Weizen? Why Not? Beer Recipe

Category Wheat Beer
Recipe Type Extract
Fermentables
 6 lb Williams wheat extract
1 lb crystal malt
.5 lb toasted barley
1 lb honey
 
Hops
 2 oz Cascades hops (boil)
.5 oz Cascades hops (finish)
 
Yeast 1 package Wyeast wheat yeast
Procedure Make a 2-quart starter before brewing. Steep crystal and toasted barley in 4 gallons water for 40 minutes (use grain bags to make this easier). Add extract, honey and bittering hops. Boil wort for 1 hour. Remove from heat. Add finishing hops and steep 2 minutes. Chill and pitch yeast. After 3 days, rack to secondary. Bottle after 8 days.

#8 Weizen II

Category Wheat Beer
Recipe Type Extract  
Fermentables
 5 lb Wheat Dry Malt Extract (from GFSR)
1 lb Bulk Pale Dry Malt Extract
 
Hops
 .25 oz Hallertau - Northern Brewer Plug Hops (leaf) 7.5%AA (30 minutes)
.75 oz Hallertau - Northern Brewer Plug Hops (leaf) 7.5%AA (60 minutes)
.125 oz Saaz Leaf Hops 2.9%AA (15 minutes)
.125 oz Saaz Leaf Hops 2.9%AA (finish)
 
Yeast Wyeast 3056 Bavarian Wheat 

100% Wheat  

Category Wheat Beer
Recipe Type Extract
Fermentables
 1 lb honey (completely optional)
1 ea 6lb can of Irek's Unhopped (orange print on label)
1 lb Crystal barley Malt 20 lov (for steeping until boil)
1 lb Wheat malt (also for steeping)
 
Hops
 1.5 oz Hallertauer Hops - I'm not a big hop fan, and this comes
 
Yeast Wyeast Bavarian wheat or German wheat yeast 
Procedure For one I also added 5.5# frozen raspberries, though that started out almost like raspberry soda, it mellowed well, though a bit tart. I also use honey for priming instead of afterburner corn sugar. Steep the grains in a couple gallons of water over high temp. Strain out just before it starts to boil. Add the Ireks and boil hops (and honey) boil for an hour, add finishing hops last <10 minutes. I also use the Wyeast Barvarian Wheat (don't recall the #). It adds the clove/banana flavor, but not too much, since its a mix of 2 strains. There's a couple other Wyeast wheat strains, that vary in strength of clove/banana flavor, the German (#3333) leaning away from the clove and banana. With the above recipe, and using the Barvarian Wheat, my first batch was compared favorably by a friend to Spaten Hefeweisen, though I was a bit more critical of it ;). Also, if you use the Wyeast, make a starter.