I am looking for a good Wheat beer reciepe.

OK I am not only a newb to the boards but also to brewing. I have done four Williams Extract kits: Williams Sout, Williams Belgan Triple, Williams Triple Hopped Ale, and Williams Belgan Siason.

It is time to try my hand at AG brewing. So I am looking for an AG Wheat beer to brew. My wife enjoys Blue Moon. Does any one have a clone for Blue Moon?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you.

I'll add my 2 cents on this. The true belgium strain of yeast for a wit is not the same as a blue moon. My wife also likes blue moon but did not like my version (I did, but its an acquired taste). I currently am carbonating my experimental wit which is pretty much like Bills post here but I used amer hefe yeast. Taste test probably in 3 days... Both recipes are in my sig.

Desert- any issues whith your mash getting stuck on those wheat beers? I'm going to make 10 gallons of an american hefe similar to your apricot wheat, and just wondering about a qty of rice hulls being added if any.
I'm planning on using a 50-50 combo of pale malt , and malted wheat

My last batches (double brew day) didn't get stuck but were slower than normal. I didn't use hulls as you can see from the recipe but will the next time. My big problem with these batches has been crappy efficiency @ 60% or so.

With my belgium wit although different grain bill, my efficiency was 73% with .5 rice hulls added. The next time I make this I'm going to add .5# hulls and also do a 122 rest for 20 minutes, then the rest of the mash schedule as recommended by others here.

I've been doing wheats lately and have settled on 1/2# of rice hulls for up to 5-6# of wheat malt (assuming the wheat is 50-60% of the grist) as my SOP. For more than 6# of wheat malt or if it exceeds 60% of the grist I'll go with a full pound.

I also find it helpful to cut the grain bed as I get to the end of my batch sparge (not sure about fly). The wheat often sets up and forms a 'tub' on top of the grain bed...if I cut through that just to the depth of the barley it gives that stranded water a path to escape (just the last quart or two) without disturbing the overall filtering affect of the grainbed.

Here's an extract version I found. It uses a different yeast:

Blue Moon Ale Clone

5 lbs. Extra Light DME
2½ lbs. Orange Blossom Honey
1 oz. Hallertauer pellet hops (4½% - boil 45 minutes)
½ oz. Hallertauer whole hops (2.4% - steep 10 minutes)
1 oz. Coriander Seed (crushed - ½ boil 10 min, ½ steep 10 minutes)
1 oz. Orange Peel (zested fresh and dried, steep 10 minutes)
500 ml Wyeast #1214 Belgian Abbey yeast starter

Specifics:
Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 Gallons
SG: 1.059
FG: 1.010
Time in Boil: 45 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 7 days
Secondary Fermentation: 9 days

homebrewer_99 said:

Here's an extract version I found. It uses a different yeast:

Blue Moon Ale Clone

5 lbs. Extra Light DME
2½ lbs. Orange Blossom Honey
1 oz. Hallertauer pellet hops (4½% - boil 45 minutes)
½ oz. Hallertauer whole hops (2.4% - steep 10 minutes)
1 oz. Coriander Seed (crushed - ½ boil 10 min, ½ steep 10 minutes)
1 oz. Orange Peel (zested fresh and dried, steep 10 minutes)
500 ml Wyeast #1214 Belgian Abbey yeast starter

Specifics:
Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 Gallons
SG: 1.059
FG: 1.010
Time in Boil: 45 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 7 days
Secondary Fermentation: 9 days

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I wonder if Abbey II yeast will work. I have some for my Lazy Monk and I could just work on top of it.

From my chart it looks like the Wyeast #1762 Belgian Abbey ferments at a slightly higher temp than Wyeast #1214 Belgian Abbey.

So then it shouldn't be a problem. Sweet.

I'm doing my 80/- first and then I'll have two fresh cases of beer to drink on, so I might not start the Blue Moon right away.

I bought a glass carboy today.