Cantaloupe Wheat
Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 5 gal
Wheat brewed with 2 cantaloupe
August 21, 2013 pm 10:24pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 4 lbs
American 2-row
American 2-row
Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt
- 5 lbs
German Wheat Malt Light
German Wheat Malt Light
Typical top fermented aroma, produces superb wheat beers.
- .25 lbs
Honey Malt
Honey Malt
Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.
- 1 lbs
Rice Hulls
Rice Hulls
Rice Hulls are used as a filter medium, mostly used in all grain wheat beers to help prevent a stuck mash.
- .5 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
-
Wyeast 1010 American Wheat™
Wyeast 1010 American Wheat™
A dry fermenting, true top cropping yeast which produces a dry, slightly tart, crisp beer, in American hefeweisen style.
Notes
juice the cantaloupe, add the pulp to the mash, and freeze the juice. after fermentation has come to a stop, boil the juice with bottling sugar and add it at bottling
Style (BJCP)
Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer
Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.047 | 1.044 - 1.052 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.011 | 1.010 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 4.5 SRM | 2 - 8 | |
| Alcohol: | 4.7% ABV | 4.3% - 5.6% | |
| Bitterness: | 10.1 IBU | 8 - 15 |
Discussion
Bottle Experiment
2013-09-20 11:25am
Using the cantaloupe juice for bottling gave beer a strong melon flavor. Should have strained more as there are bottles with a large amount of unmixed cantaloupe in it
