NORM’S DUNKELWEIZEN
Ingredients:
5.5 lb German wheat malt
4.0 lb German pils malt
0.5 lb German dark Munich malt
0.5 lb Belgian cara-Munich malt
0.5 lb rice hulls
4.2 HBU U.S. Hallertauer loose hops
1 vial White Labs WLP-300 in starter
1 tsp Calcium chloride-dihydrate
9 gal R.O. water
Procedure:
Mash the grains in 14 qt of 132F water. Rest for 20 min at 124F. Raise T to 150F by addition of 1 qt boiling water and external heat as required. Stir in rice hulls while heating. Rest for 90 min. Raise T to 168F for mash-off. Recycle until wort clears. Sparge with 18 qt of 172F water. Add 2 qt water and boil for 120 min. Add the hops for the last 60 min of the boil. Cool to 70-75F, oxygenate and pitch yeast. Add water as necessary to hit target gravity. Ferment for 7 days or until complete at 66<T<72F. Rack to secondary fermenter and condition for 5 days at room T. Bottle using 4.0 oz corn sugar.
O.G. 1.055
F.G. 1.012