I bought the wrong LME by accident

I was trying to get 6 LBS of Wheat so that I could make a peach wheat beer, instead by accident I picked up 3.3lbs of wheat and 3.3lbs of Munich. I don't want it to go to waste so what kind of beer can I make? I purchased another 3.3lbs of wheat and Munich online so I could make my peach wheat, but now I am stuck with 6lbs of Munich LME. Any recipie ideas? I heard that you can make an Altbier and I really like that style. I made a bunch of heavier beers this winter and going into summer I wanted something lighter.

Please help I am an all grain brewer thanks.

I'm so confused. If you're an all grain brewer why are you buying so much extract?

Hopinista said:

I'm so confused. If you're an all grain brewer why are you buying so much extract?

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Probably because he wants a wheat beer and has heard horror stories about how hard wheat is to mash and sparge. He hasn't heard about doing the wheat by the BIAB method where a stuck sparge doesn't happen.:rockin:

I can't help with a recipe that uses extract in all grain but you can brew a pseudo SMaSH recipe with the Munich LME. You can make any number of beers. How about a nice IPA to see what happens?

RM-MN said:

Probably because he wants a wheat beer and has heard horror stories about how hard wheat is to mash and sparge. He hasn't heard about doing the wheat by the BIAB method where a stuck sparge doesn't happen.:rockin:

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Haha I don't brew wheat beers so I don't know about all that. I add a bit to saisons but never had trouble in my mashes

You could brew a dunkelweizen.

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Never mind, you just have the Munich left. Read that wrong.

Try this, you'll like it:

6.6lbs Munich LME
.50 Munich (steeping)
.50 Caramunich (steeping)
.50 Crystal 15L (steeping)

2oz Northern Brewer hops (or similar)
(1oz at 60 minute, 1oz at 10 min)

WLP029 yeast

ArizonaGoalie said:

Try this, you'll like it:

6.6lbs Munich LME
.50 Munich (steeping)
.50 Caramunich (steeping)
.50 Crystal 15L (steeping)

2oz Northern Brewer hops (or similar)
(1oz at 60 minute, 1oz at 10 min)

WLP029 yeast

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What kind of beer is that? It sounds good

Hopinista said:

I'm so confused. If you're an all grain brewer why are you buying so much extract?

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I just wanted to make the wheat in extract. I have had good luck with my sparges I usually use rice hulls to prevent a stuck sparge. I just wanted an easy brew and because I was going to add fruit, I thought it would be fine in this case to use an extract. The other extract was a mistake, but I figured might as well make it 6.6 lbs and make another extract brew out of it.

Jeff73 said:

I just wanted to make the wheat in extract. I have had good luck with my sparges I usually use rice hulls to prevent a stuck sparge. I just wanted an easy brew and because I was going to add fruit, I thought it would be fine in this case to use an extract. The other extract was a mistake, but I figured might as well make it 6.6 lbs and make another extract brew out of it.

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I gotcha

Jeff73 said:

What kind of beer is that? It sounds good

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I call it 'Festival Ale' - it's similar to an Octoberfest Ale, so it's a hybrid. Something I've brewed every year and still do even though I've moved to all grain. It's one of those beers that makes people say, "You brewed this?" in a good way.

Cool I will have to try that. Thank you for the idea!

ArizonaGoalie said:

I call it 'Festival Ale' - it's similar to an Octoberfest Ale, so it's a hybrid. Something I've brewed every year and still do even though I've moved to all grain. It's one of those beers that makes people say, "You brewed this?" in a good way.

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Yeah I'm brewing something similar this weekend, and letting it sit until Fall. A mini-mash:

6lbs Munich LME
1lb Aromatic Malt
1lb Caramunich I

Hopped with Mt. Hood hops to ~25 IBUs, fermented with Kolsch yeast.