I recently took delivery of many of my belongings which had been in storage (military move) and among them was a brewer's best weizenbier extract kit that swmbo bought me. I have no idea what conditions the stuff was kept in but for the purpose of discussion lets assume 100 F for about 4 months.
Dry yeast packet was something crappy like munton's or something that I wouldn't have used even if it were fresh. Tossed.
Hops: 1.5oz of something low AA that I can't remember right now and it's out in the keezer. I'm assuming their bittering potential is fried at worst and unpredictable at best. Would they still be good for an aroma addition in something?
Fermentables: two 3.3 lb cans of wheat LME. This will be the basis for this recipe.
I ordered an oz of mittelfruh and a packet of WB-06 (safale bavarian wheat). My plan is to follow the hop schedule in Ed Wort's bavarian hefe(.75oz at 45min, .25oz at 15) but I'm debating now whether to use the WB-06 or US-05. I'm looking for this beer to be something SWMBO & co. will like, so think girly. I think that probably means US-05. On to the fruit.
I know a lot of people have had success with watermelon juice so I'm strongly considering that right now. Strawberry and peach also sound good although some have had mixed results with the strawberry, and of course raspberry is tried and true. To recap: looking for yeast/fruit pairing suggestions. Also, are those hops good for anything?
Dry yeast packet was something crappy like munton's or something that I wouldn't have used even if it were fresh. Tossed.
Hops: 1.5oz of something low AA that I can't remember right now and it's out in the keezer. I'm assuming their bittering potential is fried at worst and unpredictable at best. Would they still be good for an aroma addition in something?
Fermentables: two 3.3 lb cans of wheat LME. This will be the basis for this recipe.
I ordered an oz of mittelfruh and a packet of WB-06 (safale bavarian wheat). My plan is to follow the hop schedule in Ed Wort's bavarian hefe(.75oz at 45min, .25oz at 15) but I'm debating now whether to use the WB-06 or US-05. I'm looking for this beer to be something SWMBO & co. will like, so think girly. I think that probably means US-05. On to the fruit.
I know a lot of people have had success with watermelon juice so I'm strongly considering that right now. Strawberry and peach also sound good although some have had mixed results with the strawberry, and of course raspberry is tried and true. To recap: looking for yeast/fruit pairing suggestions. Also, are those hops good for anything?