Brewing Classic Styles Dunkelweizen

[businesstime]

First time brewing this guy. My LHBS asked if I wanted the light or dark Munich and I left my book at home, so I opted for dark. He then recommended Aromatic for some reason because he didn't have dark. I went along with it, but now I'm concerned about 3 lbs of Aromatic in my dunkelweizen, after reading up more about how malty strong it can be.

Think it will be alright?

[spiderwrangler]

What % of your grain bill will it be?

[ziggy]

What brand? From what I am finding on the internet it sounds like you'll be OK if you're going for a super malty dunkel. Let us know how it turns out. I have been in pursuit of the ultimate malt flavor for a long time and I wasn't aware that this malt could be used in such high percentages. I thought it was a special kind of crystal malt.

[businesstime]

Looks like it's made by Castle Malt. Jamil's recipe called for 3 lbs, or ~23%

http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart ... -the-pound).html

[Adam]

I've never use aromatic malt in a dunkelweizen so I don't know how it will play out. I tried the BCS dunkelweizen recipe and it just didn't taste right like the examples of commercial dunkelweizens tasted.

Instead, I use Dan Gordon's malt bill for dunkelweizen. Tastes very similar to Franziskaner dunkelweizen:

35% dark wheat
4% cara-wheat
50% white (pale) wheat
11% pilsner

All malt is from Weyermann.

[ziggy]

According to Castle's specs it should be fine up to 20% and it has diastatic power so you should be good to go. Let us know how it turns out!