JustcallmeMrT
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Hi everyone, great forum - I'm picking up loads of tips!
I brewed my second ever batch last week with the following recipe:
0.25 lbs Melanoidin malt (honey malt)
3.7 lbs 65:35 wheat DME
0.4 lbs Light DME
2.0 lbs honey
Steeped the honey malt at 155F for 30 min in 6.5L water.
Brought this to a boil, then boiled the extracts for 60 mins, with following hops schedule:
0.6 oz Fuggles @ 60 min
0.3 oz Fuggles @ 20 min
0.3 oz Cascade @ 20 min
0.6 oz Cascade @ 0 min
Added the honey at flameout, chilled to 75F, aerated and pitched Danstar Munich wheat beer yeast.
Starting gravity: 1.038
Now to my question: my last batch was a 5 gallon IPA, which I left in the primary for 21 days and then into the pressure barrel with 2.5oz of corn sugar and left it for 1 week. It was pretty flat and tasted sharp for the first few weeks. I now know that my timings were probably too short, that I got impatient and got into my new beer too early.
I've read that a wheat beer may take even longer in the primary, and I don't know how long to leave it in the pressure barrel to carb up before I give it a try. What are your experiences? How long would you guys leave this in both the primary and the barrel? What do you think of the recipe?
Looking forward to some feedback!
I brewed my second ever batch last week with the following recipe:
0.25 lbs Melanoidin malt (honey malt)
3.7 lbs 65:35 wheat DME
0.4 lbs Light DME
2.0 lbs honey
Steeped the honey malt at 155F for 30 min in 6.5L water.
Brought this to a boil, then boiled the extracts for 60 mins, with following hops schedule:
0.6 oz Fuggles @ 60 min
0.3 oz Fuggles @ 20 min
0.3 oz Cascade @ 20 min
0.6 oz Cascade @ 0 min
Added the honey at flameout, chilled to 75F, aerated and pitched Danstar Munich wheat beer yeast.
Starting gravity: 1.038
Now to my question: my last batch was a 5 gallon IPA, which I left in the primary for 21 days and then into the pressure barrel with 2.5oz of corn sugar and left it for 1 week. It was pretty flat and tasted sharp for the first few weeks. I now know that my timings were probably too short, that I got impatient and got into my new beer too early.
I've read that a wheat beer may take even longer in the primary, and I don't know how long to leave it in the pressure barrel to carb up before I give it a try. What are your experiences? How long would you guys leave this in both the primary and the barrel? What do you think of the recipe?
Looking forward to some feedback!
