Opinions on this Wheat Recipe

[fireantz]

I got a recipe for a Weissbier and wanted to modify it. Do you think this would be worth it to try out?

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6 lbs 9.6 oz Wheat Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 90.0 %
1 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 10.0 %
0.75 oz Hallertauer [4.80%] (60 min) Hops 9.4 IBU
1.00 oz Tettnang [4.80%] (10 min) Hops 4.6 IBU
0.50 oz Orange Peel, Sweet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs German Wheat (Wyeast Labs #3333) [Starter 0 gal] Yeast-Wheat

Est Original Gravity: 1.049 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Bitterness: 16.9 IBU
Est Color: 7.7 SRM

What if I bumped the liquid extract to 9 lbs? BeerSmith estimates this:
Est Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.4 %
Bitterness: 14.0 IBU
Est Color: 9.5 SRM

 

[homebrewer_99]

If you're making a German-style Hefe Weizen then there's no orange peel and no second hopping.

Also, if you bump up the LME you also need to bump up the bittering hops.

Other than that it's a sound HW recipe.

HWs are really as simple as they can get. There's no need to complicate it.

As far a recipe formations go I tend to advise new brewers to learn what each ingredient you use can do, by itself and in conjunction with other ingredients.

You don't have to become an instant brainiac about the ingredients...God knows I'm not (boy, am I ever going to get feedback on that one...)

For instance, if you use the orange then you should switch your yeast to a Belgium-style so you can make a Wit.

If you drop the orange and change the yeast to an American Ale you'd end up with an American Wheat beer.

See how easy that is to understand?

Let us know what you plan to do and the results.

Happy brewing and welcome to the forum.