Hump's Dunkelweizen

My first dunkelweizen. Very different from all commercial examples I've tasted, yet very identifiable as a dunkelweizen. I like it a lot!

Brewer:	Joshua Humphries		Email:	jhumphries@newenergyassoc.com
Beer:	Hump's Dunkelweizen		Style:	Dunkelweizen
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	104 HCU (~36 SRM)		Bitterness:	12 IBU
OG:	1.061		FG:	1.018
Alcohol:	5.6% v/v (4.4% w/w)
Water:	Publix-brand drinking water
Grain:	4 oz. American chocolate 8 oz. American black patent
Steep:	Steep grains after kettle goes to burner and remove grains before water reaches boiling (200°)
Boil:	50 minutes	SG 1.153	2 gallons
	1 lb. Dark dry malt extract 7 lb. Wheat/Barley Malt mixed (55%/45%) extract
	The liquid malt extract I used was from my homebrew store. It was unlabeled (it was one of their "on tap" syrups). The proprietor of the store told me it was about 55% wheat and 45% barley malt. The extract was darker than I expected (closer to the color of an amber extract), so I imagine it was wheat mixed with amber barley malt extract.
Hops:	1 oz. Tettnanger (3.8% AA, 50 min.) 1 oz. Tettnanger (3.8% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Hallertauer (5.0% AA, 12 min.)
Yeast:	White Labs Liquid Yeast - Hefeweizen Ale Yeast
Log:	After 1 week - re-racked (SG 1.020) Another week - re-racked (SG 1.018) -waiting on enough bottles After 2 more days - bottled (SG 1.018) -got 'em!
Carbonation:	Standard bottle conditioning (1/2 cup of priming sugar boiled in almost 1 pint of water, cooled)
Tasting:	Very wheaty. Man! does that White Labs Hefeweizen yeast taste good! Though different than any dunkelweizen I've tasted, it still tastes like a dunkelweizen to me! I find it very tasty.

Recipe posted 12/08/00.