What do you think? - Honey Wheat

Made this today

Honey Wheat
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 9.25
Anticipated OG: 1.057 (1.056 actual) Plato: 14.00
Anticipated SRM: 4.3
Anticipated IBU: 17.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80 % (This was actual)
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

10.8 1.00 lbs. Clover Honey Generic 1.035 0
54.1 5.00 lbs. Wheat Malt America 1.038 2
32.4 3.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
2.7 0.25 lbs. Honey Malt Canada 1.030 18
Hops
0.75 oz. Tettnanger Whole 4.00 13.0 60 min.
0.25 oz. Tettnanger Whole 4.00 2.2 30 min.
0.50 oz. Hallertauer Whole 3.60 2.1 15 min.
Yeast
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White Labs WLP320 American Hefeweizen Ale

Sounds pretty good to me. The honey will lighten the body a bit, if that's what you are after.

Little heavier than planned I put an extra lb of wheat in it by losing count while milling. The sample from the keggle tasted pretty good.

Funny that, I am mid-mash on a Honey Wheat too, except I'm using Honey Malt instead of real honey.


BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Honey Wheat

Estimated OG: 1.051 SG
Estimated Color: 11.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 33.9 IBU

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
7 lbs Pale Ale Malt 2-Row (Briess) (3.5 SRM)
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
1 lbs Honey Malt (25.0 SRM)
1 lbs Wheat - Red Malt (Briess) (2.3 SRM)
2.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)

1.00 oz Saaz [4.00 %] (Dry Hop 14 days)
0.50 oz Galena [13.00 %] (60 min)
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min)

75 min Mash In Add 4.94 gal of water at 159.2 F 149.0 F

I think you should title your threads more specifically.

Otherwise, your recipe looks like it'll make a fine beer. I'd have hopped it less.

Yuri_Rage said:

I'd have hopped it less.

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Really? Glancing at it, I thought "shouldn't there be more hops?".... Neither Tettnanger or Hallertauer are terribly high AA%

Do you think mine is going to be terribly overhopped? I'm at :30 in my :90 boil, I can change it still!

So far I have the .5 Galena in at FWH. Other than that, suggest away, please!

Also, I was thinking about adding .5 or 1.0 Amarillo at :15 along with the 1.0 Cascade at :15. Too much grapefruit+pineapple?

A honey wheat should be under 20 IBU IMHO

Uggggh. My hydrometer sample agrees with you, Budbo. Sure, I just dryhopped onto an ounce of Saaz. But still.

That was a drink of pure liquid hop, even after letting it settle for an hour.
I'm sure it'll mellow. *RDW's*

Note made for future Honey Wheat's. *scribbles into Brew Book*