Weissbier Orange Honey Hefeweizen

DubbelDach · Jun 17, 2008

5 lbs. German 2-row Pils
4 lbs. German Wheat Malt Light
mashed at 153F for 45 minutes

.5 oz. Mt. Hood (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 60 min.

1 lbs. Orange Blossom Honey at flameout

Soaked zest of two organic sweet oranges in 1 cup vodka for 2 weeks. strained and added (the vodka extract LIQUID!) at bottling.

Primed with 1 cup corn sugar. Conditioned at 80F for 10 days.

Steiner · Jun 25, 2008

Your creative brews caught my eye. Orange, watermelon, jalepeno, pineapple...how'd they turn out? So many things there I would never even consider with beer.

Edit: cool label, by the way

DubbelDach · Jun 26, 2008

Thanks Steiner! When summertimes roll around, I am a total fruit beer guy. I just love the refreshingness of them.

Orange Honey is my best beer to date. I think it's a direct result of switching to all-grain. And it's a pretty good recipe.

The Watermelon is my 2nd time making this. First was extract, 2nd was partial mash, and now I am thinking of dropping the Wit from my schedule on the 6th and doing the watermelon all-grain. Big crowd pleaser, especially amongst the ladies.

Jalapeno.... You wither love it or hate it. There's a lot of kick to it. I would use 1/3 of the peppers if I were to do it again. And I would smoke the heck out of them. I'm not a big fan of how it turned out, but then my buddy took 6 bottles home with him this week. Love it or hate it.

The pineapple lambic is still aging. This board suggested leaving it for another 6 months to a year and I'm cool with that. Less bottling!

Caramel Cream Ale on your sig sounds interesting... A caramel porter, like Saranac's, has been jumping around in my head a lot.

Steiner · Jun 28, 2008

Ya, I may have to try a small batch of something like this, definitely good for the summer. The only flavored beers I've made include strawberries and pumpkin, not mixed together of course. I've got apple cider, blueberry mead, and orange mead still aging though. The cream ale is still conditioning and is hoppier than I expected, but i think it'll be good. I could have used more vanilla and lactose though- I was a little intimidated at first, but it's still green.

How prominent is the orange flavor in your Orange Honey? And I'm really curious about watermelon. That's just so off my radar, I'm interested in trying it. I imagine that had tons of trub.

I'm still using extract and steeping grains, and am not in the position to switch to AG yet, but someday. Keep me posted on the progress.

fat x nub · Aug 6, 2008

This is defiantly going on the brewing list

DubbelDach · Aug 7, 2008

Steiner said:
How prominent is the orange flavor in your Orange Honey? And I'm really curious about watermelon. That's just so off my radar, I'm interested in trying it. I imagine that had tons of trub.

Steiner - Orange flavor is about as prominent as if you took a Weinstephaner Hefe and squeezed an orange slice in it. I think it's just right. I am down to one bottle left, which SUCKS.

The watermelon: http://s281.photobucket.com/albums/kk238/shiplax27/Watermelon Wheat/ No trub at all since I just squeezed the juice into 2ndary. I am going to officially tap into the bottles this weekend at the beach, but preliminary reports (2 bottles) are awesome! Full report coming...

fat x nub said:
This is defiantly going on the brewing list

I will absolutely do it again next summer! :ban:

Steiner · Aug 14, 2008

Those pictures are really interesting. I think I'd be getting a bit nervous once the beer color hit pink, but it looks like it turned out nicely and not so pink. Funny looking trub. I think your wacky unconventional brews may have inspired me. After all, this is what homebrewing is all about. I dare you to find another watermelon beer out there. I sense a mini-batch coming soon.

brewdog1973 · Aug 19, 2008

This recipe looks great! This one is definitely on deck following a Blue Moon Clone scheduled for this weekend.

extremejm · Jan 23, 2009

I love your labels and I too love to make fruit beer (I'm the only one in my beer club).

If you don't mind my asking...
1) What type of vodka did you use for the Orange Hefe

2) Your website indicates 6oz of Watermelon but it looks like you have something like 2+ cups? Is it just pureed fresh watermelon? Did you blanch it before you added it to your secondary?

I'm always nervous about adding fresh fruit to the secondary due to the obvious risks of infection. What's your favorite method?

Jim

DubbelDach · Jan 23, 2009

extremejm said:
1) What type of vodka did you use for the Orange Hefe

I have a lot of top shelf stuff at home, so I probably used Goose, Skye, or 3 Olives... I rarely drink liquor, but my bar is stocked from hosting Halloween parties... Since I'm too lazy to get the cheap stuff, I used what I had. I use the cheap stuff in airlocks, but the good stuff if it's going in the beer.

extremejm said:
2) Your website indicates 6oz of Watermelon but it looks like you have something like 2+ cups? Is it just pureed fresh watermelon? Did you blanch it before you added it to your secondary?

Now that I look at the pic again, I think that's 6 cups, not ounces (scale on the left...). Hmmm. I'll have to check my pitcher when I get home. I sliced and diced the melon in a bowl, then pressed it with a mashed potato masher. Then I poured the juice through a nylon straining bag, into the pitcher. I don't know what blanching is.

extremejm said:
What's your favorite method?

I figure there's enough alcohol to kill things when adding to 2ndary. So I just add there and rack the beer on top. All the tools listed above, as well as the cutting board were sanitized, and the outside of the melon was washed and sanitized.

shrades · Jan 23, 2009

I'm new to brewing, thought I was doing really good with a couple under my belt, with sweet mead a fermenting. Until I got on your site wow! I really like fruit tasting beer, my favorite. i don't have the means for all grain maybe in the future. Any suggestions for partial grain on any of your brews especially the watermelon, and the orange Hefeweisen? I wish you were closer I would site down with ya and take notes and drink homebrew!:rockin:

shrades · Jan 23, 2009

Also I am trying to do labels, the squirrel is great on yours

EonBlue66 · Mar 18, 2009

I am getting ready to bottle a batch of OHH & forgot to zest some oranges & I was thinking of using a couple shots of Smirnoffs Orange twist vodka this should work right?

Thanks

Budzu · Apr 12, 2009

DubbelDach, I made this recipe exactly to your specs and its kegged as of last Friday. I love this beer! What a perfectly subtle amount of orange flavor that perfectly compliments the great yeast! I love this beer and just wanted to thank you for sharing the recipe. I fear my keg won't last the week the way I'm drinking it!
Great job, great beer! Cheers!

diatonic · Apr 14, 2009

DubbelDach, I made this for SWMBO and bottled it last night. I drank the last partial bottle and it tastes great. Love the subtle orange. I used WLP320 as I wasn't sure how SWMBO would like the banana flavors in a german hefe yeast... and I'm kind of regretting that now. Planning to brew it again soon with WLP300. Thanks again.

axr · Apr 15, 2009

Dubbel Dachs - just wanted to give you "big ups" on your label art & recipes. Can't wait to brew a batch of your Orange Honey Hefe.

¡Salud!
axr

defenestrate · May 18, 2009

did the honey come through at all? or is hard to tell with using the zest?

EonBlue66 · May 18, 2009

When I brewed this I could tell there was a little honey sweetness but it was very subtle.

Shwagger · May 20, 2009

My next batch will be a summer wheat, but I dont do AG as it's out of my league. What can I do to make this using partial?

RandalG · Jun 30, 2009

^ Don't be intimidated with AG. All it takes is a little extra equipment than you probably have now. This is the first AG batch I've done and I have to say after 5 weeks (2 primary / 3 in the bottle ) this stuff is the best thing I've brewed to date. Subtle orange/honey flavors with a hefe finish and rave reviews from everyone that's tried it thus far. Thanks again DD. :mug:

Chosenwon · Jul 13, 2009

I just brewed a slight variation of this on Saturday, added a pound of Crystal 10 and some rice hulls to help with the mash. I also wanted more of an orange flavor and used the zest of 5 oranges stuffed into a cup of vodka- I will post how it turns out. Thanks for the inspiration!

chuckger · Jul 13, 2009

I brewed this beer last week, but I could not find Orange Blossom Honey anywhere except on the internet and I did not want to wait for delivery so i used plain pure honey and uped the Marmalaide to 1/2 cup at 15 minutes. I am going to bottle it tonight the thing is already down to 1.008! I could not believe that yeast (WLP300) took off like it did! Anyway i will post results later. Thanks for the awesome recipe DubbelDach!

Blindguardian · Jul 13, 2009

Where do you find the organic sweet oranges? Would you consider Valencia oranges sweet oranges for the zest?

I would really love to make this recipe but I seem to not be able to find the organic sweet oranges.

thanks

Shwagger · Jul 13, 2009

Whole Foods is all organic. Honey too

RandalG · Jul 13, 2009

^ +1. That's where I got mine. I used three Valencia Oranges from Whole Foods.They were as big as grapefruit.

DubbelDach · Jul 14, 2009

Thank you for the great reviews, everyone! This continues to be among my favorite recipes. My keg lasted just under 2 weeks this year

EonBlue66 said:
I am getting ready to bottle a batch of OHH & forgot to zest some oranges & I was thinking of using a couple shots of Smirnoffs Orange twist vodka this should work right?

Thanks

Sorry... late to the party. Did this work?

Shwagger said:
My next batch will be a summer wheat, but I dont do AG as it's out of my league. What can I do to make this using partial?

Blasphemy! Looking back, I wish I never messed with extract brewing. AG adds maybe 45 minutes to my brew day and my batches have improved 1000%. Try to go observe someone else doing it and you'll see... easy. I believe that the first time I made the OHH was a partial mash recipe... Will look for my notes in the next few days.

Blindguardian said:
Where do you find the organic sweet oranges? Would you consider Valencia oranges sweet oranges for the zest?

I would really love to make this recipe but I seem to not be able to find the organic sweet oranges.

thanks

Not sure exactly the type I used... I went to Giant Food Stores and got the only thing there marked "organic oranges". Since they weren't Seville, I assume they're sweet. Get what you can, I wouldn't hold back just because it's not a perfect match. Report how the differences work out! RDWHAHB, holmes!

Chosenwon · Jul 20, 2009

Wow, turned out good. 4 gallons consumed at a small get together and the other gallon by 2 or 3 in the afternoon by my parents! Home made jockey box worked well, force carbonation was good while the temp was less than 40 degrees, but as it warmed I had to give it a few more doses of the co2. Great stuff. This stuff went from kettle to keg in 7 days and tasted great-I was inspired by Yuri in his fresh beer write up!

Blindguardian · Jul 28, 2009

A question or so,

1. how many .oz of orange peel/zest would you say to use? I know it was said the zest of 2 sweet oranges but I would like to know the .oz amount.

2. what would you say about using orange flavored vodka (the type that is already flavored)?

3. I was thinking about using sweet orange peel and soaking it in the vodka, would this impart the same flavor to the vodka?

thanks

DubbelDach · Jul 29, 2009

Blindguardian said:
1. how many .oz of orange peel/zest would you say to use? I know it was said the zest of 2 sweet oranges but I would like to know the .oz amount.

Never measured it... Just used two of them. They were medium to large sized. RDWHAHB.

Blindguardian said:
2. what would you say about using orange flavored vodka (the type that is already flavored)?

I would say that I'd love to know how it turns out! First time I made this, I was tempted to use Triple Sec instead of priming sugar... Mosher mentions doing that in Radical Brewing... When it came time to bottle, it tasted orangey enough with the 2 peels, OB honey, and marmalade, so I just used priming sugar.

Blindguardian said:
3. I was thinking about using sweet orange peel and soaking it in the vodka, would this impart the same flavor to the vodka?

I steeped my peels in vodka for 2 weeks. Works fine... I used enough to cover the peels and let them steep in a tupperware. At bottling time, I picked out the peels, dumped the orange vodka in the bottling bucket with priming sugar, and racked on top.

RandalG · Jul 29, 2009

DubbelDach said:
I would say that I'd love to know how it turns out! First time I made this, I was tempted to use Triple Sec instead of priming sugar... Mosher mentions doing that in Radical Brewing... When it came time to bottle, it tasted orangey enough with the 2 peels, OB honey, and marmalade, so I just used priming sugar.

Hey DD,
I didn't see any mention of marmalade on the first page unless I missed it.How much did you use,was it just something you got at the grocery store,and when was it added.

Blindguardian said:
1. how many .oz of orange peel/zest would you say to use? I know it was said the zest of 2 sweet oranges but I would like to know the .oz amount.

Just to clarify you just want to use the outer orange layer only of the orange not the white part which is bitter.

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