Wheat beer
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catdaddy66
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4.5 lbs American 2row
4.5 lbs White Wheat malt
2 cans of Vinter's Reserve sweet cherry purée
1oz cascade hops @ 60 min
1700mL starter WLP001/WLP862 (Cry Havoc) yeast
Whirfloc
Mash grains @152F in 1.5 qt/lb of water for 60min.
Mash out @170F for 10 min.
Sparge and collect 7 gallons of wort.
Pitch yeast and ferment at 65 F degrees. Toward the end of primary fermentation add fruit directly to primary or add fruit to secondary and rack beer on top of fruit. I prefer adding to primary. Less risk of contamination... and leave head space for vigorous fermentation created by the fruit.
The beer turned out great if I change anything I might bitter next time with a lower alpha hop.
4.5 lbs White Wheat malt
2 cans of Vinter's Reserve sweet cherry purée
1oz cascade hops @ 60 min
1700mL starter WLP001/WLP862 (Cry Havoc) yeast
Whirfloc
Mash grains @152F in 1.5 qt/lb of water for 60min.
Mash out @170F for 10 min.
Sparge and collect 7 gallons of wort.
Pitch yeast and ferment at 65 F degrees. Toward the end of primary fermentation add fruit directly to primary or add fruit to secondary and rack beer on top of fruit. I prefer adding to primary. Less risk of contamination... and leave head space for vigorous fermentation created by the fruit.
The beer turned out great if I change anything I might bitter next time with a lower alpha hop.
catdaddy66
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I added fruit at the request of my daughter but the recipe will work without it I would think. And you could probably use a smaller starter if you omit the fruit.
