American Wheat Beer Summer Citrus Wheat

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

I'm thinking of brewing this one up next. I'm not a huge wheat fan, but thought I'd give this one a try. A couple of questions though, my LHBSs don't carry Wyeast products, would White Labs WLP320 work? It's an American Hefeweizen yeast also. Also, the orange peel additions, I'm assuming that when it says boil 5 minutes it means add to the wort the last 5 minutes of the boil, correct?

Thanks

Yes on the yeast, and yes on the orange peel. Let me know how the White Labs yeast works out, I've only used it once before but not on this recipe. Cheers!

 

[smuth10]

I have made this twice now and just wanted to give props to TwoHeadsBrewing for this recipe. The first one turned out great. As a matter of fact, it went over so well with my wife and friends I had to make another batch today. It was gone in just over a week.

Thanks again!

 

[CaliBrewin]

i saw in an earlier post someone asked if this has been done with a clean ferment yeast (e.g. us-05). was thinking of doing this with wlp001 as we dont get wyeast out here in the south bay area of california.

anyone have experience with this? ill prolly brew it anyway in the next couple of weeks.

 

[wcarter1227]

I brewed this with us o5 and it came out wonderful, the cascades and the orange peel shined right through. i would definately do it with the wlp001.

 

[CaliBrewin]

awesome, i will post back on my results with the wlp001.

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

I have made this twice now and just wanted to give props to TwoHeadsBrewing for this recipe. The first one turned out great. As a matter of fact, it went over so well with my wife and friends I had to make another batch today. It was gone in just over a week.

Thanks again!

I'm glad it turned out well, sounds like everyone else around liked it too! I have to brew this every 4-6 weeks just to keep it on tap...and that's 10 gallon batches. Cheers!

 

[Olive Drab]

I made this one with TwoHeadsBrewing this weekend. I made the extract version. it looks pretty good! I cant wait to try it out.

what was the extract recipe

 

[alcibiades]

i mixed 1010 and s-05 in my summer wheat and it came out PERFECT - just some slight banana and "wheatiness"...just enough to know its a wheat beer, but not enough to remind me I don't like wheat beers.

 

[WVbrewer]

Just tapped the keg on this one. Brewed at the request of a wheat beer loving friend (I'm not really familiar with many wheats). I used s-05 for a cleaner profile. Not bad. One question, is it normal for this brew to have a touch of "tang"? I'm not talking lacto flavor. Is this a characteristic of wheat malt, or am I just catching the orange peel? Thanks, Dave

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

I don't really get a tang, but there should be a decent amount of malty sweetness to the beer. The orange peel usually is just enough to come out in the aroma and a little in the taste.

 

[WVbrewer]

Thanks Twoheads, I went the local brew store last night and picked up a couple wheats to familiarize myself with the style (Widmer, flying dog, and Harpoon ufo). They indeed have the flavor I'm experiencing...I guess it's more of a tart sensation then a tang...make sense? My wife, who doesn't like beer (wine through and through), tasted all the offerings including your recipe and felt that the summer citrus was very much like the widmer....and yes she liked it. I'll be delivering the keg to my buddy this weekend, but it appears I'll be brewing up a batch for my wife now....I'm glad she found something she likes. Thanks for the recipe

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

Interesting, I'll have to check those beers out and do a comparison test. Glad the recipe has been well received!

Cheers!

 

[TacoGuthrie]

I made this back in the summer because i wanted a quick grain to glass and a good summer quaffer. Well when i tried it after 2 or 3 weeks in the bottle it was very thin. The wife described it as 'watery'. I kept drinking it, but slowly and only on really hot days (of which there aren't many around here). This beer got better and better with age, surprisingly. The orange flavour has deepened and made the beer not so tart. I feel like the body has come a long way the past two months in the bottle as well. I now only have 2 bottles left and am sad to see it go. It makes a nice light dinner beer.

I would make it again, but probably mash a little higher.

Another funny thing is that my beer is crystal clear, which a) doesn't usually happen to my homebrew and b) isn't what i expected with the wheat in the grain bill.

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

I too have seen variations in the clarity and body of this beer. I chalk it up to different mash temps, variation in the boil, or variation in the yeast. I try to keep all of those factors constant but there is only so much you can do in a home brewery. Another thing to take a look at is water composition, as very hard or very soft water can affect the mash and therefore the body of the beer.

 

[TacoGuthrie]

You';re right. It's hard to keep some things consistent in home brewing. I kind of like that though.

Water is an interesting one. I've got very very soft water here. The profile is really close to Pilsen, which doesn't help me out too much considering I usually want to make IPAs. I usually add 1-2 tsp of gypsum to the mash water to harden it up. I did so with this recipe too.

 

[findlaym]

does someone have a conversion to extract for this? I saw it mentioned above but I think I need beersmith or promash to read that .xml file attached on the OP right?

sounds amazing. I was enjoying some belgan wheat beers the other night at a local tap house and I am stoked to try brewing some of my own. could maybe become my house beer...

 

[BostonJ]

Has anyone tried to convert this recipe to a partial mash? I pulled the grain out and replaced it with 5.75 lbs Wheat extract, 1 pound 2-row (grain) and 1 pound of American Wheat (grain). Everything else is the same. What do you think?

 

[brokenanchor]

Brewing this tasty treat today, and just mashed in. I'll be taking naughty beer pron pictures as well.

 

[smuth10]

Looking forward to brewing this one a lot this year. It was a fan favorite last summer

 

[brokenanchor]

Brew day went off without a hitch...until I was chilling and I realized I forgot to add the orange peel (doh). I ended up throwing them in a couple cups of water boiled them for a few minutes and then poured it into the cooling pot. Also got to use the remaining snow to help chill!

 

[brokenanchor]

This beer turned out to be a real pleaser. It's only spent 2 weeks in bottles, but they're starting to go faster than I'd like. The girl seems to love them. I was able to brew it with some locally grown white wheat from a guy who donated 20 lbs of it in return for a 6 pack. It was still pretty chilly here when I fermented, so I had no problem keeping the US-05 right around 65. Very clean profile and too damn easy to drink. Put together a label for the bottles I gave my girlfriend and thought I'd share. Props to you TwoHeads, I'll definitely be brewing this a lot this summer!

 

[reflexbug]

Just bought all the supplies for this one. This Will be my first brew. Just waiting for my brewing equipment to come in will report back with how it turns out.

 

[ElevenBrewCo]

What color did this turn out? I just brewed it and its a light amber color. Granted i brewed it while a little bit tipsy. I figured it would be a light color. I also messed up and forgot to put the rice hulls in it.....whoooops

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[bmason1623]

So what's the consensus on the yeast for this beer, Wyeast 1010 or S-05? Plan on making this one early this week. Thanks.

 

[brokenanchor]

What color did this turn out? I just brewed it and its a light amber color. Granted i brewed it while a little bit tipsy. I figured it would be a light color. I also messed up and forgot to put the rice hulls in it.....whoooops

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I had mine back to back with a Blue Moon and a Boulevard Wheat, and it looked almost identical to both of them. Taste was definitely different, but I liked the citrus forward flavor.

 

[ElevenBrewCo]

I had mine back to back with a Blue Moon and a Boulevard Wheat, and it looked almost identical to both of them. Taste was definitely different, but I liked the citrus forward flavor.

Ah i see where i went wrong. I used american 2 row which gave it a darker color

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[RachEAlex]

Really wanted to brew a citrusy wheat next, summer is around the corner after all! I think this will be the perfect recipe! I've been wanting to try Summit hops, so I was wondering how you think they'd work in this recipe?

 

[ElevenBrewCo]

After two weeks my secondary smells like apples....i tasteit before carb and it did taste a bit funny. I kegged it and letting it sit for a day. Is it still ok?

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[sdillow]

Chose this recipe for my first all grain today. Went well. Only used .5 lb of rice hulls and no stuck sparge. Hit the numbers almost dead on, can't wait to try.

 

[nootay]

i plan on doing this in a couple weeks, thanks for posting!