bernerbrau
Well-Known Member
I have to wait a while for my next batch because at this point I basically have no discretionary income due to the amount of money I'm spending on this wedding.
However, my bride-to-be, who cut her teeth on standard fraternity-issue Bud Light and (dear God) Beast Light, and who I am painstakingly weaning off the stuff, still dislikes bitter, aromatic, and malty beers, so for my next batch I decided to go for a wheat beer.
I've pulled together this recipe from various ones on the internet. This will be my third batch so I'm still pretty green, but I have this rebel streak in me that wants to make everything "my own":
Any advice, suggestions, tweaks, red flags, etc. would be appreciated!!
I'm experimenting a bit with the specialty grains but I've read that the carapils and flaked wheat are good for flavor and head in wheat beers. Also this will be my first time priming with DME instead of sugar.
Also for this batch I'll be getting a hydrometer to monitor my gravity (I've decided not knowing my ABV is no fun!!) and I've read up on them on John Palmer's site among others, but I'm still not 100% on how they work, so can anyone point me to a good info page?
Sorry if I'm a bit noisy, I just like picking the brains of experts and veterans until I can reach a point where I have an opinion on stuff!
However, my bride-to-be, who cut her teeth on standard fraternity-issue Bud Light and (dear God) Beast Light, and who I am painstakingly weaning off the stuff, still dislikes bitter, aromatic, and malty beers, so for my next batch I decided to go for a wheat beer.
I've pulled together this recipe from various ones on the internet. This will be my third batch so I'm still pretty green, but I have this rebel streak in me that wants to make everything "my own":
Boil volume: 6 gal
Top off: 2 gal
Goal volume: 6.5 gal
Steep, 30min @ 155, then Rinse @ 170
1# CaraPils
1# Malted Wheat
Boil
Extracts
8# Muntons Wheat DME (55%)
Hops - All NZ Pacific Hallertau Leaf, 5.3%
0.5 @60
0.25 @25
0.25 @5
Pitch: SafAle WB06 Dry Yeast, rehydrated
3 weeks primary
1c Light DME (boiled 20min) for priming
3 weeks conditioning
Goal OG: 1.054
Goal FG: 1.014
Goal ABV: 5.3%
Bitterness: 11
Color: 6
Any advice, suggestions, tweaks, red flags, etc. would be appreciated!!
I'm experimenting a bit with the specialty grains but I've read that the carapils and flaked wheat are good for flavor and head in wheat beers. Also this will be my first time priming with DME instead of sugar.
Also for this batch I'll be getting a hydrometer to monitor my gravity (I've decided not knowing my ABV is no fun!!) and I've read up on them on John Palmer's site among others, but I'm still not 100% on how they work, so can anyone point me to a good info page?
Sorry if I'm a bit noisy, I just like picking the brains of experts and veterans until I can reach a point where I have an opinion on stuff!