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Orange honey hefeweizen

Orange honey hefeweizen

Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 5 gal

hanggliderpilot

Mash grains @ 153 degrees F for 45 min. Spathe with 170degree water to make 6 gallons. Boil 60 min with hops. Add 1# honey at flameout Pitch yeast below 75 degrees Soak zest of 2 oranges in vodka overnight and put zest in secondary and rack wort onto zest after 7 days in primary. After 2 weeks or when fermentation stops, bottle with 3/4 cup of corn sugar boiled in 1 pint of water. Let condition for 2 weeks.

October 7, 2008 am 03:42am

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 3.75 lbs German 2-row Pils

    German 2-row Pils

  • 5.00 lbs German Wheat Malt Light

    German Wheat Malt Light

    Typical top fermented aroma, produces superb wheat beers.

  • 1.00 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • 0.5 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Hersbrucker

    Mild to strong. 'Noble'.

  • 1 lb orange blossom honey - (omitted from calculations)

    orange blossom honey

  • .25 oz orange peel - (omitted from calculations)

    orange peel

  • Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen™

    Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen™

    Unique top-fermenting yeast which produces the unique and spicy weizen character, rich with clove, vanilla and banana. Best results are achieved when fermentations are held around 68F.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.052 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 3.0 SRM 2 - 8
Alcohol: 5.2% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 11.4 IBU 8 - 15

Discussion

hanggliderpilot

still in secondary

2008-11-09 5:13pm

I have never seen a batch produce so muck trub!

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