Fruit Beer Insanely Lemon Hefeweizen (Not for the faint of heart)

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MetalMatt

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Location
Bartow
Recipe Type
All Grain
Yeast
Weihenstephan Weizen (Wyeast Labs #3068)
Yeast Starter
yes
Batch Size (Gallons)
5
Original Gravity
1.055
Final Gravity
1.010
Boiling Time (Minutes)
60
IBU
14.7
Color
6.2
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
30 days
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
nope
Additional Fermentation
nope
Tasting Notes
Extreme lemon on the front and back side, oddly addictive
Recipe: lemon hefe
Brewer: Matt
Asst Brewer:
Style: Weizen/Weissbier
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (45.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.37 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.057 SG
Estimated Color: 6.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 14.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 86.4 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8.0 oz Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 1 4.5 %
5 lbs Munich (Dingemans) (5.5 SRM) Grain 2 45.5 %
5 lbs Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 45.5 %
8.0 oz Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.5 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 14.7 IBUs
1.0 pkg Weihenstephan Weizen (Wyeast Labs #3068) Yeast 6 -
Approx 6 lemons (halved) into mash, 6 (halved) into Boil (Last 10 min)

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs
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Mash In Add 16.95 qt of water at 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (1.17gal, 4.09gal) of 168.0 F water


Notes: Approx 6 lemons (halved) into mash, 6 (halved) into Boil (Last 10 min), and added dried lemon peel at 1 weeks before bottling. I just bought the dried lemon peel by Mccormick's in the spice section. it smelled great.

This recipe is not for the traditionalists. It has an extreme lemon flavor, that surprisingly you can't get enough of, but still feels like a hefe. Its another one of my more popular brews that has to be around all year. It is particularly hot with my friends that don't usually drink beer.

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No adverse effects, it fermented pretty messy though. Planning on brewing this up again in the next couple of weeks.
 
I've never had porch rocker, but it's a safe assumption that this is way beyond that. This stuff made me pucker every time. But I loved it!!
 
Hmmm porch rocker is pretty tart.... Still gonna try this once my brewery is finished
 

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