Fruit Beer Lemon-Lime Hefe Weizen

[italarican]

Well done! Even though it's ranked #10, it's coming in at #4 for Best Sellers at the moment.

 

[SD-SLIM]

I'm making a push to get it in to first by the end of this week....taught several people how to brew this, and now I'm calling in favors!!!!

 

[journeyman846]

Day two! Guess it's time for a blow off tube.

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[gotbags-10]

So brewed this up probably 2 months ago. I had ordered the hops specially for this beer so I had extras. I'm a bit of a hop head so I thought why not and doubled the hops. I also used us-05 yeast to let the hops shine. Yeah didn't turn out so well. The hops have such a distinct taste so double with a clean yeast didn't work. The beer has been in a keg for a month. I'm just gonna forget about it for a while in hopes that the hops fade. Oh well. Lesson learned. [emoji482]

 

[treacheroustexan]

Will brew this in 2 weeks or so. Looks so tasty.

 

[sowoah]

So I wasn't too keen on the calculations done earlier in this thread regarding the ABV after the limeade is added. It seems like only the extra sugar was considered, not the increase in volume. One bottle of limeade is 1.75L, or 0.462 gal, and contains 28g sugar per 8 oz. This means there is ~207g of sugar in a full bottle. Once this is converted (assuming 100% yield), you end up with 111g of ethanol, or 88mL. 88mL/1750mL is 5.02% ethanol from just fermenting the limeade.

Now let's look at the rest of the beer. I put the grain bill into Brewer's Friend with 80% efficiency high attenuation (77%) to allow the highest possible ABV. I also used a final volume of 5.538 gallons (6 gallons - limeade volume). This gave an OG of 1.061, FG of 1.014, and ABV ~6.18%, nowhere near some people's ABV in the 7-8% range. If you add up the total acohol in each and divide by the new volume, it will lower the ABV.

5.538 gallons * 0.0618 = 0.3422 gallons ethanol from the beer
0.462 gallons * 0.0502 = 0.0232 gallons of ethanol from the limeade

(0.0232 gallons + 0.3422 gallons) / 6 gallons = 6.09%
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Unless something weird goes on with the beer or limeade that I don't know about, it should slightly lower the ABV, but a really insignifcant change. Also, I am going to measure the OG of limeade and ferment it, for science. I will get back with the results.

This is the most useful post in the thead. Thanks, and I agree that most people are forgetting to consider the water. However, either a new recipe or different regions, The simply limeade I found is 47g sugar/8oz. This makes the feremented juice ~9% abv at 10% of the volume, which using your math above does actually add ~0.2% to the ABV.

The point is people should do the math based on their wort OG and volume, and the sugar content of whatever juice they are using

 

[toestothesun]

Thanks Slim, what a great recipe! I'm drinking this now - probably the best beer I've brewed.

 

[KVANTAN]

Thanks Slim, what a great recipe! I'm drinking this now - probably the best beer I've brewed.

Here is to that. Stole a sip while bottling yesterday. Wonderful taste.

 

[Monty0124]

I'm two weeks into fermentation and just took a sample. I went into the fermenter at 1.051 and am currently sitting at 1.017. Where are you guys ending up on your final gravity numbers?

 

[smit70136]

I'm two weeks into fermentation and just took a sample. I went into the fermenter at 1.051 and am currently sitting at 1.017. Where are you guys ending up on your final gravity numbers?

Ended at 1015 last time I brewed this. That's right about average for me on this one.

 

[thaymond]

Mine ends at 1.012 to 1.014 with hefe iv. Always a crowd pleaser.

 

[Monty0124]

Thanks guys, appreciate the info. I've got a week to go before bottling and I'm in the neighborhood at 17. Looking forward to this one.

 

[newfiebrew]

Hit my gravity spot on but realized I had no head space left for the limeade. What should I do rack some off and add limeade to the primary or rack to secondary to add limeade? Probably doesn't matter right? If I rack to secondary will there be enough yeast left behind to take care of the limeades sugars??? Its a low flocculating yeast so I'm guessing it won't be a issue????

Jamie.

 

[drhusker18]

Yesterday was week 2 in primary. Brewed Bavarian Hefe- can I still add this? Gravity last night was 1.010 and original was 1.050. Bottling this week.

However, is it too late to add the lime? Just found the recipe recently and wonder if it isn't worth a shot or redo this batch later??!

I realize if I do add- it will take another week or so, given that krausen has dropped and yeast might be asleep a little.

 

[drhusker18]

Yesterday was week 2 in primary. Brewed Bavarian Hefe- can I still add this? Gravity last night was 1.010 and original was 1.050. Bottling this week.

However, is it too late to add the lime? Just found the recipe recently and wonder if it isn't worth a shot or redo this batch later??!

I realize if I do add- it will take another week or so, given that krausen has dropped and yeast might be asleep a little.

I split this 5gsl batch. Racked 2.5 gallons into bottling bucket to have a true Hefeweizen and then adjusted the juice and lime zest in the rest of the 2.5 gal in the primary and gave it a nice stir (gentle) to see how it works out with this recipe. Airlock www bubbling away this morning.

 

[schia]

Hi all,


Not sure if this question has been asked here but here goes. My HBS does not carry White Wheat Malt but they do have Bestmalz (German) Wheat Pale. Is this the same thing?

 

[Monty0124]

Holy craps balls - this came out really freakin' well! I bottled to 3 vols in 22oz bombers. Just coming up on 4 weeks in the bottle and they've come into their own. Three weeks in was pretty good but now it's unreal. And really amazing how much the beer changed over four weeks. Thank you very much for the recipe man!!

 

[bolus14]

How much lemon lime taste do you get vs the hefe taste? Has anybody tried using wlp008 with this. From the descriptions I think that would compliment this really well, wouldn't be a hefe, but still be good perhaps.

 

[smit70136]

I've come to the point where I won't brew this if WLP380 isn't available. You will absolutely make beer with another yeast but it won't be this beer.

Having said that - I had to sub Equinox in for the Sorachi Ace on today's batch. Never used Equinox before but it smells awesome. Looking forward to having this on tap again!

 

[TorMag]

Just brewed my first batch of this today. Got it set up in my conical and just pitched the yeast. After reading everyone's comments, it's going to be a long four weeks......

 

[Monty0124]

Brewed this again today. Went with wlp320 for this batch and am interested in the result. Hoping for a nice clean wheat beer base to make the lime really pop. I fermented a little warm last batch with 380 and felt the phenol/ester profile was muddying the lime a bit for my taste. Also went with Rahr red wheat this time for a bit more color. Who am I kidding, it's just fun to tinker sometimes.

 

[drhusker18]

Tested a bottle that was 1.5-2 weeks old. This came from a split batch from NB BV Hefe kit. Bottled first 1/2 as hefe and the leftover was fit with the limeade and zest. I like the base Hefe- lots of nose and mouth flavor. I will give the lime version some more time. Very tangy zesty and like lime flavor you get when cooking with lime leaves (Thai curry). To me, this lime version seems drier.

Also- I have had this limeade before but only till I made this beer had I tried it recently- I think they changed their recipe. It is more sour/tart and dry, versus the sweeter and smooth version I had a few years ago.

I will give it a week or 2 more and check back in. Carb was very good.

 

[jppsav]

Brewing 10 gal batch today. Following the original recipe to a tee.

 

[V-Fib]

For those that have bottled this what Vols have your aimed for?

 

[Monty0124]

My first batch of this was recipe exact. Bottled to 3 Vols in 22oz bombers and had nice results.

 

[offcentered]

What should the appearance be on this beer? I pulled a sample Saturday(almost 2 weeks in the fermenter) and it looked very milky

 

[TorMag]

What should the appearance be on this beer? I pulled a sample Saturday(almost 2 weeks in the fermenter) and it looked very milky

Go to page one, there is a picture.... It does look milky

 

[offcentered]

Thanks

I should have taken a picture of my sample. It looks more like the limeade pic on page one

 

[Monty0124]

Mine did too, almost light green. It will come around nicely. About three weeks in the bottles for me. What was left at week four was excellent, nice light straw color.

 

[offcentered]

Mine did too, almost light green. It will come around nicely. About three weeks in the bottles for me. What was left at week four was excellent, nice light straw color.

Thanks, that's good to know. I was gettin worried that I had to dump 10 gallons of this stuff.