Recent content by mdbassoon

I brewed this over the weekend. Unfortunately, I stupidly forgot to add the 2nd bag of DME during the boil. I ended up boiling it separately in another gallon of water and adding it afterwards. So the whole thing is actually 6 gallons now, a little less alcoholic and a little less bitter. The...

Sweet thanks for the suggestions. I will definitely try steeping with wheat. I've done honey and honey malt with other recipes, but never steeped wheat.

Hello fellow Homebrewers! I'm putting together a wheat beer for my 4th of July party and wanted to get peoples opinions on which ingredients I should use. I brew extract so right now I was thinking: 8 oz Crystal 15 (for steeping) 8 oz Carapils (for steeping) 3 lbs wheat DME 3 lbs wheat DME...

bignick35 I completely agree. That's kind of why I was thinking of using a fruitier yeast next time too as well as dry hopping so I could get more of a banana mango aftertaste. Maybe orange peel would do the trick though. Or maybe drinking it with a lemon/orange slice (which I'm not opposed to...

TxBigHops. I used this from my LHBS: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/briess-dried-malt-extract-bavarian-wheat-3-lb.html The 80 acre looks much closer to the WPA styles I've seen than the beer I'm going for, so it just comes down to which you want to try. I've been keeping my eyes open, and...

Sweet! Excited to see what another brewer thinks. Let me know how you like it.

Yeah that actually looks more like what I'm going for, but unfortunately there are none within 100 miles of me.

Well two weeks later and this is all gone. It turned out to be really delicious very drinkable highly hopped beer. The banana and clove flavors dropped out, but it still wasn't as citrusy as I was expecting. The body was still very wheaty and refreshing. I threw the carapils in there because my...

Thanks for the input will definitely try a cleaner or more citrusy yeast next time. As far as the style, I guess I'm not going for a wheat IPA then. I was thinking of it as a hefe but hopped like an IPA, not an IPA with more wheat. I'm going for a more traditional Hefe just loaded up on hops...

I've been looking for a wheat beer with more hops. Most of the hoppy "wheat" beers I find are really light on body, I think, to emphasize the hops. I wanted, however, to make a more traditional tasting hefeweizen but with a lot more hops. I haven't been able to try Gumballhead since I live on...

I've been looking for a wheat beer with more hops. Most of the hoppy "wheat" beers I find are really light on body, I think, to emphasize the hops. I wanted, however, to make a more traditional tasting hefeweizen but with a lot more hops. I haven't been able to try Gumballhead since I live on...

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This turned out great! Originally had a huge bubblegum flavor from the Safbrew WB-06 i used along with the fact that it was mostly in the 80s when this was in the fermenter. After 3 weeks in bottles, though, the bubble gum flavor left and i came out with a great tasting, complex hefe that was...