Extract - State of the Union Blueberry Wheat
Recipe Type: Extract Yeast: Wyeast 1010 Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.052 Final Gravity: 1.011 IBU: 16.8 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 8.5 SRM Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 days @ 68F Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 days @ 68F Tasting Notes: Crisp, slightly tart, with light blueberry flavor.
5.04 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM)
2.80 lb Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM)
1.32 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (60 min) 16.8 IBU
0.70 lb Blueberries (Boil 0.0 min)
4.20 lb Blueberries (Primary 7.0 days)
4.20 lb Blueberries (Secondary 7.0 days)
1 Pkgs American Wheat Ale (Wyeast Labs #1010)
Procedure:
Add .7lb blueberries at flameout, cool wort and rack to fermenter on top of 4.2lb blueberries. Rack to secondary after a week on top of an additional 4.2lb of blueberries.
Notes: Did not take into account how much liquid would be absorbed by frozen blueberries. This resulted in the top of the fermenter blowing off, not from gas, but from expanding fruit (my fermenter at the time was a converted 5 gallon pickle bucket and the problem has been solved with a 7 gallon fermenter).
I took a twelve pack of this beer to a family reunion on July 4, 2011 and it was gone within an hour. Planning on making more in a few weeks.
Cheers!
Edit: I'm also thinking of adding some specialty grains for body. Maybe 1/2lb of carapils steeped before the boil. Any suggestions would help! |
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Last edited by zarathustra19; 04-29-2012 at 04:28 PM.
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