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Belgian Wheat

Belgian Wheat

Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 11.5 gal

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June 5, 2006 am 09:38am

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Ingredients (All Grain11.5 gal)

  • 10 lbs Golden Promise Pale

    Golden Promise Pale

    An especially sweet and clean variety of barley which results in full and malty sweet beer. It has superb hush integrity and delivers fast and consistent mash tun drainage. This malt variety is perfect for brewing up a clear, bright pint.

  • 6 lbs White Wheat Malt

    White Wheat Malt

    Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.

  • 3 lbs English Wheat Malt

    English Wheat Malt

    Light flavor, creamy head. For wheat beers, stouts, doppelbocks and alt beers.

  • .5 lbs Weyermann CaraHell®; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraHell®; Weyermann

    Hefe-Weizen, Pale Ale, Golden Ale, Oktoberfest Beer, Nourishing Beer, Maibock , Schankbier, Light Beer, alcohol-reduced Beer , non-alcoholic Beer

  • 2 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

    Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • 3 lbs Invert Sugar

    Invert Sugar

    Increases alcohol. Use in some Belgian or English ales. Made from sucrose & is 5-10% less fermentable than sucrose. Does not contain dextrins.

  • 1 oz East Kent Goldings - 6.6 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1 oz Tettnanger - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 25 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 2 oz Tettnanger - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 0 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 0.75 oz Chamomile flowers - (omitted from calculations)

    Chamomile flowers

  • Wyeast 3942 Belgian Wheat™

    Wyeast 3942 Belgian Wheat™

    Estery low phenol producing yeast from small Belgian brewery. Apple and plum like nose with dry finish.

Notes

9 # wheat mashed 1qt/lb 120F water-115F rest 25 min, then 4 qts 160F+heat to 144F to add to barley mash. BarleyMash:(13#) 1 qt/lb 162F water to 144F Rest with added wheat mash rest 1 hr. Sparge starting with 185F water to raise mash, then with 170F water. 0.5gal yeast starter in pale extract at 1.035 with nutrient. Airated wort upon pitch 3 hr. Started fermentation cool~60-65F then slowly increase over 1 week to ~75-78F at the end of fermentation.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.071 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.017 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 8.1 SRM 2 - 8
Alcohol: 7.1% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 15.8 IBU 8 - 15

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