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EBucky said:
Brewed this on Memorial Day using the exact recipe. Pitched the yeast and had decent activity about 20 hrs later. The krausen hasn't reached the blow off tube yet, but I've yet to add the Simply Lime. Fermenting at 64F....
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Very Sexy...love the beer pictures! That's porn to brewers!
 
WAORGANY said:
Just my first batch of this tonight cant wait to taste it!!! hit 1.052 OG thanks again
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I think you will like it, its a nice and simple beer to make and drink!
 
I made this recipe everything seemed to
Work well. Decent fermenting for 2-5 days
Now on day 7 I do not see any bubbling action.
The limeade is in on day 3. What do u think?
I did not do a starter. Should I have?
 
Mashing this right now! I was going to brew last weekend but my lhbs was closed :( I have a super busy weekend so its a lonely but relaxing night time brew session. Hoping to have this on tap for the fourth. Will compliment my Black Rye IPA.
 
longranger said:
I made this recipe everything seemed to
Work well. Decent fermenting for 2-5 days
Now on day 7 I do not see any bubbling action.
The limeade is in on day 3. What do u think?
I did not do a starter. Should I have?
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Let it ferment out for another week, after 14 days take a gravity reading.....a lot of new brewers like to watch and touch beer, that's usually where mistakes happen, due to contamination or some other disturbance....my point, is that yes you should have done a starter, but chances are that your yeast are doing the job and your just not seeing it!
 
Slim, or anyone who knows ...
I'm getting ready to brew your beer this Saturday and very excited for a good summer brew. Quick question though. I have read basically all of the forum and it looks like we shoot for 5.25 post boil volume. Then +/- a starter and about half of a gallon of simply limeade makes a total of 6 gallons. When I put the recipe into beer Smith, for 5.25 gallons I get an OG of 1.059 and a final abv of 6.6. that is before the limeade which i think will add about another half percent alcohol which will make this about a 7% beer. That is great for me but my 95 pound wife wants an easy drinker that she can have more than just one. So am i doing or calculating something wrong or do i just need to scale down the alcohol which should be easy to do on Beer smith. If I scale it down i think i will have to decrease the limeade as well. Thanks in advance for the help. T
 
trapae said:
Slim, or anyone who knows ...
I'm getting ready to brew your beer this Saturday and very excited for a good summer brew. Quick question though. I have read basically all of the forum and it looks like we shoot for 5.25 post boil volume. Then +/- a starter and about half of a gallon of simply limeade makes a total of 6 gallons. When I put the recipe into beer Smith, for 5.25 gallons I get an OG of 1.059 and a final abv of 6.6. that is before the limeade which i think will add about another half percent alcohol which will make this about a 7% beer. That is great for me but my 95 pound wife wants an easy drinker that she can have more than just one. So am i doing or calculating something wrong or do i just need to scale down the alcohol which should be easy to do on Beer smith. If I scale it down i think i will have to decrease the limeade as well. Thanks in advance for the help. T
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Your kinda on your own on this one...you scale back the fermentable, then you change the beer dramatically....my advice is make the beer as is, but pour hers on ice or with more limeade when she's drinking it to cut the alcohol.
 
So mine came out much darker than other's pictures. I did the grapefruit version. I think my mistake might have been that I made about 4.5 gallons, let that ferment for 3-4 days, then added the simply grapefruit so final product was a little over 5 gallons. I'm thinking that would explain the darker complexion?

Tasted the first one Saturday after carbing in the bottle for a little over a week. Tasted pretty good actually, but maybe not so much a hefe. It's got the aroma of a pale ale, but not really bitter. Anyone else brewed it with this lower volume before? How else would that effect the final product?
 
KeyWestBrewing said:
You could just increase the batch size and use what you've got to make a 6gal batch(before adding limeade).
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That's what I did by mistake. I was 6 gallons into the fermenter and then added the limeade to that.ended up at 4.9 abv after adding the limeade, but I added some DME since I missed the og by a fair amount. I haven't tasted it yet, but the bottling sample was very good.
 
I brewed this a little less than two weeks ago. Followed the recipe, but had to use American Hefe yeast instead of the 380. My OG was 1.047, and I checked the gravity yesterday and it was at 1.015. The sample tasted pretty good, I can definitely taste the lime, and a little lemon. I am definitely looking forward to drinking it when it is done. Hopefully the gravity will drop down a bit more over the next week-week and a half.
 
Slim, got a question, I'm still terribly on the novice side of home brewing as I am fixing to do just me 3rd batch ever. I bought the "Bavarian Hefeweizen" kit from AHB and I'm going to use it to try and make this one. Do you think it will still turn out decent? The difference I can see is it only has the Hallertau hops...
 
Bonnerhaus said:
Slim, got a question, I'm still terribly on the novice side of home brewing as I am fixing to do just me 3rd batch ever. I bought the "Bavarian Hefeweizen" kit from AHB and I'm going to use it to try and make this one. Do you think it will still turn out decent? The difference I can see is it only has the Hallertau hops...
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Hops and yeast make this beer...so I think you can make a good beer, but this recipe has been vetted over and over again...my point is that, go with what you got now, but later try it as is and report back on both!
 
BlackDogBrew said:
Hmm, I brewed up the extract version of this recipe to the "T" following the recommendations on Fri May 3rd... OG was 1.052. Even did a starter for the liquid yeast. Fermented like crazy for the first 4-5 days. Had to put a blowoff tube in. After the first 5 days, put an "S" bubbler in place of the blowoff. Still bubbled like crazy (prob 2-3 per min), but I added the Limeade on May 15th. However, I can't get it to drop below 1.018. That's what it was on May 15th, and that's what it was Mon evening. I have maintained 72 degree temp (heat tape with a temp controller), and even tried adding yeast nutrient & energizer. Bubbles, but not dropping the SG. I realize extract typically does not dry out as much as all-grain, but I've never had a final SG this high. Most of my other extracts are in the 1.010-1.012 range before they sputter out. Thoughts?
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SD-SLIM said:
You have a yeast problem...I would start with temp, 67 to 74 degrees is where you want to be, which means and external temp of 65 to get an internal temp of 70...give this 24 hours, if you see no activity then the issue is that you just got some yeast that couldn't finish the job, but they did most of it so you can just add dry yeast to be cheap or get another vial of Hef IV, but from a different source then you purchased it from...from time to time, if you order online, temps can destroy cells before the yeast arrive, so I always recommend getting the gel cooling packet with it. That should finish your beer off, but I would strongly recommend not washing and reusing this yeast once you are done with the beer...the reason being, that as yeast start to fail, they let of nasty bi-products, now your new yeast will eat all of that, but you still dont want to take the chance with the next batch.
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Slim - Well I tried adding another vial of Hefe yeast from a different local source (it came from their refrig). I checked the best by date and it was well within... I gave it another starter, put it in and waited another week and there still was no movement off the 1.018-1.020 Gravity. So, figured that's what it is going to end up at for me. Again, this was an extract for me.

I put it in 6 - 22oz bottles and kegged the rest on Friday. I have it slow carbing up now and will give it a try later this week.
 
I made this over three weeks ago. I didn't use hefe IV thought. I had a starter if SN kellerweise sitting on the counter and figured that would work just fine. Needless to say I have a sulfery hefe now :(... Ill see how it turns out after its carbed but I'm a bit pissed, oh well that's what I get for not following instructions.
 
Popped open the first two bottles of my 2.5 gallon BIAB batch last night. Holy crap. So so good. Only batch #9 for me, probably the best yet (although batch #2: Chocolate Maple Porter still resonates with me!).

I mashed at 158 and must have gotten good efficiency as well --- my OG was 1.061 (pre-limeade addition). Was in the primary for 19 days, finished at 1.016. In the bottle for 13 days before tasting last night. Really excited to let family and friends try this ... but I have a feeling it'll go quick!

I carbed at only 3 volumes because I happened to bottle this only a week after my first bottle bomb, so I was feeling cautious. Still came out with a great head. Tasty as hell. Lime flavor is there and full, but not overpowering. Lemon is much more subtle. Very full and creamy.

Thanks for the recipe!
 
I am waiting on Hops for this.... hurry up MIDWEST SUPPLIES!!! Sheesh! I guess I shouldn't have thrown that cheap all grain kit on the order, since that's what the hold up is. Grain room backed up with orders, or some s#it.

I was looking at the ingredients on the Simply Limeade bottle. It's just water, sugar and lime juice. So I was thinking about taking a gravity reading of it, calculating the sugar content, and then making a jug of it to taste with lime juice. If I do, I will post the formula here. Might save a few $$ on a batch of this. Heck, you are going to have the limes for the zest anyway!


EDIT:
Per the label, 28g sugar per serving x 7 servings = 196g sugar in the bottle (how much sugar is in a lime? can't be much at all)
So, if you just add about 7oz of corn sugar to the boil, and then add some lime juice to the fermenter....the simply bottle says 12% Lime Jiuce (7oz then?).
This quick calculation makes total sense, as the recipes online for Limeade call for 1c sugar, 1c lime juice, 3c water. Easy peasy.
I think I would puree a lime, rather than use the ReaLime bottled juice. Or use a juicer for it, if you have one.
Just a thought :D
 
Simply Limeade is pasteurized and takes some of the worry out there. Also makes sure you have batch after batch consistency.

fifthcircle said:
I am waiting on Hops for this.... hurry up MIDWEST SUPPLIES!!! Sheesh! I guess I shouldn't have thrown that cheap all grain kit on the order, since that's what the hold up is. Grain room backed up with orders, or some s#it.

I was looking at the ingredients on the Simply Limeade bottle. It's just water, sugar and lime juice. So I was thinking about taking a gravity reading of it, calculating the sugar content, and then making a jug of it to taste with lime juice. If I do, I will post the formula here. Might save a few $$ on a batch of this. Heck, you are going to have the limes for the zest anyway!


EDIT:
Per the label, 28g sugar per serving x 7 servings = 196g sugar in the bottle (how much sugar is in a lime? can't be much at all)
So, if you just add about 7oz of corn sugar to the boil, and then add some lime juice to the fermenter....the simply bottle says 12% Lime Jiuce (7oz then?).
This quick calculation makes total sense, as the recipes online for Limeade call for 1c sugar, 1c lime juice, 3c water. Easy peasy.
I think I would puree a lime, rather than use the ReaLime bottled juice. Or use a juicer for it, if you have one.
Just a thought :D
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fifthcircle said:
I am waiting on Hops for this.... hurry up MIDWEST SUPPLIES!!! Sheesh! I guess I shouldn't have thrown that cheap all grain kit on the order, since that's what the hold up is. Grain room backed up with orders, or some s#it.

I was looking at the ingredients on the Simply Limeade bottle. It's just water, sugar and lime juice. So I was thinking about taking a gravity reading of it, calculating the sugar content, and then making a jug of it to taste with lime juice. If I do, I will post the formula here. Might save a few $$ on a batch of this. Heck, you are going to have the limes for the zest anyway!

EDIT:
Per the label, 28g sugar per serving x 7 servings = 196g sugar in the bottle (how much sugar is in a lime? can't be much at all)
So, if you just add about 7oz of corn sugar to the boil, and then add some lime juice to the fermenter....the simply bottle says 12% Lime Jiuce (7oz then?).
This quick calculation makes total sense, as the recipes online for Limeade call for 1c sugar, 1c lime juice, 3c water. Easy peasy.
I think I would puree a lime, rather than use the ReaLime bottled juice. Or use a juicer for it, if you have one.
Just a thought :D
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You can make your own limeade...however for a couple of bucks, I prefer to take the safe route versus taking the chance to contaminate the beer...having said that, I have brewed several 55 gallon batches of this beer where it made sense to make my own...at the end of the day your the brewer, so find ways to make it fun for you!
 
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Great recipe. Thanks! Man, this beer goes fast. Everyone who tasted this beer loved it. I'm already planning to brew it again.
 
Just checked the gravity today, 1.011 after 3 weeks, so I will be bottling tomorrow. The sample tastes great! I am looking forward to drinking it carbed!
 
I am looking to make a 10 Gallon batch of this for a party on July 27th. Does anyone happen to have a Beersmith 2 recipe made up for this? I get a bit nervous brewing with other people's recipes (generally only brewed with kits) and the Beersmith lays everything out for me.

I fiddled around with the program myself and this is what I came up with for an All Grain 10 Gal batch. Let me know if you guys think this looks right.

Overview
Type: All Grain
Batch Size (fermenter): 10.00 gal
Boil Size: 13.44 gal
End of Boil Volume: 11.44 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
Equipment: Stainless Kegs (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 79.2 %

Ingredients
Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.0 SRM) - 10 lbs 2.0 oz
White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) - 6 lbs 8 oz
Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) - 1 lbs 10 oz
Sorachi Ace [12.00 %] - 0.4 oz - Boil 60.0 min
Motueka [7.00 %] - 0.4 oz - Boil 20.0 min
Sorachi Ace [12.00 %] - 0.4 oz - Boil 7.0 min
Lime Zest - 1.0 oz - Boil 5.0 mins
Hefeweizen IV Ale - 1L Starter (535B Cells - 462B Cells Needed) [Should I dial the Starter back?]

Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.049 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.1%
Bitterness: 14.4 IBUs
Est Color: 4.3 SRM

Mash
Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 18 lbs 3.7 oz
Sparge Water: 9.93 gal
Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Mash PH: 5.20

Mash Steps
Mash In: Add 26.79 qt (6.75 gal) of water at 162.0 F - 152.0 F - 60 min
Sparge Step: Fly sparge with 9.93 gal water at 168.0 F

Thanks in advance for your input/help!
 
Slim, I got the Hefeweizen extract kit from AHS but I also bought Sorachi Ace and Muteaka hops to substitute for the Hallertau and I bought a pound of Vienna malt to mini mash into the kit, should turn out pretty similar to original recipe don't you think?
 
Bonnerhaus said:
Slim, I got the Hefeweizen extract kit from AHS but I also bought Sorachi Ace and Muteaka hops to substitute for the Hallertau and I bought a pound of Vienna malt to mini mash into the kit, should turn out pretty similar to original recipe don't you think?
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It's hard to say....not having tried there kit/extracts its hard to say how it will come out....additionally don't forget the importance of yeast!
 
Slim, I got the Hefeweizen extract kit from AHS but I also bought Sorachi Ace and Muteaka hops to substitute for the Hallertau and I bought a pound of Vienna malt to mini mash into the kit, should turn out pretty similar to original recipe don't you think?
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The AHS kit comes with WLP300, I believe. That yeast will produce a few different flavors than the wlp380 which is what the recipe uses. I have seen in the thread that there are people who have used 300 though.
 
I think I got my stuff worked out now - I found a beersmith file online and it looked to be pretty close to what I had just a little different.

I have 1 more question though: I am going to be making this in a single 10 gallon batch, and I ferment in a single stainless conical fermenter - when I go to add the Simply Limeade should I use 2 bottles? Has anyone else done it this way?
 
slumslum, your hop schedule is messed up in post #985. You want .5oz of Motueka @ 60min not Sorachi Ace. Also if you're doing a 10 gallon batch opposed from a 12 gallon batch, I wouldn't use both 1.75l bottles of limeaid, maybe 3000mL total and maybe .8oz lime zest? I'm making this for the first time tomorrow, here is what I'm doing for a 11 gallon batch:

10# 2row
8# white wheat
2# vienna

.5oz Motueka @ 60min
.5oz Sorachi @ 20min
.5oz Motueka @ 20min
.5oz Sorachi @ 7min
.9oz limezest @ 5min

Going to add 1.5mL of limeaid to one fermenter and 1.75mL of limeaid to another. Cheers
 
slumslum, your hop schedule is messed up in post #985. You want .5oz of Motueka @ 60min not Sorachi Ace. Also if you're doing a 10 gallon batch opposed from a 12 gallon batch, I wouldn't use both 1.75l bottles of limeaid, maybe 3000mL total and maybe .8oz lime zest? I'm making this for the first time tomorrow, here is what I'm doing for a 11 gallon batch:

10# 2row
8# white wheat
2# vienna

.5oz Motueka @ 60min
.5oz Sorachi @ 20min
.5oz Motueka @ 20min
.5oz Sorachi @ 7min
.9oz limezest @ 5min

Going to add 1.5mL of limeaid to one fermenter and 1.75mL of limeaid to another. Cheers
 
Hope it's worth this... And 30 mins later this too! Oh well, the worst brew day is better than any other day at its best! Thanks Slim for the recipe.

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J-Pizzel said:
Hope it's worth this... And 30 mins later this too! Oh well, the worst brew day is better than any other day at its best! Thanks Slim for the recipe.
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Ouch man....just ouch!
 
Sorry if this has been posted, but what is the batch size prior to adding the juice? Definitely making this very soon.
 

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