Rocko's Modern Hefe

[Randy]

Brewing Sunday, unfortunately not with the new rusty brewpot. However that did inspire me to name the back deck Rusty Bucket Brewery!

The full recipe is attached as a PDF, but the basics are;

5 lbs German Wheat
3 lbs German Pilsener
1 lb German Munich

Tentative Hops Schedule
.75 oz Hallertau Hersbruck for 60
.25 oz Saaz for 15 min
.25 oz Hallertau Hersbruck for 15 min

Mash at 152 for 60-90
Mash out at 169

Target OG 1.047
IBU 12
Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen yeast

[Jay]

Looks yummy! Sorry to hear about the pot. You may want to think twice about the name - could scare some people ;)

Puppy Power Brewery :)

Anyway - looks tastey!

[Randy]

At DerekT's suggestion I added a protein rest at 122 for this one.

My water estimates were off this time and I ended up with about 3/4 gallon that would not fit into the boil pot.

Some friends came over just as I was transferring to the fermenter and I missed taking a gravity reading until after I added my starter.

Ended up with 1.042 (target was 1.047). I bet that the bigger pot with faster evaporation would have let me hit my numbers! ;D

Fermentation was going crazy last night/this morning and is already slowing down a bit, I think I will go give it a shake once I manage to get off the couch.

[Randy]

Beer carbonate a lot quicker in the summer! ;D

To keep myself from breaking into the Belgian Golden Ale I tried one of the hefes today, nice and bubbly and no obvious residual sweetness. Done after only 6 days in the bottle.

Tastes good a nice light sourness, and an interesting spicy aroma. Katherine likes it and that was the point so I guess this one was a success.