Beer Style: German Weiss and Weizen
Includes German wheat ales such as hefe weissbier, krystal weizen, dunkelweizen, Berliner weisse and weizenbock style recipes.
Sunflower Seed Dark Hefeweizen
MEMBERS ONLYThis recipe takes advantage of the head retention power of wheat to blend in some flavors of toasted sunflower seeds. Sunflower seeds are very oily, so toasting the seeds to get a large amount of the oils removed is essential.
Gordon Strong’s Weissbier
MEMBERS ONLYThe deceptive thing about making weissbier is that the recipe often looks simple. However, there are a few control points and recipe choices that make a big difference: The grist, the mash schedule, the yeast, and the fermentation schedule.
Historic Weiss
MEMBERS ONLYWiess (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.040 FG = 1.010IBU = 25 SRM = 4 ABV = 3.8% Ingredients5.3 lbs. (2.4 kg) Weyermann Bohemian Floor-Malted Pilsner Malt1.8 lbs. (0.82 kg) pale wheat malt0.67 lbs. (0.3 kg) Weyermann Carahell® malt 0.33 lbs. (0.15 kg) acidulated malt 3.2 AAU Spalt hops (60 min.) (0.95 oz./27 g at 3.4% alpha acids) 6.9
German Wheat/Hefeweizen
MEMBERS ONLYA well-brewed Bavarian hefeweizen is one of the finest beers to enjoy on a warm summer day while the barbecue is going.
Lemon Lime Gose
MEMBERS ONLYThis recipe is our play on the traditional Gose and is a big hit with our customers every time it comes out in the summer.
Yogi Berliner
MEMBERS ONLYThis Berliner weisse recipe creates a quick soured ale by using 4 oz. of acidulated malt and a live yogurt culture
What Gose Around
MEMBERS ONLYA Gose recipe utilizing freshly cracked coriander to provide citrus/herbal kick. Recipe from professional chef and culinary consultant Mark Molinaro.
Magic Rock Brewing’s Salty Kiss clone
MEMBERS ONLY2014 World Beer Cup – Gold (Fruit Wheat Beer). Magic Rock Brewing is located in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK
Weizen Trippelbock
MEMBERS ONLYInspired by The Livery’s Trippel Weizenbock. Steve Berthel told us that, “Most lagers do not use black patent, chocolate, or roast barley in the recipes. I favor a two-hour boil with dark crystal malts to achieve the raisiny, toffee flavors.” He combines extra dark 155–165 °L English crystal malt with bready German base malts (malted wheat, Pilsner, Vienna, and dark Munich). Moderate hopping with Perle and Tettnang provide the balance. Mike’s second attempt to dial in this recipe is currently resting in a 5-gallon (19-L) malt whisky barrel from Balcones Distillery in Texas.
pFriem Family Brewers’ Hefeweizen clone
MEMBERS ONLYTwo different Pilsner malts, two wheat malts, two noble hops, and one yeast strain make this a simple but compelling recipe.
Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company: Neshaminator Wheat Bock clone
MEMBERS ONLYA traditional German wheat bock with a twist. Breaking from tradition, Neshaminy Creek adds orange blossom honey to add orange background notes.
G. Schneider & Sohn: Schneider Weisse Original clone
FREEAccording to the website for G. Schneider & Sohn, “For centuries, wheat beer in Bavaria could only be brewed in royal breweries. By 1872, wheat beer had declined in popularity and, seeing an opportunity, royal brewer Georg Schneider purchased the brewing rights from the Bavarian King Ludwig II, rescuing the style from near extinction. Over 140 years later, the brewery still uses his same recipe and open fermentation process.”