NorCalAngler

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There hasn't been any talk of using White Labs WLP320 American Hefeweizen yeast. This seems like a great fit for this beer because it has low flocculation and doesn't impart the strong banana/clove flavors, leaving a clean American Hefe taste and cloudy look. I just used it on my American wheat and I really like the results.

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Toga

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I bottled a version my LBHS came up with on Sunday it smells awesome. Very close to blue moon in smell and taste. Cant wait till it is carbed up. The safbrew s-33 took off like a rocket and was a fast violent fermentation. The bulk was done in just a couple days.

Batch size 5 gallons
boil time 60 minutes
OG 1.050 - 1.055
FG 1.010-1.014
3.3lb can of coopers light LME
3.3lb can of coopers wheat LME
1oz hallertau pellets (45 min)
1oz hallertau pellets (15 min)
1oz coriander (15 min)
1oz dried orange peel (15 min)
safbrew s-33 dry yeast

Philsfan

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funny you should ask. I just finished bottling a Belgian wit. It tasted damn good out of the fermenter so I have high hopes. Here is the recipe I used.

7 lbs liquid wheat malt extract (Briess)
1lb flaked oats
1/2 oz coriander (crushed)
1 oz bitter orang peel
belgian wit ale yeast (liquid)
2 oz liberty hops

steeped oats for 1/2 hour at 165 degrees
liquid malt extract (60 minute boil)
1 oz of the liberty hops (60 minute boil))
added dried orange peel, coriander, and 1oz of liberty hops for the final 5 minutes of boil.
pitched yeast at 70degrees and kept fermentation temp at 65degrees.
primary for 18 days and then bottled.

note:
you may want to add 1/2 of your liquid malt extract at the beginning of the boil and the other half in the last 10 minutes to keep the beers color lighter.

socalhomebrewer

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Making this one as we speak for my 2nd batch. Sounds good, and smelling good. let you guys know how it turns out.

sheeshomatic

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Hmm, this might be my first post. I'm new to homebrewing, and I'm on my 4th batch at this point. However, its my first extract. I only brew in 2 gallon batches at the moment. Anyway, I've attempted a slight variation on Wild's recipe from the first page with some changes based on others input in this thread, but my scaled down version looks like this:

1lb extra light DME
1lb wheat DME (which is 55% pale malt and 45% wheat malt), so I'm roughly at 25% wheat
1lb orange blossom honey
.4 oz hallertauer pellet hops
.4 oz Amarillo leaf hops
1 oz coriander seed
.5 oz bitter orange peel
WL380 yeast

Process went fine on 4/17, OG was 1.069 (I know...) As of 5/4, gravity is only down to 1.019, but the sample tastes pretty darn sweet. I understand honey can take awhile to ferment, so a couple of days ago I gave the jug a healthy swirl to get the yeast cake suspended again. Temps are in the low 70s. Initial fermentation went bonkers. Krauzen actually filled my sanitizer container and overflowed THAT. I'm going to check the gravity on Friday but I'm expecting the same reading. I know, I know, I should just relax and all, but I got more grain to mash! What say ye? Do I just bottle it and enjoy a sweeter beer?

Toga

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Give it a couple days or so if you resuspended the yeast cake then bottle it. Carbonation will add a bit of bite to offset the sweetness. Once in the bottle for 3 weeks crack one open and enjoy.

atomicflatulence

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Brewed this today while my little guy was napping.

OG 1.065

Is this ok?

Judging by the volume in the carboy, it looks like I could add a half gallon. Is there a way to calculate what that would do to the gravity?

sheeshomatic

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this should be a simple linear equation. Assuming you made 5 gallons, then you calculate it like this:

4.5*1.065 + 1.0*.5 = 1.059

where the SG of water is 1. I'd think you'd be ok at the new OG.

atomicflatulence

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did you mean... (4.5*1.065 + 1.0*.5)/5 = 1.059 ...???

sheeshomatic

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Yes! I did the math and typed the response on my phone. Neglected to divide by the total gallons.