GASoline71
Well-Known Member
My fist AG brew was last Friday. I did it over at a buddy's house that had made the leap to AG brewing long before me. I have all the equipment I need (cooler mash tun), and just yesterday installed a ball valve in my 8 gallon pot. Needless to say it was interesting pouring 5 gallons of wort through a strainer into my fermenting bucket over at my friends house. Doing the whole AG process was a blast. The Pale Ale I brewed is coming along nicely in the fermenter, and I am so glad to now start on my own.
So today and tomorrow are my days off and I am going solo on my second AG brew. Going to do an American Style Hefeweizen for the wife. She loves wheat beers, and I've brewed this beer as an extract brew for her before. So I think it will turn out good as an AG brew. Here's the AG recipe for 5 gallons (6.5 gallon boil):
4 lbs 2-row
3 lbs wheat malt
1 lb flaked wheat
1 lb rice hulls
.5 oz Amarillo pellets @ 60
.5 oz Amarillo pellets @ 2
WLP320 (I've used Wyeast 1010 in the past with great results. Wanted to use White Labs for comparison.)
Do I have enough rice hulls for the amount of wheat malt? Or do I even need any? I'm also trying to keep the ABV down just below 5% as the wife like to enjoy 2 or more without getting drunk. Beersmith puts the ABV to around 4.4%
I used the Amarillo hops to get a little citrus flavor in there, and it worked out great in the extract brew. I guess Ahtanums could be used as well. I would have went with Cascades (one of my faves), but she doesn't care too much for the grapefruit taste they can put out.
Anyways... looking forward to getting at it. Thanks to all that are here at HBT... this web forum has been a huge help in the last 2 years for me.
Gary
So today and tomorrow are my days off and I am going solo on my second AG brew. Going to do an American Style Hefeweizen for the wife. She loves wheat beers, and I've brewed this beer as an extract brew for her before. So I think it will turn out good as an AG brew. Here's the AG recipe for 5 gallons (6.5 gallon boil):
4 lbs 2-row
3 lbs wheat malt
1 lb flaked wheat
1 lb rice hulls
.5 oz Amarillo pellets @ 60
.5 oz Amarillo pellets @ 2
WLP320 (I've used Wyeast 1010 in the past with great results. Wanted to use White Labs for comparison.)
Do I have enough rice hulls for the amount of wheat malt? Or do I even need any? I'm also trying to keep the ABV down just below 5% as the wife like to enjoy 2 or more without getting drunk. Beersmith puts the ABV to around 4.4%
I used the Amarillo hops to get a little citrus flavor in there, and it worked out great in the extract brew. I guess Ahtanums could be used as well. I would have went with Cascades (one of my faves), but she doesn't care too much for the grapefruit taste they can put out.
Anyways... looking forward to getting at it. Thanks to all that are here at HBT... this web forum has been a huge help in the last 2 years for me.
Gary