MonkeyWrench
Well-Known Member
So I'm new, just got my "kit" with the works including 6gal primary and 5gal secondary glass carboys, thermometer, hydrometer, racking tube, yada...yada. Also just got done constructing my "son of fermentation" chiller/warmer. My house is actually about 60* at night, so I will be installing a light bulb inside on a thermostat to keep the brew warm. In the summer it will be used to cool the brew as needed.
Anyway, here's a recipe that was recommended to me by a friend in UT for a lemon hefe (it's on another site):
Lemon Lingerie
6 lbs Wheat Liquid Malt Extract (60% wheat / 40% barley).
My LHBS didn't have this in liquid, so I got 5lbs wheat DME (recommendation of my LHBS. but I don't know the ratio of wheat to barley)
1 oz Cascade 5.9% @ boil
They only had Cascade 5.4% in pellet form
½ oz Cascade @ 30 minutes
About 10 Cascade pellets @ 55 minutes
(60 minute boil total)
White Labs American Hefeweizen Yeast (WLP 320)
Ferment at 68 degrees
Add the zest of 2 organic lemons when transferring from the primary to the secondary.
So I am hoping to drink this by Christmas and/or New Years (if possible). I might brew this Sunday or next weekend.
What would you recommend for time in each (primary/secondary/bottle)?
Also, the only hops I got were in pellet form and 5.4%. Are they available in another form? Do I need to modify the recipe to use pellets for all steps? I don't like bitter beers, so I'd rather err on the low hop side. I'm drinking a Widmer Hefe right now. It's one of my favorites if that tells you anything.
Thanks in advance!
Steve
Anyway, here's a recipe that was recommended to me by a friend in UT for a lemon hefe (it's on another site):
Lemon Lingerie
6 lbs Wheat Liquid Malt Extract (60% wheat / 40% barley).
My LHBS didn't have this in liquid, so I got 5lbs wheat DME (recommendation of my LHBS. but I don't know the ratio of wheat to barley)
1 oz Cascade 5.9% @ boil
They only had Cascade 5.4% in pellet form
½ oz Cascade @ 30 minutes
About 10 Cascade pellets @ 55 minutes
(60 minute boil total)
White Labs American Hefeweizen Yeast (WLP 320)
Ferment at 68 degrees
Add the zest of 2 organic lemons when transferring from the primary to the secondary.
So I am hoping to drink this by Christmas and/or New Years (if possible). I might brew this Sunday or next weekend.
What would you recommend for time in each (primary/secondary/bottle)?
Also, the only hops I got were in pellet form and 5.4%. Are they available in another form? Do I need to modify the recipe to use pellets for all steps? I don't like bitter beers, so I'd rather err on the low hop side. I'm drinking a Widmer Hefe right now. It's one of my favorites if that tells you anything.
Thanks in advance!
Steve