All-Grain - Poobah's Wheat Wine

**Poobah58** · 05-05-2009, 01:14 AM

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Dry English Ale (WLP007)
Yeast Starter: 4L
Batch Size (Gallons): 10
Original Gravity: 1.098
Final Gravity: 1.015
IBU: 88.2
Boiling Time (Minutes): 90
Color: 10.2
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 28 days @ 66F
Additional Fermentation: 180 days @ 66F
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 28 days @ 66F
Tasting Notes: Quite hoppy at 3 months. Very nice beer at 6 months. Let this one age.

16 lbs Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) 45.71 %
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) 28.57 %
7 lbs Pilsen (1.6 SRM) 20.00 %
1 lbs Caramel Wheat (66.0 SRM) 2.86 %
1 lbs Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) 2.86 %
2.50 oz Northern Brewer [9.30 %] (60 min) 41.5 IBU
1.50 oz Magnum [11.50 %] (60 min) 30.8 IBU
4.00 oz Fuggles [3.50 %] (30 min) 12.8 IBU
3.00 oz Fuggles [3.50 %] (5 min)

Mash: 122F @ 30 Min., 150F @ 90 Min.

**Poobah58** · 09-23-2009, 12:33 AM

Update: It's been a year now and it's just wonderful. We had problems with the keg and also have not had a group brew in months. Thus, we still have quite a bit left in the keg. It has smoothed out nicely. Quality stuff...

acyl · 03-01-2010, 04:06 AM

can you tell more about how you mashed the grain? I saw your other post where you asked New Holland Brewery and they gave their tips.

So.. How did you do it?

**Poobah58** · 03-01-2010, 11:40 AM

Protein Rest: Added 12 qt of water at 145 F (122 DegF for 30 min)
Saccrification: Added 16.00 qt of water at 190 F (150 DegF for 90 min)
Used LOTS of rice hulls.

acyl · 03-01-2010, 05:39 PM

so you mashed all 35lbs of grain all at once or did you split it up into two batches?

What volume did you use for sparging?

I just plunged into All grain last week and brewed three 5 gallon batches and I want this to be my next batch, today.

Is there anything you would do differently or change?

**Poobah58** · 03-02-2010, 05:42 PM

Yep, mashed all at once. Shoulda used more rice hulls. Was quite the time sparging. Next time I might split it up into two. If you want to drink it right away, cut back some of the late hops. If you can wait a few months, leave it as is. Keep me posted.