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Dougs Wheat

Dougs Wheat

American Wheat or Rye Beer • All Grain • 11 gal

dmccrackin

Plain with German Hops and CalAle.

August 19, 2014  03:41pm

2.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain11 gal)

  • 5 lbs Pilsner Malt;Weyermann®

    Pilsner Malt;Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics:Perfect foundation grist for all lagers. Excellent modification and favorable protein and glucan levels. Excellent lautering properties. Provides finished beer with substantial body and mouthfeel, as well as good foam development and head retention. Very flexible grain with high extract efficiency for reliable lager-making in any brew house, including pub ale systems. Yields optimum results for any process⎯from single-step to multi-step infusion, to decoction. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): All lagers, especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer, Belgian beers

  • 5 lbs 2-Row Brewers Malt;Briess

    2-Row Brewers Malt;Briess

    Mild malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Base malt for all beer styles • Smoother, less grainy flavor than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slightly higher yield than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slight lower protein than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 8 lbs White Wheat Malt;Briess

    White Wheat Malt;Briess

    Sweet, malty, wheat, floury flavors. Characteristics & Applications: • Imparts malty flavor not obtainable from raw wheat. • Use with rice hulls to improve lautering and help prevent stuck mash. • White Wheat Malt contributes to foam production and foam stability.

  • 2 lbs Biscuit Malt;Castle Malting

    Biscuit Malt;Castle Malting

    Features: Unique and very special Belgian malt. Lightly kilned, then lightly torrefied up to 160°C. Usage: All special beers and as well for English ales, brown ales and porters. Recommended proportion: up to 15% of the grist. Characteristics: Biscuit malt produces a very pronounced "toasty" finish in the beer. Imparts a warm bread and biscuit like aroma and flavour. Biscuit Malt promotes a light to medium warm brown colour to the mash. This malt is used to improve the roasted flavour and aroma that characterize ales and lagers lending the subtle properties of black and chocolate malts. No enzymes. Must be mashed with malts having a surplus of diastatic power.

  • 1 oz Sterling -8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Sterling

    Perceived to be similar to a Saaz and Mt. Hood combination. Finding favor as a Saaz replacement.

  • 2 oz Hallertau -2.5 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • 1 oz Sterling -8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    Sterling

    Perceived to be similar to a Saaz and Mt. Hood combination. Finding favor as a Saaz replacement.

  • White LabsWLP001California Ale

    White LabsWLP001California Ale

    This yeast is famous for its clean flavors, balance and ability to be used in almost any style ale. It accentuates the hop flavors and is extremely versatile.

Notes

Mash at 154

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 -Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: D -American Wheat or Rye Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.053 1.040 -1.055
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.008 -1.013
Color: 7.8 SRM 3 -6
Alcohol: 5.5% ABV 4% -5.5%
Bitterness: 20.5 IBU 15 -30

Discussion

dmccrackin

Too sweet

2014-11-02 10:28am

This beer attenuated fine, from 1.052 to 1.014, with a 154 degree F mash temp. However, the finished beer is too sweet. Might be the lack of bitterness, but a lower mash temp might have been more appropriate, to dry this one out as much as possible.

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