Craft Beer & Brewing Course
Brewing Bavarian-Style Weissbier with Bluejacket's Ro Guenzel
Ro Guenzel, head brewer of Bluejacket in Washington, DC, has a special love for authentic, Bavarian-style weissbier. In this video course, he tackles the history of the style, traditional brewing methods, food pairings, and much more.
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Bluejacket in Washington, DC, produces a wide range of technically excellent beers in a variety of styles, but head brewer Ro Guenzel—who formerly brewed at the Kaltenberg Castle brewery in Vail, Colorado—has a special fondness for Bavarian styles—especially Weissbier.
Weissbier is one of the great classic styles, but brewing one the Bavarian way requires overcoming some specific technical hurdles. In this 45-minute video course, Guenzel tells the story of Weissbier and explains the steps necessary to brew a great one.
Among other topics, he discusses:
- a short history of Bavarian Weissbier
- mashing and lautering with wheat
- the multi-step mash and decoction
- stressing the yeast and open fermentation
- speise and bottle-conditioning
- pairing food with Weissbier
And much more, including recipes and the tale of a dog named Schneider.
Course contents
4 chapters, 15 lessons, 46m of video
Chapter 1
Welcome
- Welcome... and, Why Weissbier?7:20
- Weissbier, According to the Oxford Companion to Beer
Chapter 2
The Origins of Weissbier
- A Short History of Weissbier7:58
- About Luitpold, Prince of Bavaria
- About the Wittelsbacher Family
- What is Bavarian-Style Weissbier?4:12
- John Mallett on Brewing with Wheat
Chapter 3
Brewing Weissbier
- Brewing Weissbier the Bluejacket Way16:32
- Phil Markowski on Brewing Hefeweizen
- Traditional Hefeweizen: Worth the Trouble?
- Packaging, Pairing & the Pooch8:34
- Be a Hefe Jefe: More Weissbier Tips
Chapter 4
Thank You
- Pouring & Prost0:58
- Recipe: Bluejacket Pattern Skies Weissbier
- Recipe: Weihenstephan-Style Hefeweissbier
What students say
Actual Brewing Tips!!!
Gives an excellent discussion of the process of making a proper Weissbier. How-To's that you can use the next time you brew.
Quality content
I subscribed just for this course! Great historical overview, informational and full of tips and knowledge for brewing a quality Weissbier. Now I look forward to learning more from your other courses. Thank you!
Tomo Jedvaj
Very instructive for understanding that particular beer style in every way and beautifully presented.
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The real deal Wheat Beer.
Great to learn about the history and details of Weissbier. for sure gonna try this one out at home.
Super informative
Brewing Bavarian-Style Weissbier with Bluejacket’s Ro Guenzel
Great course. I now better understand this style of beer and how to brew it.
Weissbier
good
5 star
Weissbier
Now I know that it is harder then i thought. Good humor from Ro and a good history learning
G.A.
Can't wait to visit Blue Jacket and try some fresh Weissbier
Excellent
I really enjoy all about the nice history and technics of a weisbier