First Pale Ale and First Wheat!

Here they are...the first two beers:

Summer Citrus Wheat:


Spring Forward Pale Ale:



Both have been fantastic, and I'm completely hooked on the home brew. I never thought my beers would be this good, but I'm pleasantly surprised. Next up is another Pale Ale but this time I used some Willamette hops to compliment the Cascades. It's got about another 4 days in the primary...don't know yet if I'll secondary.

Good looking beers!

Nicely done.

Keep going....

Lookin good!!!

Who knew that you could have this much fun making something that tastes so good?!?!

I'd recommend 2 weeks in secondary for the APA that you have going. I normally rack everything to secondary for at least 2 weeks (including wheats...my taps are my bottleneck - I need more!)

Even wheats huh? I think I'll definitely go for the APA in the secondary because I'd like to get a clearer beer. For the wheat, it sure would be nice to add some fruit extract or fresh oranges into the secondary. I've seen a few threads about it, but I think I'll try a few more beers before I get too crazy.

The saying "Walk before you run" has been a good one for me in my home brew endeavors. I'd like to brew up a few more "standard" brews before I start trying anything radical. At this point I'm thinking a brown ale, english stout, lager, and an IPA. However, at any moment I may decide to finish my Igloo cooler mash tun project and go all grain! Thanks for the replies!

Those are some good looking beverages.

I don't like fruit in my beers, but that is just me. I like that all grain goodness!

Would you be willing to post the recipe for your wheat?

Jilaman said:

Would you be willing to post the recipe for your wheat?

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Sure thing...I posted this one a few weeks ago: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=60350

I'd change it to add more orange peel next time. This recipe had enough of the aroma, but not really a whole lot of taste.