Dampfbier - say wha'?

[UKSkydiver]

So as the Leffe Radieuse is likely to be taking up space for a few months, I wondered what I might be able to brew that would be quick, easy, light, refreshing for the summer.

Thoughts brought me to a hefeweizen, but sadly, I have no malted wheat in stock.

What about a user-upper of some description - I've put some ingredients together and having found these other posts...


Non-Weizen beer with Hefeweizen yeast?

... it looks like I might be brewing a dampfbier, which sounds everso exciting!

I see a few references to underpitching, so given I'm only doing a 16 litre brew, I may use half a packet of the Gretel.

Tell me why I'm an idiot and should not do this!!

Dampfbuster - Dampfbier​

Weissbier
4.6% / 11.7 °P
All Grain

BrewZilla 35L - 16LitreBatch​

70% efficiency
Batch Volume: 16 L
Boil Time: 30 min
Mash Water: 21.33 L
Total Water: 21.33 L
Boil Volume: 18.96 L
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1044

Vitals​

Original Gravity: 1047
Final Gravity: 1012
IBU (Tinseth): 12
BU/GU: 0.25
Colour: 13 EBC

Mash
Temperature — 67 °C — 45 min

Malts (3.48 kg)​

1 kg (28.7%) — Maris Otter Pale Malt, Maris Otter — Grain — 4 EBC
1 kg (28.7%) — Crisp Vienna Malt — Grain — 7.8 EBC
500 g (14.4%) — Lager Malt — Grain — 3.9 EBC
500 g (14.4%) — Thomas Fawcett Wheat Torrified — Grain — 3.9 EBC
250 g (7.2%) — Amber Malt — Grain — 60 EBC
230 g (6.6%) — Munich Malt — Grain — 17.7 EBC

Hops (28 g)​

14 g (8 IBU) — Hallertauer Hersbrucker 4% — First Wort
14 g (4 IBU) — Hallertauer Hersbrucker 4% — Boil — 15 min

Yeast​

0.5 pkg — CML Gretel 75%

Fermentation​

Primary — 19 °C — 14 days

 

[Clint]

I like the sound of that! I suspect you could do that with a lager yeast or a pale ale.

 

[Caramel Ox]

I haven’t heard of that but I used wb06 for a GH Patersbier and it went very well. Cleared completely in the keg for a nice summer drink. That was lighter in colour and about 19 IBU. The flavour is only yeast though and nothing else.

 

[UKSkydiver]

Just brewed this - Brewdays thread here

 

[UKSkydiver]

Is this too full?