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WEISSBIER

1 calories 0.1 g 1.25 ml
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Weissbier
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30.5 liters
Post Boil Size: 23 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.052 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: Wolf Pack Brewing
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 1 calories (Per 1.25ml)
Carbs: 0.1 g (Per 1.25ml)
Created: Wednesday July 15th 2020
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
2.50 kg German - Pilsner2.5 kg Pilsner 38 1.6 44.6%
2.50 kg German - Pale Wheat2.5 kg Pale Wheat 39 1.5 44.6%
0.60 kg Rice Hulls0.6 kg Rice Hulls 0 0 10.7%
5.60 kg / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
20 g Hallertau Tradition (Germany)20 g Hallertau Tradition (Germany) Hops Pellet 5 First Wort 60 min 14.12 100%
20 g / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
3 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 0 min.
4 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) / 126 Grams Water Agt Mash 0 min.
4 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 0 min.
2 g Gypsum / 293 Grams Water Agt Mash 0 min.
2 g Chalk Water Agt Mash 0 min.
1 each Whirlfloc Water Agt Boil 15 min.
2.50 g Wyeast - Beer Nutrient / 15.5 Grams Other Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Weihenstephan Weizen 3068
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
18 - 24 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 104 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 2.45 bar       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 3 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
50 10 16 70 70 100
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
17 L Ferulic acid rest Strike 19 °C 45 °C 15 min
half way between beta/alpha rest Temperature 45 °C 67 °C 90 min
Mash Out Temperature 67 °C 76 °C 10 min
27 L Sparge Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 90 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 16.8
Mash volume with grains 20.5
Grain absorption losses -5.6
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 21.4 L) 20.2
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 31.7 L) 30.5
Boil off losses -8.6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.1
Post boil Volume 23
Going into fermentor 23
Total: 37  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

https://shop.theelectricbrewery.com/pages/weizen-weissbier

Add 500mg potassium metabisulphite to 20 gallons water to remove chlorine / chloramine (if required).
Water treated with brewing salts to our Balanced flavour profile: Ca=50, Mg=10, Na=16, Cl=70, SO4=70 (Hit minimums on Ca and Mg, keep the Cl:SO4 ratio low and equal. Do not favour flavour / maltiness or bitterness / dryness. For balanced beers.). For complete details on how to adjust your water, refer to our step by step Water Adjustment guide.
1.5 qt/lb mash thickness.

Start the mash at 113F and hold for 15 mins (ferulic acid rest which helps promote clove-like phenol flavours). This rest works best at a pH of 5.7-5.8 (relative to mash temperature) so if you add mash salts and acid you want to wait and do it after the ferulic acid rest.
Ramp up to 152F and hold for 90 mins (half way between beta/alpha rest).
Raise to 168F mashout temperature and hold for 10 mins.
~90 min fly sparge with ~5.6-5.8 pH water (measured at mash temperature). Collect 14.9 gallons.
Boil for 90 minutes, adding hops per schedule. Lid on at flameout, start chilling immediately. Some brewers choose not to add kettle finings during the boil (such as Whirlfloc) as the beer is supposed to be cloudy, but the cloudiness of this beer comes from the yeast. We still want to remove proteins, hot break material, and so forth.
Cool the wort quickly to 62F (we use a one-pass convoluted counterflow chiller to quickly lock in hop flavour and aroma) and transfer to fermenter.
Aerate or oxygenate the chilled wort to a level of 8-10 ppm dissolved oxygen. For complete details refer to our Aerating / Oxygenating Wort guide.
Pitch yeast and ferment at 62F (wort temperature). We use modified stainless fermenting buckets in wine fridges.
Ferment until approximately 5 points from final gravity and then raise the temperature to 72F until finished. In our case we simply turn off the fermenting fridges and allow the beer to naturally rise to room temperature. Assume fermentation is done if the gravity does not change over ~3 days.
We do not recommend using finings such as unflavoured gelatin as it helps keep as much yeast in suspension as possible.
Package as you would normally. We rack to kegs that have first been purged with CO2. We chill the kegs to near freezing while carbonating at the same time in a 6-keg conditioning fridge. After ~1-2 weeks at serving pressure the kegs will be carbonated and ready to serve. In a hurry? This beer is best served fresh so feel free to raise the CO2 pressure temporarily to 30-40 PSI to carbonate fast over a 24 period, and then turn back down to serving pressure.
Carbonate this beer to higher than normal levels, around 2.5 to 3.5 volumes of CO2.
If you keg, you will find that over time the beer naturally clears as the protein haze and yeast settles. You may occasionally jostle or flip the keg to stir up the sediment to re-introduce the cloudy appearance. Some brewers will use a spare liquid out dip tube on the gas line such that the incoming gas hits the bottom of the keg and automatically stirs up the sediment every time a beer is poured. Others will use a tablespoon or two of flour at the end of the boil to set up a starchy permanent haze. The simplest solution is probably the most popular: Consume quicker

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