paraordnance
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Do you guys think Wyeast Munich lager will work with this recipe? I always wanted to brew wheat lager. I'm eager to experiment
If you replace the cut lemon and orange with zest, how much would you use? Still an ounce?
Noob question--in general, does "wheat" in most recipes on HBT refer to "white wheat malt" in beersmith?
Building my recipe list before diving in.
Thanks, and looks like a great beer!
Nah I use a 15" hinged false bottom http://www.norcalbrewingsolutions.com/store/product136.html in my boil kettle and it filters out all that stuff for me.I see that you added the lemon and Orange at flame out, do you normally fillter out all your hops and the peel or should I let all of this go into primary as well?
Yep, I use malted white wheatI assume that most recipes that call for "wheat" mean malted wheat, which is usually of the white variety.
Is this correct in your recipe J?
Hi Jay, thanks for the awesome recipe. I am thinking about scaling this down to either a 5.5 or an 8 gallon batch. Any thoughts on the amount of dried lemon peel and sweet orange? Should they stay the same perhaps? I am also wondering about the hops. I have BrewSmith, but am not sure I trust its scaling capabilities. Thanks!
If your going to do 5.5 I think I would just cut it in half. @ 8 gallon I might just leave it as is, if you want a little more kick from the peels. I have customers that brew this over and over and over and they have been slowly kicking up the peel additions. I think the last batch I put together was a 10 gallon batch and used 1.5 oz of each and they are hitting it at 5 min. Now I didn't get to try that one as they drank it all one night at a family picnic
Cheers
Jay
Why would anyone use Citra for a 60 min addition. Why, God?! Why?!
theveganbrewer said:I used Citra as a FWH in a Zombie Dust clone and it turned out fantastic. Not sure the difference in Citra as FWH and a 60 minute addition is cause I've never used it outside of Zombie clones.
If you boil a hop for over 30 min, all the flavor and aroma compounds will be driven off. Given how difficult it is to get Simcoe and Citra, it makes my heart die a little every time someone uses it as a bittering hop where Centennial would have provided the same effect.
Also, the FWH itself provides no aroma whatsoever, any chemicals volatile enough to be detected by smell after the beer is finished would be boiled off. It does affect the hop aroma of the beer by altering the ph. The reason its suggested that the brewer uses an aroma hop for the FWH addition is because those hops typically have lower AA%'s and are thus easier to control. You could substitute Cascade for Citra as the FWH and the only change that would be significant would be the change in PH, which is easily measured and adjusted to the Citra FWH levels.
I hate to be Chicken Little screaming the sky is falling but Citra and Simcoe will run out this summer and we're all going to wish we had used them more efficiently. I am a bit of a Citra zealot, however, so you may not agree. My lawyer is drawing up the papers as we speak for me to marry Citra.
Brewed this exactly 3 weeks ago and drinking it tonight! And its ready!!
This has a KILLER lemon finish from the Sorachi Ace Hops and the cut lemon peel and orange @ flame out
This is for a 12 gallon batch All Grain
Mash Thin!
11# 2 row
11# wheat
1# C15L
1.5# rice hulls
Mash @ 152* for 60
I mashed in w/ 9.5 gallons (like I said thin) @ 164* to rest @ 152* for 60 Min
Citra .5 oz for 60
Sorachi Ace .5 oz for 15
Sorachi Ace 1.5 oz for 5
Add 1 oz cut dried lemon peel and 1 oz sweet orange peel @ flame out!
I used WLP029 German Ale/ Kölsch Yeast fermented @ 66 and I am LOVING IT!!!
I love this beer. Best I've brewed in a looong time..OK OK OK only I've brewed in a loooooooong time!
Cheers
Jay
If you boil a hop for over 30 min, all the flavor and aroma compounds will be driven off. Given how difficult it is to get Simcoe and Citra, it makes my heart die a little every time someone uses it as a bittering hop where Centennial would have provided the same effect.
Also, the FWH itself provides no aroma whatsoever, any chemicals volatile enough to be detected by smell after the beer is finished would be boiled off. It does affect the hop aroma of the beer by altering the ph. The reason its suggested that the brewer uses an aroma hop for the FWH addition is because those hops typically have lower AA%'s and are thus easier to control. You could substitute Cascade for Citra as the FWH and the only change that would be significant would be the change in PH, which is easily measured and adjusted to the Citra FWH levels.
I hate to be Chicken Little screaming the sky is falling but Citra and Simcoe will run out this summer and we're all going to wish we had used them more efficiently. I am a bit of a Citra zealot, however, so you may not agree. My lawyer is drawing up the papers as we speak for me to marry Citra.
Brewed this exactly 3 weeks ago and drinking it tonight! And its ready!!
This has a KILLER lemon finish from the Sorachi Ace Hops and the cut lemon peel and orange @ flame out
This is for a 12 gallon batch All Grain
Mash Thin!
11# 2 row
11# wheat
1# C15L
1.5# rice hulls
Mash @ 152* for 60
I mashed in w/ 9.5 gallons (like I said thin) @ 164* to rest @ 152* for 60 Min
Citra .5 oz for 60
Sorachi Ace .5 oz for 15
Sorachi Ace 1.5 oz for 5
Add 1 oz cut dried lemon peel and 1 oz sweet orange peel @ flame out!
I used WLP029 German Ale/ Kölsch Yeast fermented @ 66 and I am LOVING IT!!!
I love this beer. Best I've brewed in a looong time..OK OK OK only I've brewed in a loooooooong time!
Cheers
Jay
i'm excited about this, since the reason i usually don't drink wheats is due to the clove/banana/bubblegum flavours from the yeast
two weeks in the bottle, 24 hours in the fridge
this is AWESOME
a little hoppier than i expected, but i've finally found a wheat beer i enjoy!
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