Wheat beer recipe

[jmusic_man]

Hi All,

I've been home brewing for about a month and I'm about to brew my fourth batch; a Cooper's wheat beer extract...

I was reading a recipes on their website for Hefeveizen which calls for an additional can of wheat malt, which I don't have. What I do have is this:

1x Cooper's wheat beer can
1x light dry malt (500g)
1x Cooper's brew enhancer 1 (1kg)
And a bunch of dextrose...

Should I throw all of this together? Would you suggest any modifications?

Thanks guys,
James

P.S. this is also the first brew that I'll be making with my lady. She's on board!

 

[kasky99]

Wait, are you saying that you want to make a wheat beer but have no wheat malt? Or am I missing something? Are you saying that you have to complete kit but the website is suggesting you use MORE wheat malt? If you are saying that you want to raise your gravity using dextrose keep in mind that simple sugars will dry out your beer.

 

[jmusic_man]

Sorry for the confusion. Yes. I just have the Cooper's extract can of 'wheat beer', but no can of wheat malt... The Hefeweizen recipe on their site calls for a can of the wheat malt.

I assume there is sufficient wheat malt content in the one can to make a satisfying brew? Should I add the brew enhancer and the light dry malt? Just one?

 

[kasky99]

Despite what the website says, what are the instructions on the kit? And can you give me a link to the site as well?

 

[jmusic_man]

The can just says 500g of light dry malt, and 300g dextrose.

Here's the site link: http://www.coopers.com.au/the-brewers-guild/how-to-brew/ale/hefeweizen

 

[jmusic_man]

The can just says 500g light dry malt and 300g dextrose. I tried to post a link, but says my post has to be approved by a moderator. If you search coopers hefeweizen, it's right on the coopers site.

 

[bottlebomber]

You have to have more posts to send links, to avoid spammers. Is this what you have?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002W7KE32/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[kasky99]

Edit: ok I see what is going on here. I looked up the recipe itself vs the recomended recipe. Ok here is how it goes. If you just use the can you will have to use the sugar to get to your target gravity, this can dry out your beer and give it a cidery taste. You have the option though of replacing the sugar with more malt extract. If possible I would get the extract, but you can just use what came with the can along with the dextrose.

 

[barrooze]

What percentage of sugar is suggested? The statement of "if you use simple sugars, you'll get a cidery taste" is pure garbage. Yes it'll dry out your beer (personally, I try to get ALL my beers as dry as possible) but no, it won't give a cidery taste. Keep in mind, you should be trying to control your fermentation temps. I think people who use a ton of sugar also ferment at high temps. This could be the source of the cidery rumours.

 

[bottlebomber]

I just worked 6 pounds of sugar though my 120 clone. No ciders taste. I agree that high fermentation temps will produce fusels and other funky off flavors though.