I recently spent a couple weekends in Wisconsin, and found a bunch of great New Glarus Beers. The Spotted Cow inspired me to make something that has a cream ale base, but with a few tweaks. I really enjoyed the character the yeast provided to Spotted Cow, and have recently read that its probably the Wyeast Kolsch strain, but when I tasted the beer I came up with some very faint banana, and the beer was fairly cloudy but not as cloudy as a Heffe or Wit. Either way, I decided to go with the Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen strain to get the good esters. This is an experiment to see if I can create a great tasting summer beer. Comments are welcome, but note this is a beer inspired by the spotted cow, not a clone.
Assumed 70% Efficiency (this is what I have targeted and routinely get with my system). This makes 6 Gallons.
Grainbill:
7.5 lb 2 row (rahr)
2 lb flaked corn (breiss)
1 lb flaked wheat (breiss)
.25 lb Biscuit
.25 lb Victory
.25 lb Carapils
Hops: ~ 16 IBU
1 oz liberty 5% 60 min 15 IBU
0.5 oz Saaz 4% 5 min 1 IBU
Stats:
Preboil Gravity: 1.041
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049
Final Gravity: 1.011
ABV: 4.9%
Yeast: WY 3068
Mash @149 for 90 minutes to convert the corn and wheat.
Strike Water: 4.2 Gallons at 160F
Sparge Water: 5.0 Gallons at 179F
I use 100% RO water, I'm just planning on adding about 2 TSP or ~ 8mg of calcium chloride to the water. I'll add about 4ml of lactic acid to the mash to set the PH.
Assumed 70% Efficiency (this is what I have targeted and routinely get with my system). This makes 6 Gallons.
Grainbill:
7.5 lb 2 row (rahr)
2 lb flaked corn (breiss)
1 lb flaked wheat (breiss)
.25 lb Biscuit
.25 lb Victory
.25 lb Carapils
Hops: ~ 16 IBU
1 oz liberty 5% 60 min 15 IBU
0.5 oz Saaz 4% 5 min 1 IBU
Stats:
Preboil Gravity: 1.041
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049
Final Gravity: 1.011
ABV: 4.9%
Yeast: WY 3068
Mash @149 for 90 minutes to convert the corn and wheat.
Strike Water: 4.2 Gallons at 160F
Sparge Water: 5.0 Gallons at 179F
I use 100% RO water, I'm just planning on adding about 2 TSP or ~ 8mg of calcium chloride to the water. I'll add about 4ml of lactic acid to the mash to set the PH.