Hefeweizen

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:29 pm

Heheh. You mean SWMBO I take it

mr.c · Post by **mr.c** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:59 pm

when keging do you use any priming sugar in the keg or bottle ??

Post by **Andy** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:36 pm

I'm brewing this one tomorrow

Seveneer · Post by **Seveneer** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:04 pm

mr.c, I don't prime in the keg. I just gas it up from a cylinder.

Andy, pictures please

/Phil.

Post by **Andy** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:14 pm

Wilko, understood.....

mr.c · Post by **mr.c** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:42 am

I do not have gas what can i do for the prime use sugar me think ?

Seveneer · Post by **Seveneer** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:32 pm

Hi Mr.c, yep, sugar will be fine. You bottling? Hefe's a lot less hassle when bottled as you can swirl the yeast into the beer for that authentic look. Me, I have to shake the keg every week

/Phil.

Frothy · Post by **Frothy** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:18 am

Qvestion -

What would opinion be about using flaked wheat instead of malted wheat?

Matt

Seveneer · Post by **Seveneer** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:31 am

Hi Matt,

I've never used flaked wheat but if you have some why not try it and see. I'm not sure you'd want to replace all the malted wheat with flaked though.

/Phil.

mysterio · Post by **mysterio** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:06 am

Frothy, flaked wheat is unmalted and would be more at home in a Belgian wit bier rather than a hefeweizen. It will give a different flavour than you would expect in a hefe. It also has no diastic power and is likely to gum up your mash a bit - my efficiency fell by 10% when using unmalted wheat.

mr.c · Post by **mr.c** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:02 pm

Just about to barrel my hefeweizen ,smells and taste very nice (a bit to good

)

The flash has made it very yellow

this is frist timei have used a hydromater so any help on the reading would be nice (i have no instructions for it )

is to ready fro priming ?

deadlydes · Post by **deadlydes** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:21 pm

your hydrometer is reading 1018 (1.018) i wouldn't say its ready for kegging yet. i would wait till it drops to 10121014ish

Seveneer · Post by **Seveneer** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:21 pm

Hi Mr.c,

I'd say you have a gravity of 1.020 which is still quite high. If this was a style of beer that was supposed to be clear I'd say leave it for another week but as it's hefe I reckon you should put it in the barrel and don't worry about priming it. There's still a fair amount of sugar left to ferment.

That's a nice looking hefe.

/Phil.

mr.c · Post by **mr.c** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:32 pm

Thankyou all for your help .will leave it for another week or 2

Seveneer taste good to

nice one for the recipe

ps: my next brewing job is to get my head around hydrometer/water treatment/mash ph and all that jazz

i just jumped in to all Grain

Post by **Andy** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:52 pm

My Hefe was sitting at about 1018 in the fermenter last night, started at 1051

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