Paulaner Hefe-Weizen extract clone

brewed:
Aug 16, 2009

O.G. 1.054

secondary fermentation: 8/22/09

F.G.

kegged: 8/22/09

results:

recipe:
From BYO magazine page 48
5 gallons

1.5 lbs. Briess wheat DME
3.75 lbs. Weyermann Bavarian Hefeweizen wheat LME (late addition)
2.1 lbs. wheat malt
.91 lbs. Pilsner malt
4.75 AAU Hallertau-Hersbrucker hops (1.2 oz./34g of 4% alpha acids)
Wyeast 3638 Bavarian Wheat
or White Labs WLP380 - Hefeweizen IV
1.2 cups of corn sugar for priming.

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Pop yeast bag.
Clean and sanitize gear.

Heat 4.5 quarts of water to 169F. Add crushed grains and steep at 158F for 45 min.

Boil 2.1 gallons of water.

At the end of the steep put 1.5 qts of boiling water into the "grain tea" steeping pot.
Put a colander over the brewpot and grain bag in it. Pour grain tea through the bag.

Bring to a boil then stir in the DME and add the hops.
Set time to 60 min.

At point where there are 15 min. left turn off heat and stir in the LME. Stir like mad then boil.

Cool wort, transfer it to the fermenter. Aerate and add water up to 5 gallon mark.
Pitch yeast and ferment at 68F.

Rack to secondary after fermentaion then bottle when it turns clear.

note: This fermentation was massive. The 2nd day I found the airlock was very mucky brown and krausen had leaked out through the top and down the side of the fermenter.
Definately use the tube instead of airlock when brewing this!