How Do You Use Dry Yeast To Replace Hefeweizen Yeast?
Beer is usually made out of four key ingredients: water, sugar, hops and yeast. Yeast plays a major role in the brewing process, and changing it will alter all aspects of a beer, such as aroma, strength, and most importantly, the flavor. Hefeweizen (white yeast in German), will give out clear ale, also known as white-beer. Dry yeast will form a paler drink, which is commonly known as pale ale. Fill your sink with hot water and add 2 tbsp. of bleach. Siphon it to the fermenter bucket adding continuously hot water until the bucket is full. Let it set for 30 minutes and then transfer it to the carboy. Rinse with the bottle washer. Refill your sink with the same solution used on step 1. Soak all tools, that will have contact with the raw beer, in this solution. Boil 5 gallons of water. When the temperature is over 160 degrees F add the liquid malt. As soon as foam starts to form, the hops should be added. Put 3 1/2 gallons of cold water in the fermenter. Insert the long necked funnel with
