Austin Homebrew Supply Hefe Weiss (Batch #3)

I really don't intend to post to this blog every day, but ever since I created it, I've been thinking about beer. Imagine that. Anyway, today, my brewing partner and I are brewing the beer he wanted to brew, hefeweiss. He's a fan of Shiner Hefeweiss, but not necessarily of German hefeweiss. 'Kay! here are the ingredients:

• 2.5 lb German pilsner malt
• .5 lb CaraPils
• 2.5 lb red wheat
• 10 lb wheat malt extract
• 1 lb honey (This was a last minute addition on our part based on Shiner's label)
• 1.5 oz Hallertauer 60 mins
• .5 oz Hallertauer 15 mins
• German Wheat Yeast

We steeped the grains in 5 gallons at 155F for 45 minutes. Then we added the malt extract and brought it to a boil. Since we only had two 5 gallon fermenters, we filled those with 3 gallons of water. At the end of the boil we split the wort between the two ferments and pitched yeast. Fermenter A: SG1050 @ 90.5F = 1054 Fermenter B: SG1050 @ 88.7F = 1054 The fermenters will be stored in closets at about 76F until next week, when we will rack to secondary.

transferred to secondary on 7/4. Gravity on both fermenters is 1012. ABV = 4.32. ABW = 5.50.

Kegged on 7/15. Gravity was 1012. It was clear and tasted real good!