Recipe input - Spring Wheat Ale

[JZehr]

Hey guys, I am looking for some input on a recipe I have been throwing together. I don't have my BeerSmith file at work so here goes from memory:

4 lbs American 2-row
4 lbs White Wheat malt
.5 lbs Honey Malt
.5 lbs Flaked wheat

Mash @ 150F for 1 hr
Fly sparge at 168F

.25 oz Sorachi Ace @ 60
.25 oz Sorachi Ace @ 20
.50 oz Saphir @ 20
1 oz crushed Coriander seed at 15
.25 oz Sorachi Ace @ 8
.50 oz Saphir @ 8

Ferment at 68-70 with WLP001

Im looking for a light, lemony wheat ale with some sweetness from the honey malt. Don't know the SG offhand, but the ABV was predicted around 5.2%.

Any thoughts? Thanks!!
JZ

 

[JZehr]

Decided to change this up a little, brewing it tomorrow! Hoping the Sorachi and Saphir will give the citrus character I want.

Recipe: Citrus Honey Wheat
Brewer: JZ
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 5.86 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.36 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.85 gal
Estimated OG: 1.055 SG
Estimated Color: 6.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 21.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.3 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 1 52.6 %
3 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 31.6 %
1 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3 10.5 %
8.0 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.3 %
0.50 oz Saphir [4.20 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5 4.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Sorachi Ace [10.90 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 12.4 IBUs
0.25 oz Saphir [4.20 %] - Boil 8.0 min Hop 7 1.2 IBUs
0.25 oz Sorachi Ace [10.90 %] - Boil 8.0 min Hop 8 3.1 IBUs
0.25 oz Saphir [4.20 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Sorachi Ace [10.90 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Weihenstephan Weizen (Wyeast Labs #3068) Yeast 11 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 12.48 qt of water at 163.1 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun, , 4.03gal) of 168.0 F water

 

[GuldTuborg]

Looks good to me. If you're looking to have something flavorful, yet refreshing, I think you could get there with this recipe.

 

[Cuzco_Brew]

How did this turn out?

 

[SimBrew]

I'd like to know also, I'll be doing one soon and don't really know where to go with it.

 

[JZehr]

It wasn't bad. If I brewed it again, I think I would drop the honey malt to 1/4 lb and use a cleaner American yeast. I don't feel like I got any of the citrus flavors I was expecting from the hops; I might add a little coriander to the boil as well.

Enjoy!