Spotted Tongue Blueberry Wheat
Fruit Beer • All Grain • 5.5 gal
1st try at a blueberry wheat. Used 1084 yeast cake from a batch of apple cider.
March 22, 2009 pm 04:29pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 7 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
White Wheat Malt
White Wheat Malt
Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Aromatic
Belgian Aromatic
Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.
- 1 oz
Styrian Goldings - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Styrian Goldings
Mild, pleasant.
- 1 oz
blueberry flavoring - (omitted from calculations)
blueberry flavoring
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Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™
Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™
Slight residual diacetyl and fruitiness; great for stouts. Clean, smooth, soft and full-bodied.
Notes
SS infusion mask @ 148. Blueberry flavor added at kegging time.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 20 - Fruit Beer
Subcategory: A - Fruit Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.046 | 1.026 - 1.120 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.009 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 8.8 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 4.8% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 28.1 IBU | 0 - 100 |
