Looking for a Hefe or American Wheat Recipe

[psuweatherman]

Any ideas? Time to brew a good summer and would like to do my first wheat beer.

I saw that BBB has two extract kits, anyone try these?

Thanks in advance,
Matt

[bub]

Extract or AG?

Extract Hefe is SUPER EASY (5gal)
Buy Wheat extract (~6lbs) (50/50 wheat/barley or higher percentage wheat is ok too)
1oz Hallertau Hops
I like to split my hops 50/50 .5oz for 60 min and .5oz for 20min
chill and pitch with Wyeast 3068 (NO NOT WHITELABS 300)
Ferment ~1-2 weeks cool (68 ish)
Bottle/keg
Drink

For grain I like to use a 60% wheat 40% 2row mix with a handfull of rice hulls for insurance... single infusion mash of ~155 or so. Aim for 1.040-1.050 OG
BUB
Boil the shit out of this one 90 minutes.

[BadRock]

Bub,
Why not WLP 300? I have had good luck with this strain.

[bub]

have you tried 3068?
You will know... 3068 is the ONLY hefe yeast (in my opinion)
It is soooo much better than 300
BUB

[Thirsty Mallard]

Why the 90 minute boil?

[seanhagerty]

I got to say this, when bub talks of hefe's, listen

[Steelers&Beer]

i'm a big fan of the WLP380. It ferments well at the low end 62-64 and leaves a nice spice note to the hefe. just a suggestion.

[Pseudolus]

Huh. Typical Wyeast/WL equivalence charts seem to say that Wy3068 and WL300 are the same strain. Guess there was some divergence in the samples the two different companies started with?

Anywho, I like to use WL380 ("Hefeweizen IV"), which those same charts say is the same as Wy3333. FWIW, WPIVM.