imperial wheat ipa suggestions

[xy9ine]

haven't found any recipes as of yet. looking for guidance from those that might have dabbled with such things. i'm assuming using my standard iipa and swapping 50% of the 2 row for wheat would be a step in the right direction. i'm guessing typ heffe esters might clash w/ big hops, so 1056 yeasties might be a good call. suggestions? anybody found any recipes of this style?

thanks & cheers!

 

[JoeBronco]

Sounds interesting... Im a hophead that likes heff. Im interested in your results! Make sure you post them up when you brew it.

 

[Oldsock]

You can certainly just take a standard DIPA recipe and swap half the pale malt for wheat, but it won’t add too much character. I would go with a paler recipe, maybe nothing but pale/wheat to give the wheat the best chance at coming through.

I did a hoppy hefeweizen last summer and really enjoyed the combination of estery yeast and fruity hops (Amarillo and Cascade primarily in my case): http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2010/07/hoppy-german-american-wheat-recipe.html If you go that direction I would ferment cool, or even blend a hefeweizen strain with something clean like 1056 to keep the esters mellow.

 

[BLM]

this is one I made last week

10 lbs wheat malt
6 lbs pale malt
1/2 lb honey malt
2 oz acid malt
mashed at 152

2 oz columbus 60 min
1 oz amarillo 20 min
1 oz centennial 15 min
1 oz amarillo 10 min
1 oz centennial 2 min

1 oz amarillo DH
1 oz centennial DH
1 oz medium oak chips DH

wlp007 dry english ale yeast
OG 1.075 I only get 65% eff no matter what I do

still in the fermenter so dont know how it taste