True To Style #15 – German Wheat Beer All Grain Kit

These all grain kits are all designed with one thing in mind, making great tasting beer at affordable prices. We’ve built and created this range to offer our first “core” range of all grain kits that represent either great ingredients, methods or beer styles which we adore.

All of them are 23 litre batches and come in at sensible strengths for the mid week beers or sessions at the weekend! Read our full blog post on this range here!

Embark on a journey to Bavaria with our True to Style all-grain home brew kit for a German Wheat beer. Crafted to perfection, this kit brings the authentic flavors of Germany to your glass. Experience the silky smoothness, delightful banana and clove aromas, and the signature hazy appearance of a true German Wheat beer. Brew your own masterpiece, and savor the refreshing and full-bodied taste of this classic brew. Perfect for drinking on a late summers evening!

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Ingredients Included

Simpsons Malt – Finest Lager Malt
Simpsons Malt – Wheat Malt
Hallertauer Mittelfruh – BarthHaas® Pure Hop Pellet (27 grams)
Mangrove Jacks Bavarian Wheat Yeast M20 (2 packs)

5kg Total Grain Weight

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Method

Beer Style (main): German Ales
Beer Style (sub): South German-Style Kristal Weizen
Batch Size: 23
Original Gravity: 1.050
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV %: 4.95
IBU: 13
Mash efficiency: 80
Brewing equipment:

THE MASH
Temperature °C (Step 1): 66
Length (mins) (Step 1): 60
Temperature °C (Step 2): 75
Length (mins) (Step 2): 10
 

THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 60

Hop / kettle additions and timing:

27g Hallertauer Mittelfruh @ 60min

Add yeast nutrients and kettle finnings at 15 mins before the end of the boil

Whirlpool / hop stand:

N/A

Yeast: Mangrove Jacks Bavarian Wheat Yeast M20
Fermentation temperature/steps: 17c until you have reached final gravity and this has been stable 48 hours. Usually 10-14 days

Secondary additions:

After fermentation is complete package and carbonate to a moderately high level (2.5-3 volumes)

Comments:

This style of beer is all about freshness and drinking whilst young. Youll want to enjoy on a warm late summer evening with friends and drink it whilst at its freshest. The balance of flavour and aroma is vital and the yeast used will be key to this. Fermenting on the cooler side of this yeasts capability will promote clove esters and moving to the warmer side of the scale will promote banana to show up. You can choose where you want this to sit but we prefer the clove profile, hence the fermentation temperature being lower.

Weve included 2 packs of yeast with this kit to allow for the best possible fermentation with little stress placed on the yeast, this will limit the chance of undesirable flavours from being produced.