Did you do this in a glass carboy? I'm curious how hard the muslin bag with the wet compacted oranges will be to come out of the carboy...
I just brewed my first hefe on sunday. Using 7# LME (bavarian wheat), 1 1/3 oz hellertaur (1 @ 60, 1/3 @ 10) and Wyeast 3068 smack pack. Fermentation has been very strong and was still going this morning.
My question is do you think I can cut the oranges and steep in water (less water than everyone else so I don't water down the brew) and throw into the primary? Or would it be a better idea to secondary this with the fruit. I really didn't want to have to secondary this beer, so I was leaning towards just throwing the stuff into the primary and letting it sit for another 10 days (14 days total).
Let me know what you all think
-Ian
It won't screw things up that the fruit wasn't there for the bulk of fermentation?
Im brewing the all grain version of this as we speak. hopefully it all comes out well. I'll let you guys know how it turns out
Pivot, that's kickass! What percentages of barley and wheat are you using?
Someone asked for the all-grain version...Beersmith converts it as follows:
Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 5.88 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00
Ingredients
5.09 lb Pale Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 61.46 %
3.19 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 38.54 %
0.50 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 10.1 IBU
0.50 oz Saaz [4.30 %] (20 min) Hops 3.2 IBU
0.50 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.50 %] (10 min) Hops 2.0 IBU
4.00 items Blood Orange (Secondary 10.0 days) Misc
1 Pkgs Weihenstephan Weizen (Wyeast Labs #3068) Yeast-Wheat
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.56 %
Bitterness: 15.3 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 4.1 SRM
The all grain is saying to put the oranges in the secondary? The original recipe said to boil the oranges and put in primary, right? Just wondering which is the better option.
I used 5# 2-row and 3# wheat, but I messed up bad. I missed my mash temp by alot and only got 50% efficiency. oh well, its gonna be reallly reallly reallly mild but should still taste good hopefully
I made this today. Put the oranges and zest in the primary.
I used White Labs 300. SG was 1.048
let us know how it turns out, I was going to use the other hefe yeast. I had a bad batch on a hefe about 2 months ago an I narrowed it to the yeast. May have been just a fluke though.
I personally wouldn't secondary this beer. I just found blood oranges today, so I'm brewing this bad boy this evening. Hefeweizen's taste better young, as it is a wheat beer. 10 days in the primary for me... I'm going to try to squeeze the oranges in a muslin bag into my carboy with a blow off tube. I'm adding everything to the primary! Should make for a very active fermentation!!!! Fruit beers always are active, and possibly dangerous in a glass carboy!!!
Just wanted to update about the batch I did of this.
i got terrible efficiency when i did it (around 50%) and then kegged it. its only like a 3.5% beer. The actual product itself tastes almost identical to Rickards White. Has anybody else noticed this? lol its like the same damn beer.
So you don't need to worry about infection from the peels or oranges or water or muslin bag even though they are only being heated to 160 degrees???
I think yours may have faired better then mine b'y. I'd be stoked if mine tasted like Rickard's White; we're having mussels tomorrow night so it would have gone really well with those... I let mine get too warm while it was fermenting and it has a heavy mouthfeel that doesn't seem well-suited to a wheat beer. PS when's your spring break?
I boiled mine for about ten minutes, then turned my burner to low and steeped for about 30 minutes. I then let it cool to room temperature.
I used just enough water to cover the oranges/zest.
My spring break is at the end of February, like the 27th I think. I go to St Thomas University. Are you a student too?
You boiled just the water right? Not the oranges and zest? Probably a dumb question but I wanted to be sure. Thanks.
You boiled just the water right? Not the oranges and zest? Probably a dumb question but I wanted to be sure. Thanks.
So you don't need to worry about infection from the peels or oranges or water or muslin bag even though they are only being heated to 160 degrees???
Just tried my first one of these off the keg. Really good Hefeweizen but I got ZERO Orange flavor. I'm not sure how this is possible.
I used a good amount of zest and actual orange and added the whole solution to the primary as recipe calls for. I used 4 good size blood oranges and the zest from 2 of them.
Any ideas why I got nothing from the oranges? Very tasty Hefeweizen though, so not all bad.
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