Dunkel

[fossil]

Hi all.

I'm new to home brewing and this is only my second batch, but I was really keen to try and make a dunkel brew. I visited my local home brew shop and he recommended the following ingredients to make one:

-1.5kg bavarian wheat can

-1kg malt extract dry wheat

-100g chocolate malt

-50g roasted barley

-Donatar munich wheat yeast

-25g Herabrucker hops

 

I followed his instructions and it has now been sitting in the FV for 8 days. I've taken a couple of samples and the flavor is reasonably good, but the colour just isn't right (not anywhere close to being dark enough for a dunkel).

 

There is still a pretty good head of foam at the top even after 8 days of fermentation. Should I be worried about this? Also what would people suggest to modify this to get it closer to a Franziskaner or Erdinger Dunkel?

 

Cheers,

fossil

[AdamH1525226084]

Mmmmmmmmm Dunkel. The Weihenstephaner (oldest brewery in the world!!!) one is pretty tasty too. [love]

 

What about some of the TC Liquid Dark Malt extract next time - that will def give some colour. Mebbe replace some of the dry malt with that.

I will keep my eyes on this post, cos some others may have better ideas and experience than me on brewing it, but maybe not tasting it [lol]

[Squishy]

I Think I've got an Unkle Dunkle if that helps[lol] [lol] [lol]

[jasond4]

Simple tip Fossil, try to keep any style of wheat beer to no more than a 50/50 blend of wheat/malt. Too much wheat and you'll end up drinking bread.[cool]

[Hairy]

You will probably find that the Wheat kit and the dry wheat malt are both 50/50 blends (or thereabouts) so you should be fine with that.

 

If you want to darken it then you will need to add more specialty malt. Try adding 100-200g Carafa (II or III) instead of the roasted barley.

 

Anyway, the beer you made still looks good.

[fossil]

Thanks guys. I'll give that a go next time Hairy.

The flavour of the beer is still pretty good, but always looking for improvements [biggrin]