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Basement Brewing a DunkelWeizen

Posted in homebrew by Jeff Louella on the November 23rd, 2007

Well, I decided to take the leap and jump into microbrewing. I chose a DunkelWeizen as my first brew. Though I haven’t had many DunkelWeizens, but the ones that I have had I loved. I went down to my local homebrew store and picked up the ingredients. I brewed them all up on sunday night and now they are fermenting in my basement. Today I am moving the brew from the primary fermentor to the secondary fermentor. Then from there, I will have about a week before I bottle. I posted the recipe on my basement brewing blog. I will be posting back here with my progress. Here are some photos of what I have done so far.

The Secret RecipeAll The IngredientsThe Grains In Their Soaking BagsBoiling Up The WortSoaking The Malt In Hot Water To Loosen It UpSome Of The HopsAdding The 2nd Whole Leaf HopsThe Strained Out HopsCooling Down The WortWhite Labs HefeWeizen Live YeastMy 9 Gallon Primary Fermentor With Brew Belt24 Hours Later - Fermentation Has Begun.

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  1. Maureen said,

    on November 24th, 2007 at 11:02 pm

    Thanks be to Jeff, who has awoken this blog again. I look forward to reading about your progress.

  2. Dan Platt said,

    on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    how did your beer ever turn out?

  3. Jeff Louella said,

    on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    It came out decent. I entered it into a competition and got a 27.5. The main negative was the chocolate malt. I think if i removed that from the ingredients, it would have been more on style. That was my first beer. I am on beer now. I have learned a lot since.

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