Wee Wheatie

[El Pistolero]

I've got a bit of extract laying around that I want to get rid of, and I've been wanting to do an American Wheat for a while...something like Boulevard Wheat. I thought I'd give this a try:

Wee Wheatie
6 lbs. Wheat DME
4.75 lbs. Pale LME
1.5 oz. Hallertau (bittering)
White Labs American Hefe yeast

According to Beer Recipator, for a 6.5 gallon batch this comes out to 1.061 OG and 21 IBU...both just a wee high for an American Hefe, so at least it'll be balanced. Whatcha all think?

 

[SwAMi75]

Looks good and straightforward to me!

 

[Tony]

The American Hefe yeast is nice and crisp with a good clean flavor. It will allow the Hallertau to come through well. Good luck with it.

 

[El Pistolero]

The American Hefe yeast is nice and crisp with a good clean flavor.

That's good to hear...I'm a little burned out on the extreme banannity of the german hefe yeast.

 

[Indiana Red]

I've got a bit of extract laying around that I want to get rid of, and I've been wanting to do an American Wheat for a while...something like Boulevard Wheat. I thought I'd give this a try:

Wee Wheatie
6 lbs. Wheat DME
4.75 lbs. Pale LME
1.5 oz. Hallertau (bittering)
White Labs American Hefe yeast

According to Beer Recipator, for a 6.5 gallon batch this comes out to 1.061 OG and 21 IBU...both just a wee high for an American Hefe, so at least it'll be balanced. Whatcha all think?

Sounds tasty

 

[El Pistolero]

Wee Wheatie
6 lbs. Wheat DME
4.75 lbs. Pale LME
1.5 oz. Hallertau (bittering)
.25 oz. Cascade (flavor)
.25 oz. Cascade (aroma)
.25 oz EKG (aroma)
White Labs American Hefe yeast

I racked this to secondary today, one day shy of three weeks. I started to rack it a week ago, but the SG was still 1.030, and then it got a second krauzen and bubbled at 5 BPM for another seven days.

I was looking for an American Wheat with a little extra citrus flavor and aroma...boy did I get it! This tastes and smells like grapefruit juice. I am extremely pleased with myself.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Do you need a knife and fork to drink it?

I usually don't use more than 6 lbs for my weizens.

 

[Kaiser]

I was about to say: "save some extract for starters", but then I saw that you already brewed it. You almost made an American Weizenbock there .

Don't you love how such simple recipes can turn out so tasty

Kai

 

[homebrewer_99]

Not knowing the %AA you still only have 2 oz of hops for almost 11 lbs of malt.

 

[El Pistolero]

Do you need a knife and fork to drink it? I usually don't use more than 6 lbs for my weizens.

I usually don't either...I just wanted to get rid of the LME before it got too old.

Not knowing the %AA you still only have 2 oz of hops for almost 11 lbs of malt.

It came out to 19 IBU...a bit high for a weizen, but every beer I've made to this point has been too sweet, and I wanted to correct that. From the sample you can taste the bitterness, so it's too much for the style, but about right for my taste.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

It came out to 19 IBU...a bit high for a weizen, but every beer I've made to this point has been too sweet, and I wanted to correct that. From the sample you can taste the bitterness, so it's too much for the style, but about right for my taste.

I did ~19IBU for my Weizenbock given the ~8%abv...we can compare notes in a few months! I'm also having a rather extended ferment...17 days with a serious kraeusen and ~6-8bpm (Wyeast 3068). I'm pretty sure the warm weather kicked it up a bit. I started at 1074 with this one, I'm curious to see where it stops.

 

[Chairman Cheyco]

so it's too much for the style, but about right for my taste.

Now THAT is the true beauty of home brewing!

 

[homebrewer_99]

I usually don't either...I just wanted to get rid of the LME before it got too old.

It came out to 19 IBU...a bit high for a weizen, but every beer I've made to this point has been too sweet, and I wanted to correct that. From the sample you can taste the bitterness, so it's too much for the style, but about right for my taste.

That's what it's all about...your taste.