Orange Hefeweizen (ala 'shocktop')

[Drzava]

Time to put on the next batch 

It'll have to join the queue of 'must do's - currently stretching nearly to Christmas!

[LordEoin]

hold off til early spring and have it ready for our April summer

[BrewDorg]

Made this about 10 days ago. Conditioning in my mini kegs now. Had a little taste of the hydrometer sample and I think it's gonna be a good one!

[LordEoin]

nice one! We'll all be over for a session on Saturday 

By the way folks as probably none of you have had original Shocktop (cant get it here) the way they serve it is with a nice fat slice of orange floating in a frosted pint glass.
The mexicans seem to like throwing a good pinch of salt in there too, which actually is quite nice.

[BrewDorg]

Might have to try the orange slice and salt now that this is ready

I had this conditioning in 4 mini kegs and 2 bottles. Tried a bottle last week (2 weeks in the bottle) and it was kind of meeeh. Opened up the first keg last night (3 weeks in the keg) and wow I'm absolutely delighted with how it's gone. I like my wheats on the banana/clove side and this really delivers for me. My 3 friends who tasted with me said it reminded them of the Paulaner wheat they had at Oktoberfest Beag so I think that's a result!

[LordEoin]

Great result! Nice to have a batch of something tasty. The only challenge now is making it last 

[BrewDorg]

1 keg down already so yeah, it's going to be a challenge 

[marzen scorsese]

Just watched the dark crystal there a fine ball of fantastic fantasy  it reminds me of the good old days watching the labyrinth on VHS repeatedly

Def gonna brew this baby up too sounds really good all those flavours
Thanks lordeoin

[oinkely]

Just reviving this thread again as I am planning on doing this again.  Going to add some Saaz hops too.

Just looking for advice on how much and at what stage?

Also, what sort of temp should I be fermenting at to get a good banana tang off it?  Have the wlb06 yeast for it.

Cheers

Oink

[LordEoin]

I'd probably dryhop somewhere around 40grams of saaz.
Ferment at 23.5°C for banana.

[oinkely]

Thanks LE

I'll go with your recommendations.

[Ceedee]

waking up this old thread.....

Can you remember the yeast quantity for this? I fancy putting this on for a nice Summer beer.

Did you hydrate the yeast or just use from the packet. (I have an 11.5g packet of this yeast just waiting for a home :-) )

[LordEoin]

Yeah, just sprinkle in 1 pack of WB06. sorted

[irish_goat]

I had a pint of Shocktop in Toronto Airport last week. Wasn't too impressed with it. Too light and a little too flat for my liking too.

[LordEoin]

it needs salt, a slice of orange, and mexicans... many mexicans