Anyone done it and care to share take-aways from it?
I'd tried a few hefes in the past, twice produced banana bombs, but last time I settled on what I believe it takes to produce an evenly balanced hefe. Since then, I've gotten into 10 gallon brewing, so I plan on brewing 10 gallons of hefe/weisbier for the hot season. The first keg I'll several straight up, but I'm considering going out of style and doing something like dry hopping the second keg.
I could see taking various approaches to the proposition: 1-2 oz of something noble, such as the hallertau I'll use to bitter it, or maybe saaz; or I could go with some otherwise non-conventional, probably American hops. And down that path, I could see going modest and just doing 1-2 oz of something, or I could see going a but more assertive with, say, 5 oz of some American hops.
Please share your thoughts, experiences, suggestions, and the such.
Cheers.
Brew on.
I'd tried a few hefes in the past, twice produced banana bombs, but last time I settled on what I believe it takes to produce an evenly balanced hefe. Since then, I've gotten into 10 gallon brewing, so I plan on brewing 10 gallons of hefe/weisbier for the hot season. The first keg I'll several straight up, but I'm considering going out of style and doing something like dry hopping the second keg.
I could see taking various approaches to the proposition: 1-2 oz of something noble, such as the hallertau I'll use to bitter it, or maybe saaz; or I could go with some otherwise non-conventional, probably American hops. And down that path, I could see going modest and just doing 1-2 oz of something, or I could see going a but more assertive with, say, 5 oz of some American hops.
Please share your thoughts, experiences, suggestions, and the such.
Cheers.
Brew on.