Paulaner Hefeweizen
"Paulaner Hefeweizen Clone for the Heinlod family!"

Recipe:
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5.00 lb		Wheat Extract (LME)
1.00 lb		German Pilsner (grain)
1.75 lb		Red Wheat Malt (grain)
4.00 oz		Munich Malt (grain)
1.00 tsp	Irish Moss

Hops:
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1.00 oz Hallertau (309% AA - 3.9 AAU)(60 min)

Yeast:
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5.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient
1    ea  Yeast Turbo Charger Pill

White Labs "Hefeweizen Ale Yeast" WLP300 
Washed from Jan Hefeweizen batch.

Notes:
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5.0 gal 
OG: 1.05
FG: ??

22.5 Cups of water at 175 F.  Adding grain bag brought temp down to mid 140s. 
Held temp between 153 and 158 for the next 1 hour and 15 min. 
Iodine test never showed complete conversion. 
Temperature spiked as high as 165, and as low as 145.

Sparged at 160 - 175 for 15 minutes (22.5 cups of water also). 
Combined sparge and mash together with 11 cups of water (3.5 gal total now) and brought to a boil.

Lid was required to create full boil. 
Waited for foam to break, but never was able to achieve a complete break.

30 minutes remaining - 1 lb of Wheat DME was added.

25 minutes remaining - hops in clean grain bag to the boil.

15 minutes remaining - Irish Moss was added to grain bag with hops with yeast nutrient.

10 minutes remaining - entire 3 lb bag of wheat dme was added to pot.

0 minutes remaining - 1 gal of cold water to pot.

Cooled pot in sink to 100 F by adding ice around pot and slowly stirring with sanitized spoon.
Poured into carboy (grain bag must have a hole as hops plugged filter).

Added enough water to fill carboy to 4.5 gal to take specific gravity.
SG at 4.5 was aprox 1.068 

Added 1 gal of Water
SG at 5.5 gal: 1.053

Pitched yeast (85 F)

Color much darker than expected  ~ 22 SRM.

2009/01/01
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Temperature at ** was approximately ** F (** C).
Very active fermenation.  May need a blow off tube
Color has * ~** SRM.
** aroma.

2009/10/09
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Did to many batches that month.
Yeast starter did very well.
Entire batch fermented down in about a week.
Broke the glass carboy for another batch open that night right before the brew was started.
Mash was not optimum.
Turned a bit on the bitter side since not enough SG when adding hops.
Color and clarity is perfect for style and over all is very drinkable.
Has been kegged for a number of monthis now. 
Is enjoyed by those who like german wheat beers.