Orange-Willamette Wheat Beer

[jmprdood]

I brewed this up a couple of weeks ago to introduce my BMC drinking friends to craft brew...watching football now and it is a hit!

HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Orange-Willamette Wheat Beer

Brew Method: Extract
Style Name: Weizen/Weissbier
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Boil Size: 2 gallons
Efficiency:

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.052
Final Gravity: 1.014
ABV (standard): 4.89%
IBU (tinseth): 12.29
SRM (morey): 6.04

FERMENTABLES:
3.3 lb - Liquid Malt Extract - Wheat (52.38%)
1.5 lb - Dry Malt Extract - Wheat (23.81%)
1.5 lb - Cane Sugar (23.81%)

HOPS:
1 oz - Willamette (AA 4.8) for 30 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil
1 oz - Willamette (AA 4.8) for 20 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
2 oz - Orange Zest, Time: 5 min, Type: Flavor, Use: Boil

YEAST:
Munton and Fison (overpitched w/ 2 sachets of yeast to get vigorous fermentation)
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Average Attenuation: 72%
Flocculation: High
Optimum Temperature: 64 F - 70 F

PRIMING:
Method: Bottle w/ cane sugar
Amount: 1 Tsp per 16oz bottle


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Date: 2012-01-14 22:06:11 (UTC)

8 days in primary (FG stable from day 5)
8 days in bottle

Would definitely benefit from another week of conditioning - but great right now. Hops and malt balanced nicely and the slight orange hint is perfect. Will be brewing this again soon.

 

[Allen55330]

Think I my try this for the summer time. Did you strain the orange zest out after the boil? And did you use fresh orange zest?

 

[jmprdood]

Yep - strained out the zest (fresh - used a micro plane to just get the color off) and hop residue. It fermented out quickly (8 days) and we were drinking it after 8 days in the bottle. It'll be great if it lasts another couple of weeks. The orange is there and the hops are just enough to balance it out.

Really easy beer and my non-craft brew friends loved it.

 

[Realidad]

How was the carbonation?

BTW your pic of it looks absolutely perfect. I'd pay money to try that after conditioning.

 

[jmprdood]

Turned out great - better than I had hoped for. I'm drinking it now and the carbonation is spot on as it is now just over a month in the bottle. The orange is in the background, but definitely there. I'll be brewing this again in a couple of weeks. Here's the pic for everyone else.

 

[unionrdr]

That does look good. Just the right amount of mistiness too.

 

[Realidad]

That does look good. Just the right amount of mistiness too.

Absolutely, thats what had me sold on it. :rockin: