Description
The Malt Miller Brew Day in a box recipe kits have been developed to make brewing with the very best ingredients as easy as possible. Each kit contains all the ingredients required, crushed malt, hops, style specific yeast and priming sugar. Plus, kettle finings, yeast nutrient and where applicable vegan finings. Full instructions for brewing beer from grain as well as a recipe specific brew sheet.
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!
Ingredients Included
Simpsons Malt – Finest Lager Malt
Simpsons Malt – Wheat Malt
Hallertauer Mittelfruh – BarthHaas® Pure Hop Pellet (27 grams)
WHC Dried Banana Split
ProMix 1 SachetDextrose Priming Sugar 200g
5kg Total Grain Weight
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
Yeast: WHC Dried Banana Split
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. You’ll 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.
German Wheat Beer Recipe Sheet Instructions
Brew Day in a Box – General Instructions
Brew this recipe on the Grainfather app | Brew this recipe on the Brewfather app
Our Brew Day in a Box recipe kits are suitable for both experienced brewers and those at the beginning of this amazing, rewarding hobby.
Each box is far more than just packaging, the design includes useful pop outs that can be saved to record your brew day notes and beer specifics such as starting and finishing gravity. Plus 4 beer mats and a tap handle hanger for writing your beer description.
Robert Thorne (verified owner) –
I’ve been really enjoying wheat beers atm so this was a no brainer. A very straightforward brew day which resulted in a wheat beer that is very comparable to the commercially available brands, I’d even say better than some. This is an excellent recipe. I will be brewing this one again!
Martin Hudson –
This kit has turned out a wheat beer that is better than many of the commercial brands that are available. First time I’ve used the WHC Banana Split yeast and it ripped through fermentation (under pressure @ 8psi) leaving the beer with those classic banana & clove hints. Grain to glass in just over 3 weeks. It will be a definite re-brew in the very near future as current stocks are going down far too quickly!
Neil Passmore (verified owner) –
Easy recipe to brew and the WHC yeast brought lots of banana and clove flavours. I’ve brewed it twice, will definitely do it again. Delicious.
SteveH (verified owner) –
Really pleased with this one, slips down so easily and is hard to stop drinking. Wonderfully light and refreshing – just the job for a warm summers day.
It’s definitely best enjoyed young, it starts to lose it’s zing after about seven weeks. Recommended fermentation temperature is 17°C but I opted for 19°C because I’ve never fermented that low before. Gonna man up and go for 17 next time.
Paul Bowes (verified owner) –
Brewed this with the WHC yeast at 18 degrees fermentation temperature – not sure on this one has come out with a slight tart / sourness to it – can’t taste the banana and clove flavours everyone talks about. I am reserving judgement on this one.
Sean Russell (verified owner) –
Absolutely beautiful beer. 4 weeks in the bottle, carbed up the traditional way and she’s good to go. Went a bit rogue and fermented at 22 degrees C to push the banana flavour and it suits me brilliantly. It’s one of those simple recipes that makes brings you back down to earth a bit! I’m probably going to order this over and over as my flip top bottles start emptying off and just keep a permanent stock of this fantastic beer. Alongside the more complicated stouts and IPA’s in the corny kegs. I went for standard airlock rather than pressure ferment to keep it as basic as possible and the quality of the beer just shines. 4g sugar in each bottle and it’s one hell of a lively beer! Just writing this review is making me look forward to opening a cold one later. This is going to go down fast! Probably my favourite beer on this site, then again, I might say that about the Hokum Stomp porter when it’s ready next week… oh well, looks like I’m going to have to brew them all!
warrington (verified owner) –
Just tried my first after just under 3 weeks in the bottle as I couldn’t resist. Carbonated really well and a really lovely beer, although I didn’t get the banana notes quite as much as I’d have liked. Will definitely order again though – very straightforward to brew and great end result.