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Location
Southwest
Recipe Type
All Grain
Yeast
WLP 320 American Hefe
Yeast Starter
BIG
Batch Size (Gallons)
15
Original Gravity
1.055
Final Gravity
1.015
Boiling Time (Minutes)
60
IBU
11.8
Color
3.8
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
7-ish
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
14-ish
Additional Fermentation
2 weeks conditioning minimum after bottling/kegging
Pistols 'n Pesos Southwestern Wheat
...been listening to Banditos by the Refreshments...

American Wheat by request of my BMC drinking friends


Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0

14 lbs German Wheat Malt
13 lbs German Pilsner (2 Row)
1 lbs 8.0 oz Rice Hulls
1 lbs 8.0 oz Desert Blossom Honey (at flameout)
2.25 oz Tettnang (60 min)
White Labs #WLP320 Yeast - American Hefeweizen Ale

Mash: 48 quarts water to 30.5 lbs grain

Acid Rest: 99.0 F 20 min
Protein Rest: 122.0 F 30 min
Maltose Rest: 147.0 F 90 min
Decoct 11.51 qt of mash and boil it
Saccharification: 160.0 F 70 min (temp should be achieved by adding decocted mash)
Mash Out: 170.0 F 10 min

Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.3 %

Serve with a slice of lime (on the side, please, not in the beer) on a hot New Mexico day.
 
Just pulled my first decoction ever with this brew. For those who are afraid...don't be. I eyeballed the amount to decoct, boiled gently for about 25 mins (during the last 25 mins of my rest at 147), and added it back to the mash. Undershot 160 by a few degrees, but that's what the steam rig is for.

Now, just cross your fingers for me that I don't get a stuck sparge since I couldn't get rice hulls in time for brew day. I'm guessing the barley hulls will create enough of a filter bed - the mash is well mixed.
 
how o you do a decoction mash with 15 gallons. DAMN! thats alot of liquid to work with
 

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