Bavarian Honey Wheat?

[Cheesefood]

Let me know what you duders think:

6 pounds Pilsner
6 pounds german wheat
1 pound honey malt
1 pound caramel 10L

2 pounds orange blossom honey

1 oz hallertau @ 60
1/4 oz sweet orange peel

Wyeast 3068

Going for a honey bavarian wheat with a hint of orange. Good idea or no?

 

[eriktlupus]

looks good
also might consider white labs wlp380

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Might want to bump up the orange a bit. I used 3/4 of an ounce sweet orange peel in my pumpkin ale. It was overwhelming in secondary and when bottling, but after 3 weeks I could barely taste it.... it fades QUICK. I suspect 1/4 will be unnoticable after 3 weeks in bottles.

This recipe is a great idea though, sounds like a very tasty beer.

 

[z987k]

just out of curiosity, how far does a pound of honey malt go? I have been wanting to use it, but I don't know how much the honey comes through.

I like that recipe though, might make a PM batch of it sometime.

 

[Dude]

Let me know what you duders think:

6 pounds Pilsner
6 pounds german wheat
1 pound honey malt
1 pound caramel 10L

2 pounds orange blossom honey

1 oz hallertau @ 60
1/4 oz sweet orange peel

Wyeast 3068

Going for a honey bavarian wheat with a hint of orange. Good idea or no?

WAYYYYYY too much honey malt! I would honestly recommend not going with more than a half pound, a little goes a LONG way.

And I thought you hated hefes?

 

[Cheesefood]

WAYYYYYY too much honey malt! I would honestly recommend not going with more than a half pound, a little goes a LONG way.

And I thought you hated hefes?

No, I'm a Hefe lover. I love Hefes like you love IPAs. Hefes and Wits are my most commonly brewed beer.

Thanks for the tip on the honey. I've never used it before. I don't want Honey-Domination, just a pleasant aftertaste.

 

[Cheesefood]

Might want to bump up the orange a bit. I used 3/4 of an ounce sweet orange peel in my pumpkin ale. It was overwhelming in secondary and when bottling, but after 3 weeks I could barely taste it.... it fades QUICK. I suspect 1/4 will be unnoticable after 3 weeks in bottles.

This recipe is a great idea though, sounds like a very tasty beer.

You used orange and pumpkin together though, so it was bound to get lost. I might do a heavy half-ounce, but that's about all the flavor I want.

 

[Dude]

Thanks for the tip on the honey. I've never used it before. I don't want Honey-Domination, just a pleasant aftertaste.

CLARIFICATION: 2 lbs. of HONEY is fine...1 lb. of HONEY MALT is not, IMHO.

 

[Cheesefood]

CLARIFICATION: 2 lbs. of HONEY is fine...1 lb. of HONEY MALT is not, IMHO.

Right, that's what I meant. Sorry.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

You used orange and pumpkin together though, so it was bound to get lost. I might do a heavy half-ounce, but that's about all the flavor I want.

True, true, the pumpkin got a little lost as well though. Main taste I pick up in it is the malt. I used an intense grain bill, so you're probably right, with such a simple grain bill for the hefe you probably picked the right amount of orange.

 

[dand]

After reading the Caramel Cream Ale recipe i've been doing some gravedigging on recipes posted by Cheese and this one caught my eye, but i had some questions about it.
Is the listed 6 pounds of pilsner and wheat grain, LME or DME? Is the batch 5 gallons, 6 or 10?
If it was DME, with 12 pounds of malt and 2 pounds of honey, this would make one wicked strong beer if it was a 5 gallon batch.
Hopefully Cheese or someone else can help me out with this dinosaur so i can try this one!