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Just got my ingredients together for my next brew, a raspberry wheat using DME. This will be my third brew. For my first I used a Brewer's Best kit, and for my second I based my recipe off of a kit, but mixed and matched specialty grains and a few other things here any there. My third batch is basically a recipe I made up through an amalgamation of numerous ones. I just want to make sure I am on the right track before brew day this weekend. Thanks in advance, you guys have been great!
Ingredients:
Process:
Basically I am looking for suggestions or a confirmation that I am on the right track. I guess I am a little confused about how to sparge properly, but from what I understand I steep the grains in my main brew pot for 25 minutes (which I have done with my last two brews), then basically do the same in a separate pot with new water for a bit (sparge??), then combine and continue by removing the spent grains and boiling + adding the DME, etc?
Ingredients:
- 5 lbs wheat DME
- 1 lb light DME
- 10 oz crystal 40 grain
- 1.5 oz Hallertrauer hops
- .5 oz Hallertauer hops (finishing)
- White Labs WLP 320 American Hefeweizen liquid yeast
- 8 oz honey
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp irish moss
- 1 metric buttload of raspberries
Process:
- Steep grains for 25 min @ 160*F
- Sparge grains, add to brew pot with water from steeped grains
- Bring to boil, add all 6 lbs DME (2 gallon boil)
- Add 1 oz hops, return to boil
- Add another .5 oz hops after 30 min boil
- Add honey, vanilla, and last .5 oz hops after 45 min boil
- Add irish moss before flameout
- Ferment 2 weeks in primary
- Rack onto 4 to 5 lb frozen raspberries (after pasteurizing), leave in secondary for 2 weeks
- Bottle condition 3 weeks
- PARTY
Basically I am looking for suggestions or a confirmation that I am on the right track. I guess I am a little confused about how to sparge properly, but from what I understand I steep the grains in my main brew pot for 25 minutes (which I have done with my last two brews), then basically do the same in a separate pot with new water for a bit (sparge??), then combine and continue by removing the spent grains and boiling + adding the DME, etc?