Finest Weissbier Recipe (25 L)
A straightforward German wheat beer recipe with a simple grain bill, classic Hallertau hopping and WB-06 yeast.
This Finest Weissbier recipe is a 25 L all-grain wheat beer built around wheat and Pilsner malt, Hallertau Mittelfrüh and Fermentis WB-06.
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Finest Weissbier
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Mash at 66 °C for 60 minutes.
- Mash out at 78 °C for 5 minutes.
- Sparge with 16.5 L of water. Target pre-boil volume is approximately 31.58 L.
- Boil for 90 minutes.
- With 60 minutes remaining, add 20 g Hallertau Mittelfrüh.
- With 15 minutes remaining, add 20 g Hallertau Mittelfrüh.
- Primary at 17 °C for 14 days.
Notes
- Batch Size: 25 L
- OG: 1.056
- FG: 1.008
- ABV: 6.3%
- IBU: 13
- Color: 8 EBC
- Carbonation: 3 vol CO₂
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About This Recipe
Finest Weissbier keeps the recipe simple: 55% wheat malt, 45% Pilsner malt, two Hallertau Mittelfrüh additions and WB-06 yeast.
The recipe targets 3.0 volumes of CO₂. If you want to adjust that for your own setup, my beer carbonation levels guide covers typical carbonation ranges for German wheat beer and other styles.
Brewing Notes
I first brewed this as batch #29.
The recipe targets an OG of 1.056, while this batch measured 1.049. Final gravity finished at 1.007 against a recipe target of 1.008, giving a measured ABV of 5.5% compared with the recipe target of 6.3%.
The finished batch volume was 24 L against the planned 25 L. These are results from this particular batch; the recipe card above keeps the original recipe targets.
