Fruit Beer Lemon-Lime Hefe Weizen

[cochise99]

Thanks man you answered my questions perfectly , can't wait to brew this tomorrow

 

[mmacdon3]

Hey guys...I've read almost half this thread and still have a couple questions. I think I confused myself by reading it backwards and maybe the recipe has changed over time. Is everyone mashing at 158 degrees or 148? The recipe on the first page says to mash at 158 for 45min but earlier in the thread the OP mentions mashing at 148. Just want to verify.

I'll be brewing this Saturday and was able to obtain all the ingredients. I guess my only other question is are we supposed to sanitize the lime zest somehow? Or do we just pitch it as is?

 

[SD-SLIM]

I mash this beer at 158.

 

[mmacdon3]

I mash this beer at 158.

Perfect...thanks for the quick response. Also I figured out my other question...obviously I don't need to sanitize the lime zest since it is going into the boil :smack:

Looking forward to brewing this saturday

 

[BannyBrewer]

Slim I brewed your recipe Saturday and this joker is exploding like crazy, just started settling down so I'm waiting until tomorrow to throw in the limeaid. I have 10 gal of Sacs Irish Red in the fridge with your hefe, no room for blow off and needless to say i have a mess! Its cleaned up and certainly looks to be worth it! Pics will be posted!

 

[SD-SLIM]

Yeah it will do that to you...but as explosive as it is in a fermenter...it's that explosive in flavor!

 

[cantrell00]

Any idea on the gravity points from the Lime Aide?

The package indicates 7 servings per 1.75 liters @ 28 grams each... That totals to roughly .45 lbs per 5.5 gallon batch.

Would the sugar be fructose? I wonder how it's ferment-ability compares to table sugar?

Doing a tad of research indicates that they both ferment effortlessly.

I assume the OG of 1.051 was prior to adding the Lime Aide

 

[GenIke]

the limeade adds ~.5 to the final ABV

 

[cantrell00]

the limeade adds ~.5 to the final ABV

great.. thanks...

 

[rideincircles]

I just started another batch of this over the weekend. This makes 3 times for this recipe, although slightly tweaked in one way or another each time.

I ended up having some WLP 300 I harvested for this recipe. Is 65° good for fermentation then? What is the main differnece between the WLP30o and hefeweizen IV? I haven't really used many White Labs yeasts since TBI doesn't stock them.

I plan on brewing this again for Burning Man in a few months also.

 

[SD-SLIM]

I would recommend checking out white labs website for yeast temps and flavor profiles. Also I would recommend washing your yeast if you continue to make a similar beer on a regular basis.

 

[rwgaro]

Just finished making this - been on my list for a while. But... ended up having to substitute saaz for the motueka, cascade for the sorachi ace, Wlp 300 for the yeast. Bad recipe to try a new lhbs for ingredients I guess.

Also forgot to get a lime so used a combo of lemon zest and lime juice. Oh and my mash temp dropped from 158 to 152ish over the 45 minutes. But had better than usual efficiency - the hydrometer sample was really nice...

So a version of the original - we'll see how it turns out!

 

[rwgaro]

So I will post my blueberry crush recipe in 2 weeks....but I will give y'all a hint, the blueberries come from...well blueberries, but the crush comes from orange crush! I will post the recipe without pictures at first....but it's my favorite!

Slim, did you ever post this? Found this nice little tidbit (and like others would love to see this "blueberry crush" recipe)... Tried searching and not easily finding it...

 

[tonyg623]

Brewing this tomorrow. Going to do a 10 Gallon batch and split it with Simply Limeade in 5 and Simply Raspberry in 5. Hoping it turns out!

 

[gotbags-10]

So never been a fan of hefe's but the recipe looks killer. What's an alternative ale yeast I could use for this?

 

[SD-SLIM]

Slim, did you ever post this? Found this nice little tidbit (and like others would love to see this "blueberry crush" recipe)... Tried searching and not easily finding it...

I'm revising several recipes, this is one of those....I will probably have a new version of this later this month.

 

[CanAusBrewer]

So never been a fan of hefe's but the recipe looks killer. What's an alternative ale yeast I could use for this?

I have used Mangrove Jack's Bavarian Wheat Yeast to good result twice now. I have been told it is a little more toned down than some of the other hefe yeasts and I agree that it creates a nice clean tasting beer with subtle clove and fruitiness.

 

[CanAusBrewer]

The results I just got for serving this beer at a competition. Not a great result despite the fact that the beer sold out and a lot of the public ordered seconds, but to count many of my friends who did the same.

 

[rwgaro]

I'm revising several recipes, this is one of those....I will probably have a new version of this later this month.

Awesome! Look forward to seeing this one...

 

[miztflip]

I finally got around to brewing this. It turned out fantastic. In not usually a big fruit beer guy, but it works well here. Thanks for sharing Slim!

 

[Coppinburgh]

Just brewed this again Sunday. I'm good for 4 batches of this a year. Great recipe!

 

[cantrell00]

2nd or 3rd day of fermentation to pitch the limeade?

 

[SD-SLIM]

Add the limeade when it slows down...4 to 5 days.

 

[cantrell00]

Went from .050 to .030 in 3 days. Wlp300, 62 degrees.

First time ever doing a hefe. Does that sound like the proper rate of fermentation to everyone?

 

[Koda]

Is the 11.9 IBU target on the original recipe still the recommended target? I'm only able to find Motueka in 11.1% AA, and Sorachi Ace at 15.5% AA.

If I added at the original weight of the recipe, Brewers Friends is telling me I'll land at 22.35 IBU (Tinseth). I'm assuming I should scale back, but if I do that I have to drop each addition to .1 oz before I hit 11 IBUs.

I scaled back to a 5 gallon batch, but that still seems like a piddly amount of hops. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[bolus14]

Add them later in the boil, try adding at 45 min or 30 min instead of 60.

 

[SD-SLIM]

I would scale back the hops, the hop schedule is based around maximum extraction and flavor profile.

 

[Koda]

I would scale back the hops, the hop schedule is based around maximum extraction and flavor profile.

So would you recommend each addition gets scaled back the same proportion then Slim? Timing the same, just using much less hops? Or should I cut more heavily from earlier additions that more strongly effect the bittering?

 

[bkirsch]

I have been a lurker for awhile now and first off, thanks to everyone for their great knowledge. When I came across this recipe I thought what a great recipe for weekends at the lake.

My question is that since I will be doing the extract version of this, do I just bring my water to a boil and add the LME and continue the hop schedule or am I missing the grains to be steeped before bringing to a boil and continuing?

I skimmed most of all the pages and learned a lot and about different variations but I didn't see this so if it got covered I apologize

 

[lupulinaddict]

I haven't attempted to read through the thread yet, but between the kids coloring eggs and me drinking I forgot the line zest. I was thinking adding it with the limeade, what do you guys suggest?