Honey Wheat?

[Yin_Yang]

anyone got a good extract/steeped specialty grains recipe?

 

[Bobby_M]

6lbs of Muntons wheat DME
1lb honey
1/2 oz of sweet orange peel
1oz Cascade hops, half bittering, half flavoring.
Danstar Windsor dry yeast

This is a delicious wheat if you like orange in yours. Cascade plus orange peel equals citrusy. The Windsor leaves a bit of sweetness in case you like it. The pres of a brew club I recently joined confirmed that it was one of the best American wheats he's had.

 

[mbreen01]

I've seen a lot of people post good things about Dude's "B's Honey Wheat." I was tossing around brewing up something similar for all my light beer buddies. Along those lines, what yeast have you all used? I'm not a huge fan of the dominant banana/clove/phenolic notes of a characteristic Belgian Wheat, so I'm aiming for more subdued wheat tones. How do the American Wheat/Hefeweizen strains compare? I've thought of using a standard American ale yeast, but I don't want to get rid of all wheat character...just turn down the volume. Thanks.

Marc.

 

[Cregar]

This is what I have in my primary right now... this Sunday will make 4 weeks fermenting. I hoping it comes out ok.

Cregar's Honey HefeWeizen

Selected Style and BJCP Guidelines
German Wheat/Rye Beer-Weizen/Weissbier

Min SG: 1.044 SG
Max SG: 1.052 SG
Min IBU: 8 IBU
Max IBU: 15 IBU
Min Color: 2.0 SRM
Max Color: 8.0 SRM


Recipe Overview
Pre-Boil Wort Volume: 4.00 US gals
Post-Boil Wort Volume: 3.60 US gals
Pre-Ferment Batch Volume: 5.25 US gals

Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.000 SG
Expected OG: 1.049 SG
Expected FG: 1.011 SG

Expected ABV: 5.1 %
Expected ABW: 4.0 %

Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 10.8 IBU
Expected Color: 7.7 SRM

Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %

Boil Duration: 60.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature: 68 degF

Fermentables

Extract - Briess Bavarian Wheat Dried 6.00 lb 85.0 % Start Of Boil
Sugar - Honey 1.06 lb 15.0 % End Of Boil


Hops

German Hallertauer Hersbrucker 3.8 0.8 oz Pelletized Hops 60 Min From End
German Hallertauer Hersbrucker 3.8 0.2 oz Pelletized Hops 10 Min From End

Yeast
Wyeast 3068-Weihenstephen Weizen

Recipe Notes
Gravity reading: 01-07-07: 1.030 @ 70 degrees = 1.031
Gravity reading: 01-13-07: 1.020 @ 70 degrees = 1.021
Gravity reading: 01-18-07: 1.016 @ 68 degrees = 1.017

 

[Dude]

Check my sig for "B's Honey Wheat". That turned out pretty good.

 

[brewman !]

Dude: whats up with the mash schedule for B's Honey Beer ? I think it needs some time numbers for the other mash temps.

Thanks.

 

[Dude]

I've seen a lot of people post good things about Dude's "B's Honey Wheat." I was tossing around brewing up something similar for all my light beer buddies. Along those lines, what yeast have you all used? I'm not a huge fan of the dominant banana/clove/phenolic notes of a characteristic Belgian Wheat, so I'm aiming for more subdued wheat tones. How do the American Wheat/Hefeweizen strains compare? I've thought of using a standard American ale yeast, but I don't want to get rid of all wheat character...just turn down the volume. Thanks.

Marc.

If you use a neutral yeast with that recipe, you won't get the overpowering banana/clove. I'm the same way--I didn't want that in this beer. I'd recommend safale-56 (1056 or WLP001) for it. I used the WLP320 and it was just what I wanted. I think that is actually the Widmer strain. However, a very good American wheat that I like, Boulevard wheat, uses 1056.

Dude: whats up with the mash schedule for B's Honey Beer ? I think it needs some time numbers for the other mash temps.

Thanks.

I didn't put it in I guess. I usually do a saccharification rest for 60-90 minutes, skip the mash out, sparge for about 45 minutes if I fly sparge.
Protein rest is key in that recipe with all of that wheat though.

 

[azmtnbiker]

The only honey wheat I have done is the kit from Homebrewadventures and it came out pretty good. I like Dude's recipe better. Go with an American wheat yeast if you do not want the phenolics of the german wheat yeasts.

 

[brewman !]

"Protein rest is key in that recipe with all of that wheat though."

Yeah, I know about the step being necessary. That is why I built my steam boiler, so I could easily and quickly do mash steps.

Thanks for sharing all this, dude, like the yeast and all. I am definitely going to make this.

 

[Yin_Yang]

on the honey wheat, it requires mashing though..or is that the same as steeping in this recipe? hopefully i can find all this crap at the LHBS

 

[Dude]

on the honey wheat, it requires mashing though..or is that the same as steeping in this recipe? hopefully i can find all this crap at the LHBS

For an extract version, I'd just substitute 3.5 pounds of wheat DME for the base malt (the wheat and the pale malt), then just steep .50 of honey malt, .50 of wheat malt, and then add the honey at flameout.

If you can't find Glacier hops--I would consider using Cascade or Amarillo even. Hops really won't matter in this recipe as long as you don't use huge AA%.

 

[Yin_Yang]

i take it flameout is when you turn off the boil?

also what's the fermenation on this? primary only? how long? any secondary time at all?

Thanks so much for your help.

 

[Dude]

i take it flameout is when you turn off the boil?

also what's the fermenation on this? primary only? how long? any secondary time at all?

Thanks so much for your help.

Primary only would be fine. It is a wheat beer so it can be cloudy. This one should be drunk quickly. I used the WLP320 and as time went on it picked up more and more banana/clove flavors.

 

[Yin_Yang]

just finished making this to these specs:

Wheat DME: 3.5 lbs.

Steeped Malt: 1/2 lb honey malt, 1/2 lb wheat malt

Hops: Glacade - .75 oz 60 min - .75 oz 20min - .75 oz 5 min.

Extra: Added 2lbs of Wild Honey at moment I turned off burners at en of boil.

Question: This turned out a medium brown color..is this normal? every wheat beer i've had was a light golden color LOL .



Also: how long in the primary?

 

[Yin_Yang]

anyone know anything about this?

 

[Dude]

just finished making this to these specs:

Wheat DME: 3.5 lbs.

Steeped Malt: 1/2 lb honey malt, 1/2 lb wheat malt

Hops: Glacade - .75 oz 60 min - .75 oz 20min - .75 oz 5 min.

Extra: Added 2lbs of Wild Honey at moment I turned off burners at en of boil.

Question: This turned out a medium brown color..is this normal? every wheat beer i've had was a light golden color LOL .



Also: how long in the primary?

Looks good.

What is Glacade?

10-14 days in primary. A secondary can still be used for this though.

 

[Yin_Yang]

sorry..glacier..

also, about the color..is it normal to be a darkish brown? figured being a wheat beer it is supposed to be a straw like color

 

[Dude]

That's the breaks with extract. You are just going to have to live with darker beer.

 

[brewman !]

6lbs of Muntons wheat DME
1lb honey
1/2 oz of sweet orange peel
1oz Cascade hops, half bittering, half flavoring.
Danstar Windsor dry yeast

This is a delicious wheat if you like orange in yours. Cascade plus orange peel equals citrusy. The Windsor leaves a bit of sweetness in case you like it. The pres of a brew club I recently joined confirmed that it was one of the best American wheats he's had.

This recipe sounds good too. I think I'd like the orange flavor. I can't wait to brew something like this.

What would the AG equivalent of this be ?

 

[atlg8r]

6lbs of Muntons wheat DME
1lb honey
1/2 oz of sweet orange peel
1oz Cascade hops, half bittering, half flavoring.
Danstar Windsor dry yeast

This is a delicious wheat if you like orange in yours. Cascade plus orange peel equals citrusy. The Windsor leaves a bit of sweetness in case you like it. The pres of a brew club I recently joined confirmed that it was one of the best American wheats he's had.

In this recipe did you add the honey at the end of the boil are with the DME at the beginning?