Small-Batch Blueberry Wheat
Fruit Beer • Extract • 1.5 gal
a heavy blueberry wheat ale made by small batch
August 8, 2010 pm 05:44pm
Ingredients (Extract, 1.5 gal)
- 1 lbs
Liquid Light Extract
Liquid Light Extract
A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- 1.5 lbs
Wheat Liquid; Alexanders
Wheat Liquid; Alexanders
American-made malt extract which is famous for its very light color. The light color of this malt extract makes it ideal for brewing many American and German style beers. 60% wheat & 40% 2 row barley, great base for wheat beers.
- 0.25 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 0.10 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- 0.946 l
Blueberry Extract - (omitted from calculations)
Blueberry Extract
Flavor extract. Blueberries are bright blue berries with soft mildly sweet interior.
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Wyeast 3056 Bavarian Wheat Blend™
Wyeast 3056 Bavarian Wheat Blend™
Blend of top-fermenting ale and wheat strains producing mildly estery and phenolic wheat beers.
Notes
Frozen Blueberries and Blueberry Juice are used to quickly cool down the mash, added at the end of the boil. Also, their sugars are not calculated by beertools, so sugar/alcohol levels will be higher than listed
Style (BJCP)
Category: 20 - Fruit Beer
Subcategory: A - Fruit Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.057 | 1.026 - 1.120 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.011 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 6.6 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.0% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 36.2 IBU | 0 - 100 |
