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Dead Simple Hefeweizen

There's a reason this is “Dead Simple.” The longest part of your brew day is boiling the beer. This is an ideal first beer since you can focus on preparing the equipment and process.

Style: German Wheat Beer (Hefeweizen)

Brew Type: Extract

For 5 gallons at 1.048 OG, 6.4 SRM, 12 IBUs, 4.7% ABV

60-minute boil

Directions

Follow the Steeping Grains and Extract Process starting with 6 quarts of water at Step 6.

Extract

6.60 pounds Wheat (Weizen) Liquid Malt Extract (LME)

Hops

0.5 ounce Tettnanger (4.5 percent AA) Pellet for 60 minutes, 0.5 ounce Czech Saaz (3.5 percent AA) Pellet for 5 minutes

Yeast

White Labs WLP830 Hefeweizen IV, Wyeast 3650 Bavarian Wheat

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