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Taste Notes

Forgot that I don't love hefes until after this one was in the keg. It had the elements of a good hefe but fermented a little hot (~73F) so it was a little OTT with the clove and banana.

Notes

Mash: First time using MT with false bottom. Heated 4 gal strike water to 165F, doughed in 3.5 gal and temp settled at 155F. After 75 mins, temp was 154F. Sparge: Heated 5 gal sparge water to 170F and put half of it in the bottling bucket / HLT. Fly sparged from HLT to MT to BK. It took about 25 mins to get 6.5 gal at 140F in the kettle, refilled HLT as needed. Gravity of final runnings 1.009. Had some grain getting through the false bottom for a while but then got the flowrate from MT to BK constant and then the runnings became clear. Might want to sparge a good amount at constant rate into spare kettle until it clears up and then recirculate the first runnings while runnings are filling BK. Boil: Boiled 60 mins. Added 1/2 oz Tetnang at 60 min and 1/2 oz at 10 min. Chilled to 82F in about 20 minutes. Pitch: Measured OG 1.044 which was lower than anticipated. Actual overall efficiency was 63%. Pitched WLP300 at 80F on 5.25 gal wort. Fermentation: In fermenting pail in the front bedroom at 70-72F. Vigorous fermentation after 20 hours with krausen coming out of the airlock. Switched to blowoff tube at 20 hours with good bubbling through 48 hours. Kegging: Kegged after nearly 3 weeks in primary. Maybe a cidery off taste but also lots of banana. Shook the keg at 30 psi for a little bit then put in in the keezer but not on CO2.