American Wheat Beer Orange American Wheat

[rmcdermo]

I brewed the extract version of this awesome recipe. Great Summer beer. Thanks for posting it.

Rob

 

[JeffoC6]

Just put this in my fermentation chamber...
SG: 1.057...Very happy.
Smelled awesome! Looking forward to this one!

 

[Disintegr8or]

I just kegged my 30th gallon of this.

I think I am going to upgrade my equipment to do 10 gallon batches over the winter. I can't keep this stuff around.

 

[JeffoC6]

Fermentation underway. Smells like oranges in my fermentation chamber!
Good lord I have a feeling this beer is going to be amazing. I only do 1 gallon batches now, but wanted to assure I used enough orange, so I used 0.6 oz of zest in my batch. I definitely think it'll shine through. Can't WAIT to drink this one.

 

[KavDaven]

Originally, I was going to brew up a plain old wheat beer this weekend, and the following weekend rack a Honey Kolsch on to half the remaining yeast cake.

If I use this recipe, any ideas how the orange zest, remaining in the cake, will impact the Kolsch? I don't need to follow a traditional Kolsch brew, so a little orange won't scare me.

The Kolsch recipe will be
6.75 Rahr Pilsner
1 Rahr White Wheat
0.25 Honey Malt
1 Honey

 

[eviljay]

When I dumped my yeast I picks out some orange peel and tasted them out of curiosity. Virtually no flavor, t probably won't impact the kolsch.

 

[atom]

brewing tomorrow...lhbs was out of flaked wheat...i hope it doesn't change the taste too much.

 

[Pablosanjari]

How Important is the flaked wheat in this recipe. My Order arrived today minus the flaked wheat as the supplier is out of stock.
Is there something I can do, short of waiting it out until its in stock again?
Thanks in advance

Slainte!

 

[Newbeerguy]

How Important is the flaked wheat in this recipe. My Order arrived today minus the flaked wheat as the supplier is out of stock.
Is there something I can do, short of waiting it out until its in stock again?
Thanks in advance

Slainte!

It can be brewed without it. I used it in this recipe to add a little more smoothness and head retention. It does add some flavor (like a wheat "bite" or tang) but it really shouldn't change the flavor too much. I just like wheat beers that have that bite to them. Keep us posted!

 

[LouBrew13]

I brewed this and it's now ready for the masses. I used saaz for spiciness. It's delicious and a keeper.

 

[Schecter]

Fermentation underway, 100% to recipe...smells glorious. Thanks Newbeerguy for forcing me to go AG

 

[Newbeerguy]

Fermentation underway, 100% to recipe...smells glorious. Thanks Newbeerguy for forcing me to go AG

Glad I could help! :rockin:

 

[Newbeerguy]

I brewed this and it's now ready for the masses. I used saaz for spiciness. It's delicious and a keeper.

Lookin' good! How do you like the saaz hops in this?

 

[LouBrew13]

It turned out really well. Some nice orange aroma balanced with hop floral notes and spice. Clean and refreshing.

 

[shadows69]

Just a quick question is there a certain kind of orange (brand) to use in this or just any you find in the grocery store? Thanks.

 

[Pablosanjari]

This is smelling great in the fermenter. Going into secondary in a few days.
Just wondering if I wanted to to a half batch of this or any other beer for that matter , is it just a case of halving the recipe ?

 

[Newbeerguy]

Just a quick question is there a certain kind of orange (brand) to use in this or just any you find in the grocery store? Thanks.

I pretty much use whatever the store has, I believe I've used Valencia and Naval and I couldn't taste any difference.

 

[mux]

Brewing this for the third time tomorrow night. Pitching WLP001 slurry from an IPA.

 

[Schecter]

I think the color turned out BRILLIANT. I'll update you on the head/taste soon...my friends an I are very excited and I have already reordered the ingredients.
Cheers

 

[jaynik]

Said good bye to this keg today. This was a great brew. I will try some more orange peel next time. I enjoyed this much more than I expected to. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[eviljay]

I pitched 1450 and I got so much orange flavor. 2 oz was ideal.

 

[jaynik]

I won't believe you until I taste it!
Where'd you get the 1450?

 

[eviljay]

Annapolis home brew

 

[Helly]

Trying this one today. Very excited about it.

Edit: Brew day went smoothly. Hit 1.052 so I'm very close to the recipe. Tasted great. Very excited about this one.

 

[kstatemallards]

Just picked up the ingredients for this. Going to brew later in the week after I free up a carboy.

 

[Benzene]

So I'm going to brew this for the third time tomorrow. I was contemplating substituting some dried orange peel granules I bought from Whole Foods instead of the fresh zest. Has anyone done this in this beer, and if so, does anyone have an idea of the relative amounts to add? I added between 2-4 oz of fresh zest in the past but I don't know how to convert that to dried. I'm thinking a 50% reduction in the amount due to the loss of water.

 

[Helly]

Trying this one today. Very excited about it.

Edit: Brew day went smoothly. Hit 1.052 so I'm very close to the recipe. Tasted great. Very excited about this one.

I just kegged this today. Super excited about it. I have tried some other wheat recipes but this one is a keeper. Thanks for sharing, I'd highly recommend trying it.

 

[cgsrfr]

I'm just learning how to plug this recipe in BeerSmith 2. I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I have all the ingredients in there but the Est. Original Gravity is off from the recipe, ABV is off, and the bitterness is way off. Do I just slide those over to match?

 

[Newbeerguy]

I'm just learning how to plug this recipe in BeerSmith 2. I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I have all the ingredients in there but the Est. Original Gravity is off from the recipe, ABV is off, and the bitterness is way off. Do I just slide those over to match?

Hi cgsrfr,

There are alot of variables that can change those values. Effiency will effect the Original Gravity and ABV, also the amount of Alpha Acids your hops actually have will affect the bitterness. How far off is the bitterness?

My suggestion is to be plug in all your variables (your typical effiency, your hops actual AA%, ect and see where it gets you. Scale the recipe accordingly.

 

[emprbasist]

I'm just learning how to plug this recipe in BeerSmith 2. I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I have all the ingredients in there but the Est. Original Gravity is off from the recipe, ABV is off, and the bitterness is way off. Do I just slide those over to match?

Also make sure the recipe type is set to all-grain. I think it is set to extract by default and I've forgot to change that a few times and took me a while to figure out why all my numbers were so far off.