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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 | |||||
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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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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.) |
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| 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.
