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Aeatherion's Lemonade Stand Summer Ale

Aeatherion's Lemonade Stand Summer Ale

American Wheat or Rye Beer • Extract • 5 gal

Aeatherion

Just got the ingredients today and will be brewing this weekend. I wanted Extra Light DME but the local shop only had Light DME, so the color is going to be a bit darker than I'd like, but we'll see how it turns out. I'll update upon transfer to secondary.

April 21, 2005 pm 03:29pm

2.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • .5 lbs Dextrine Malt

    Dextrine Malt

    In light-colored beers to give additional body. Adds richness without color.

  • 2.5 lbs Dry Wheat; Muntons

    Dry Wheat; Muntons

    Made with a preponderance of wheat malt (55%) for the production of wheat or Weiss beers. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 2 lbs Dry Light; Muntons

    Dry Light; Muntons

    Used as the base for a wide variety of styles of beers, including lager, pale ales, bitters, and export bitters. Contains no colored malts.

  • 1 lbs Wheat Flaked

    Wheat Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 1.5 oz Saaz - 2.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 1 oz Saaz - 2.5 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • .5 oz Saaz - 2.5 AA% whole; boiled 5 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 1 tsp Irish Moss @15 min. - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss @15 min.

  • 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

Steep Dextrin Malt & Flaked Wheat in 3 gal. water @ 150F for 30 minutes. Sparge with 1 gal. water @ 150F. Bring brewpot volume to 5.5 gal., bring to boil and add DME. Zest of 2 lemons added into secondary prior to transfer from primary.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: D - American Wheat or Rye Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.047 1.040 - 1.055
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.008 - 1.013
Color: 6.6 SRM 3 - 6
Alcohol: 4.8% ABV 4% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 20.0 IBU 15 - 30

Discussion

Aeatherion

Too lemony!

2005-06-24 1:08pm

I entered the beer in a local brewpub's homebrew contest, and well, let's just say the comments included "not quite furniture polish lemony, but close" and "lemon overpowers any other flavors present". I never thought the zest from 2 small lemons could pack so much of a punch! Folks who have tried the beer enjoy it, at least noone has expressed displeasure with it. It's a light, thirst quenching drink, that's for certain. Next go round, I'll use half or maybe a quarter of the lemon zest and see what happens. I think I also want to increase the wheat taste just a bit.

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