I've been trying to brew a fairly standard hefeweizen using 70% wheat malt 2.0srm and 30% pale malt 2.0srm with a touch of ibu's from pearle and hefe iv wlp380 yeast. I do enough to target about 1.050 SG for an abv of around 5%. I've probably done this same recipe 7-8 times now and have had different results as far as color goes. Sometimes the color is decent, sometimes its a little gray and murky looking.
I do a single step mash and sparge. My mash water is about 172F when it goes in and I do about a 90 minute mash. I sparge at arount 180F. My efficiency is always around 72%-74% for this beer.
I love the taste... .but I'm wanting to try and get a BETTER LOOKING beer. I want it to pretty much look something like this:
http://www.gastrotap.com/index.php/tasting/60-tasting-yazoo-hefeweizen.html
That picture was taken by me and beer reviewed by me. I love how the color pops and is bright yellow
Thoughts?! Help! I would love to get a better more refreshing looking beer so the visual matches the taste. I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I do a single step mash and sparge. My mash water is about 172F when it goes in and I do about a 90 minute mash. I sparge at arount 180F. My efficiency is always around 72%-74% for this beer.
I love the taste... .but I'm wanting to try and get a BETTER LOOKING beer. I want it to pretty much look something like this:
http://www.gastrotap.com/index.php/tasting/60-tasting-yazoo-hefeweizen.html
That picture was taken by me and beer reviewed by me. I love how the color pops and is bright yellow
Thoughts?! Help! I would love to get a better more refreshing looking beer so the visual matches the taste. I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.