[zymological]

5 gallon batch (accidentally ended up with 6 gallons)

3.5 lb White Wheat
2.0 lb German Pilsen
3.0 lb Munich Malt
0.5 lb Caramunich
1.5 lb Carawheat
0.125 lb Carafa III
(rice hulls if you are so inclined, I didn't use much)

Mash at 152F for 60 min

0.4oz of 12.1% AA Magnum for 60 min (like a 44 Magnum - get it?!)

Ferment with Wyeast 3068 or equivalent. I kept it in the low to mid 60s so the banana is kept to a minimum with mostly spice/clove predominating.

I fermented this for a week and it had hit FG. I then bottled with a lot of corn sugar (I accidentally ended up with 6 gallons so I used 8oz of corn sugar in my primer).

Estimated SRM: 16-17
OG: 1.056 (my OG was actually 1.046 b/c of the extra gallon of liquid)
FG: 1.012

I assumed 70% efficiency for my calculations.

Results - motherloving delicious!

[zymological]

No love for the dunkelweizen?

[MyBeerPants]

zymological, on Apr 10 2009, 03:22 AM, said:

No love for the dunkelweizen?

I'll bite. I don't currently have a recipe for this style so I'll drop it into BeerSmith and put it in the rotation. I'll let you know when it comes up... if I remember.
I'm doing a 10 gallon batch though

This post has been edited by MyBeerPants: 10 April 2009 - 04:15 PM

[MyBeerPants]

Does anyone have SRM, yield potential, etc. on the carawheat? I don't have it in my BeerSmith grain list.

Edit: So far I'm subbing in crystal60.

This post has been edited by MyBeerPants: 10 April 2009 - 04:21 PM

[zymological]

MyBeerPants, on Apr 10 2009, 12:21 PM, said:

Does anyone have SRM, yield potential, etc. on the carawheat? I don't have it in my BeerSmith grain list.

Edit: So far I'm subbing in crystal60.

The numbers I found (not sure where):

Lovibond: 44
Potential: 35

[MyBeerPants]

zymological, on Apr 10 2009, 09:31 AM, said:

The numbers I found (not sure where):

Lovibond: 44
Potential: 35

I'm an idiot. It's listed at Caramel Wheat Malt.

[zymological]

MyBeerPants, on Apr 10 2009, 12:37 PM, said:

I'm an idiot. It's listed at Caramel Wheat Malt.

[BrewerGeorge]

Made one yesterday.

I just made Jamil's from BCS.

[earthtone]

doesn't german beer law state that a dunkeleizen has to be at least 50% wheat in the grist

Looks verrry tasty! Might have to make, but I want to get some temp control first otherwise the clove might get ouda control on me again....

[zymological]

earthtone, on Apr 13 2009, 01:20 PM, said:

doesn't german beer law state that a dunkeleizen has to be at least 50% wheat in the grist

Looks verrry tasty! Might have to make, but I want to get some temp control first otherwise the clove might get ouda control on me again....

You got me

I actually didn't notice this until after I ordered my ingredients. Originally the wheat percentage was higher but in the process of messing around with amounts I forgot to check again. I don't think adding a little more wheat would really hurt this. Have a blast!

[zymological]

zymological, on 08 April 2009 - 06:44 AM, said:

5 gallon batch (accidentally ended up with 6 gallons)

3.5 lb White Wheat
2.0 lb German Pilsen
3.0 lb Munich Malt
0.5 lb Caramunich
1.5 lb Carawheat
0.125 lb Carafa III
(rice hulls if you are so inclined, I didn't use much)

Mash at 152F for 60 min

0.4oz of 12.1% AA Magnum for 60 min (like a 44 Magnum - get it?!)

Ferment with Wyeast 3068 or equivalent. I kept it in the low to mid 60s so the banana is kept to a minimum with mostly spice/clove predominating.

I fermented this for a week and it had hit FG. I then bottled with a lot of corn sugar (I accidentally ended up with 6 gallons so I used 8oz of corn sugar in my primer).

Estimated SRM: 16-17
OG: 1.056 (my OG was actually 1.046 b/c of the extra gallon of liquid)
FG: 1.012

I assumed 70% efficiency for my calculations.

Results - motherloving delicious!

Just made this again about a month ago but with some very slight alterations. I used debittered black instead of carafa III b/c that's what I had. I also upped the white wheat to 4.25lbs to get total wheat content at 50%

I ended up with about 5.5 gallons and primed with 7oz of corn sugar. I just had the first bottle that was fully carbed last night and damn do I love this beer!

[KenLenard]

zymological, on 05 May 2010 - 05:06 AM, said:

Just made this again about a month ago but with some very slight alterations. I used debittered black instead of carafa III b/c that's what I had. I also upped the white wheat to 4.25lbs to get total wheat content at 50%

I ended up with about 5.5 gallons and primed with 7oz of corn sugar. I just had the first bottle that was fully carbed last night and damn do I love this beer!

Ah, but did you sub out that God-awful 3068 yeast??!! Just futzin' with ya, Zym. Brew On!

[zymological]

KenLenard, on 05 May 2010 - 08:22 AM, said:

Ah, but did you sub out that God-awful 3068 yeast??!! Just futzin' with ya, Zym. Brew On!

3068, why can't I quit you??