Orange honey hefeweizen
Weizen/Weissbier • All Grain • 5 gal
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
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 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
still in secondary
2008-11-09 5:13pm
I have never seen a batch produce so muck trub!
