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Leah Dienes' Smoked Weisen

161 calories 15.8 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Classic Style Smoked Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.75 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.54 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 67% (ending kettle)
Source: Peter Innocenti
Rating:
1.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 161 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.8 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday January 30th 2023
1.049
1.011
5.0%
21.1
5.1
5.4
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb German - Pale Wheat6 lb Pale Wheat 39 1.5 54.5%
5 lb Briess - Cherry Wood Smoked Malt5 lb Cherry Wood Smoked Malt 37 5 45.5%
11 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1.50 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh1.5 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 4 Boil 60 min 21.13 100%
1.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
6 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
62.80 ml Phosphoric acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
White Labs - Bavarian Weizen Yeast WLP351
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
76%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
66 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 93 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.37 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
106 50 28 40 241 281
had about 1 quart too much water
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
7.37 gal Strike 158 °F 152 °F 76 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Total strike volume 8.17 32.7  
Mash volume with grains 9.05 36.2  
Grain absorption losses -1.38 -5.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.31 g | 29.2 qt) 6.54 26.2  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.06 -0.2  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 4.98 g | 19.9 qt) 5.75 23  
Estimated amount in fermentor 5.75 23  
Total: 8.17 32.7
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

From Leah Dienes, owner/brewer at Apocalypse Brew Works in Louisville, Kentucky. First brewed this as a homebrewer in 1989, to recreate a smoked Hefeweizen she enjoyed in Bamburg, Germany.

This beer won multiple medals at homebrew competitions, including the President's Choice Award at the FOSSILS' Smoked Beer Competition.

The malts she used were from Weyermann. There is no info on water chemistry, so you might recreate the water chemistry from Bamburg, where this beer originated.

She brewed this with a step mash - starting at 148F and holding for 15 minutes, than raising it to 152 for the remainder of the 90 minute mash.

The original gravity target number is accurate - 1.053. Adjust brewhouse efficiency or grain bill to make it fit your system and process.



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