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Legend of Dave

A strong dark wheat ale using domestic extracts, specialty grains, hops with a traditional bavarian yeast strain.

Brewer: Atomic Ed Email: -
Beer: Legend of Dave Style: Dunkelweizen
Type: Extract w/grain Size: 5 gallons
Color:
54 HCU (~23 SRM)
Bitterness: 7 IBU
OG: 1.071 FG: 1.010
Alcohol: 7.9% v/v (6.2% w/w)
Water: I used Puritan Spring water because it's delivered to my home. Any water free of chlorine is fine.
Grain: 8 oz. American crystal 40L
8 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
Steep: 30 minutes at 155-160° F in nylon boiling bag. Remove from heat and steep addl' 10 min. Discard grains and rinse bag for hop boiling.
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.143 2.5 gallons
6 lb. Dark malt extract
3.3 lb. Wheat extract
Add 1 oz. hops to nylon boiling bag for 60 min. Add 1 oz. hops during last 1-2 minutes.
Hops: 1 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 60 min.)
1 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 2 min.)
Yeast: White Labs Bavarian Wheat. Starter of 1 cup light DME and 16 oz. of water. Pitched after 24 hours.
Log: Fermentation at 72-74° for 5-7 days in primary 6.5 gal carboy. Transfer to secondary 5 gal carboy leaving sediment behind. Bottled 16 days later (14 days okay or after 3 days of stable hydrometer readings) using 5 oz. corn sugar for priming. Yield: 49 twelve oz. bottles.

Recipe posted 10/11/04.