AG to Extract Conversion - Oberon Clone

[dipflop]

I've been wanting to brew an Oberon clone for quite awhile now but haven't seen any recipes for extract so I am trying to convert an AG recipe from Cweston (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=31422). Could i please get some feedback on whether this will work? Thanks.

Recipe Type: Extract
Yeast: I heard Bell's using the same yeast to bottle condition that they use to ferment so I thought I would culture the yeast from a bottle.
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.058
Final Gravity: 1.010?
IBU: 17
Boiling Time (Minutes): 45
Color: 5 SRM

9.3# Wheat LME
.5# Carapils (steep)
.5# Munich (steep)

0.5 oz Hallertau 45 min.
0.75 oz Hallertau 30 min.
0.25 oz Hallertau 0 min.
1 oz. Saaz 0 min.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Orfy]

Looks good to me.

But do you want to use ale Wheat LME? Why not part normal malt and part wheat like the grain recipe?

 

[dipflop]

Looks good to me.

But do you want to use ale Wheat LME? Why not part normal malt and part wheat like the grain recipe?

I was planning on using Northern Brewer's Wheat LME. It is 65% wheat malt and 35% pale malt. Is that enough pale malt?

 

[Orfy]

Sounds perfect to me.
But what do I know.

Seriously I think you'll be good.

 

[Beerrific]

I would suggest DME. I think you will get the color you are looking for better with LME. Plus, you won't have to worry about any off flavors that LME has been rumored to impart.

I might also suggest adding the 80+% of the extract late, this will require a slight reduction the hops but will prevent too much carmelization of the wort and a lighter beer. And by light, I don't mean really light but the color you are expecting.

 

[eriktlupus]

i just brewed a wit last wk that i bottled last night that looked exactly like oberon
the extract
6lbs wheat lme
3.3 gold lme
.5 lbs carapils(steep and rinse)
add lme at 5 min left
the color for this is spot on for oberon:fro:

 

[dipflop]

I would suggest DME. I think you will get the color you are looking for better with LME. Plus, you won't have to worry about any off flavors that LME has been rumored to impart.

I might also suggest adding the 80+% of the extract late, this will require a slight reduction the hops but will prevent too much carmelization of the wort and a lighter beer. And by light, I don't mean really light but the color you are expecting.

How does this look:

6# Wheat DME
3# Light DME
.5# Carapils (steep)
.5# Munich (steep)

I would use the 6 pounds of Wheat DME as the late addition (around 10 minutes?)

 

[Beerrific]

How does this look:

6# Wheat DME
3# Light DME
.5# Carapils (steep)
.5# Munich (steep)

I would use the 6 pounds of Wheat DME as the late addition (around 10 minutes?)

I think that looks good. Suggest using beer software of your choice to make sure the late addition won't over do the IBUs.

 

[Bokonon]

Here's a recipe I found somewhere for an oberon extract clone.

3 Gallon boil
3.3lbs wheat LME
3.3lbs pale LME
12 oz Munich
8 oz Caravienne
4 oz Torrified Wheat

1oz Hallertau Hops (60min)
.5oz Hallertau Hops (30min)
.5oz Saaz Hops (15min)
.3oz Saaz Hops (5min)


Wyeast American Wheat Ale Yeast (WY1010)


there is also a recipe at http://www.theredsalamander.com/(S(elrkakr0y2gfiaav3ueyi0yq))/Recipe.aspx?ID=3 that I haven't tried

 

[dipflop]

I think that looks good. Suggest using beer software of your choice to make sure the late addition won't over do the IBUs.

After looking at Beersmith and Promash I couldn't see how to enter a certain amount of DME as a late addition. Is there a common formula used for IBU's with a late addition?

Thanks a ton for everyone who has chimed in on this thread. I'm brewing this for my girlfriend for her birthday and want to make it as good as possible.

 

[Beerrific]

After looking at Beersmith and Promash I couldn't see how to enter a certain amount of DME as a late addition. Is there a common formula used for IBU's with a late addition?

Thanks a ton for everyone who has chimed in on this thread. I'm brewing this for my girlfriend for her birthday and want to make it as good as possible.

Try this:
http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter5-5.html

Specifically the table of gravity vs. time for utilization calc.

 

[bottweiser]

How does this look:

6# Wheat DME
3# Light DME
.5# Carapils (steep)
.5# Munich (steep)

I would use the 6 pounds of Wheat DME as the late addition (around 10 minutes?)

How did that recipe turn out??