This is the first recipe I've brewed using only DME and honey for fermentables. The hop schedule uses a 30 minute boil for bitterness, a 12 minute boil for flavor and dry finishing hops for aroma.
I used qBrew's default 'Weizen/Weissbier' style guidelines to crunch this recipe's numbers.
Recipe:
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Size 2.13 gallons: Estimated IBU=16, SRM=4, OG=1.050, FG=1.013, ABV=4.9%
2 pounds Muntons Wheat DME
1/2 pound Golden Blossom Honey
1/4 ounce Halleteur pellet hops boiled for 30 minutes
1/2 ounce Halleteur pellet hops boiled for 12 minutes
1/4 ounce Halleteur pellet hops finishing
11.5 gram Fermentis Safbrew WB-06 yeast
Pitched at 65F and fermented at 60F
Directions:
Boil 3 quarts of filtered water
Boil 1/4 oz. hops for 30 minutes
Boil 1/2 oz. hops for12 minutes
Stir in DME and honey boil for 10 minutes
Use wort chiller to lower wort temperature to 70F
Add 4 quarts cold filtered water to Mr. Beer fermenter
Pour cooled wort into fermenter keg, including 1/4 oz. finishing hops and pitch yeast
Ferment at constant 60F temperature for 21 days
This wheat beer came out extremely well, I will be brewing 2 more batches this weekend.
I used qBrew's default 'Weizen/Weissbier' style guidelines to crunch this recipe's numbers.
Recipe:
Click to download this recipe file for qBrew
Size 2.13 gallons: Estimated IBU=16, SRM=4, OG=1.050, FG=1.013, ABV=4.9%
2 pounds Muntons Wheat DME
1/2 pound Golden Blossom Honey
1/4 ounce Halleteur pellet hops boiled for 30 minutes
1/2 ounce Halleteur pellet hops boiled for 12 minutes
1/4 ounce Halleteur pellet hops finishing
11.5 gram Fermentis Safbrew WB-06 yeast
Pitched at 65F and fermented at 60F
Directions:
Boil 3 quarts of filtered water
Boil 1/4 oz. hops for 30 minutes
Boil 1/2 oz. hops for12 minutes
Stir in DME and honey boil for 10 minutes
Use wort chiller to lower wort temperature to 70F
Add 4 quarts cold filtered water to Mr. Beer fermenter
Pour cooled wort into fermenter keg, including 1/4 oz. finishing hops and pitch yeast
Ferment at constant 60F temperature for 21 days
This wheat beer came out extremely well, I will be brewing 2 more batches this weekend.