Subject: Digest for the period 6/15/2003 - 6/16/2003
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 01:01:38 -0400

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  1. Berliner weisse 


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From: Mike Dixon  Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 08:32:32 -0400
Subject: Berliner weisse 


From: Patrick Twohy  Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:12:48 -0700
Subject: Berliner weisse
>Is that really right? Those few recipes I see call for at least
>50/50 wheat and barley.

I think it is summed up best in Eric Warner's "German Wheat Beer" AHA
Classic Style Series on p34:
"In earlier times the amount of wheat malt in the grist was as low as 25-30
percent, but today it ranges from 50 to 75 percent."

My own take is that with a beer so small and with the lactic sourness and
carbonation, you're not going to be able to tell the difference in a beer
made with 25% wheat and one made with 50% wheat with so light a body.

Cheers,
Mike Dixon
Wake Forest, NC
www.ipass.net/~mpdixon/homebrew.htm


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Subject: Digest for the period 6/15/2003 - 6/16/2003
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 01:01:38 -0400

Table of contents
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  1. Berliner weisse 


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From: Mike Dixon  Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 08:32:32 -0400
Subject: Berliner weisse 


From: Patrick Twohy  Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:12:48 -0700
Subject: Berliner weisse
>Is that really right? Those few recipes I see call for at least
>50/50 wheat and barley.

I think it is summed up best in Eric Warner's "German Wheat Beer" AHA
Classic Style Series on p34:
"In earlier times the amount of wheat malt in the grist was as low as 25-30
percent, but today it ranges from 50 to 75 percent."

My own take is that with a beer so small and with the lactic sourness and
carbonation, you're not going to be able to tell the difference in a beer
made with 25% wheat and one made with 50% wheat with so light a body.

Cheers,
Mike Dixon
Wake Forest, NC
www.ipass.net/~mpdixon/homebrew.htm


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