Pittsy's Dunkel Weizen VIDEO Decoction

[pittsy]

After a few less than great recipes i shall now be brewing this 1 on sunday , using my new fav malt carawheat for aided colour and flavour while using carahell for a slight caramel taste . I shall be increasing the ibu a little compared to my pale version and fermenting slightly lower than my pale too ( pale 22c , this 20 c ) for less banana . I shall also be doing a long decoction for maltiness and colour as fitting the style




Dunkel

1.70 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 39.5 %
1.55 kg Wheat Malt, Pale (Weyermann) (3.9 EBC) Grain 2 36.0 %
0.60 kg Carawheat (Weyermann) (98.5 EBC) Grain 3 13.9 %
0.30 kg Carahell (Weyermann) (25.6 EBC) Grain 4 7.0 %
0.15 kg Acid Malt (5.9 EBC) Grain 5 3.6 %
16.08 g Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 6 14.6 IBUs
11.49 g Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 2.4 IBUs
1.0 pkg Hefeweizen IV Ale (White Labs #WLP380) [35.49 ml] Yeast 8 -


Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.008 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.8 %
Bitterness: 17.0 IBUs
Est Color:

Measured Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.0 %

 

[nobyipa]

:thumb:
more bitterness works well in me chocolate clovey one
:drink:

 

[pittsy]

I shall now be doing this monday , still a little hung over from last nights fun (lasted till 5.30 am ) so i'll have a easy sunday for a change ( just as well cause my brew fridge is being used still from last mondays hefe )

 

[pittsy]

Got this on today , started late again but all went well and i even attempted a bit of a video which i'll try and sort out soon .
Lovely colour , smells wonderful from a long decoction (35 mins boil ) got great efficiency with 1050 and 22 litres (aimed for 20 and 1048/9) .

 

[pittsy]

I made this decoction video on the brew day but it's taken till now to get it sorted ( uploading etc) still not sure if i'm doing it right (computer stuff)

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[nobyipa]

great vid music too
ill have to do some editing on my vids

:drink:

 

[NickW]

Great video!

 

[Rolfster]

Loving the vid, just one question, is Decoction worth it........

I have been toying with the idea of having a go and think it might be a bit beyond me at the moment. :?

 

[pittsy]

If you wanted to do a step mash then doing a decoction is 1 way to get the next temp change . But for me i wanted to get a dunkel without any choc or other really dark malts and needed to darken the beer plus doing a decoction gives you are more malty taste which is ideal for the style . It really is easy .