as break in the keggerator.

71.3% Weyermann German Wheat Malt
14.4% German Munich Malt
10.2% German CaraPils
4.1% German Carafa II

Hopped to 12.4IBU with 30g of 3.8% Czech Saaz for the whole 90 minute boil

Water adjusted to GW 'General Purpose' profile

No whirlfloc or servomyces

WLP300 built from a starter on a stir plate

Mash is on now...

[Gricey]

Extended brewday again as my element gave up the ghost as far as I can tell. Or its got caked on sugar. I moved the wort to another vessel, let it cool down, put some in again and it started up again... only to stop before the rolling boil. I'll clean it. Fortunately I had a spare element as the ones I bought for brewery 2.0 are the same!

Anyway long story short missed my OG by 6 points... maybe I did something wrong but never mind, it's no biggie and I'm sure it will be fine... as long as the extra fannying around with the boil hasn't made it bitter

[Gricey]

Worth saying I wasn't anywhere near a stuck mash... maybe I'll do one with more wheat next time to see how nuts I can get it

[Manx Guy]

Sounds like a good result despite the element woes...

I've only had one element stop on me and it just cut out due to a slight boil over... Fortuantely I have two (2.4kw) so I switched to the other. after a clean and dry out it worked fine since (about 6 brews ago)

I'd say 75% wheat and no stuck mash is good going!
I've done 50% with no issues, but then I like the 50:50 styles much more than the German weizens... I get tired of them after a couple of bottles so not worth me brewing them. I'd rather have an American/ English style wheat any day - great BBQ drinking!

Let us know how this turns out...


Guy

[Gricey]

WLP300 go boom. WLP300 always go boom. I'll add the brewday photos when I get a min...