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HS Summer Wheat

HS Summer Wheat

Weizen/Weissbier • Extract • 5 gal

HS Summer Wheat

Going for a refreshing summer time brew. Here goes....

April 20, 2010 pm 04:56pm

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 0.53 lbs Cargill Special Pale; Cargill Malt

    Cargill Special Pale; Cargill Malt

    This moderately kilned two-row malt will lend a forward malt flavor and aroma as well as an amber-red color. An excellent base malt for ales and amber lagers.

  • 0.74 lbs German Wheat Malt Light

    German Wheat Malt Light

    Typical top fermented aroma, produces superb wheat beers.

  • 3.07 lbs CBW® Bavarian Wheat Liquid (Malt Extract); Briess

    CBW® Bavarian Wheat Liquid (Malt Extract); Briess

    Neutral, malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • CBW® Bavarian Wheat is a liquid, 100% pure malted barley extract made from a blend of base and wheat malts. • CBW® Bavarian Wheat can be used in the production of extract wheat beers, and in the production of all grain beers to adjust color, flavor and gravity of wheat and other styles of beer. • Advantages of using extract in a brewhouse include: o Extends the brew size by adding malt solids to the wort. o Adds wheat characteristics without the added inventory of bags of grain, additional handling and processing, etc. o Adds wheat characteristics without slowing the lauter. • Briess Malt & Ingredients Company is the only vertically integrated malting company in North America. That means we make our pure malt extracts from our own malt so you are assured of receiving only the fullest flavored, freshest, pure malt extracts for top brewhouse performance. Applications: • All wheat beers, and to adjust the flavor of other styles of beer. • Use in the production of extract wheat beers, and to adjust the flavor of wheat and other styles of all grain brews.

  • 3.14 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 0.11 lbs Candi Sugar Clear

    Candi Sugar Clear

    Smooth taste, good head retention, sweet aroma and high gravity without being apparent. Use in Belgian and holiday ales. Use clear for tripels, amber for dubbels, and dark is used in brown beer and strong golden ales.

  • 0.3 oz Cluster - 7.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Cluster

    Used for bittering and flavor qualities in light and dark American lagers. Aroma is very floral.

  • 0.49 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • 0.50 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Saaz

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

  • .5 oz Corriander crushed - WAG (omitted from calculations)

    Corriander crushed

    Coriander is the seed of Coriandrum sativum, a plant in the parsley family. The seed is ground or crushed. Coriander has a mild, distinctive taste similar to a blend of lemon and sage.

  • 1 oz Orange Peel (dried) - WAG (omitted from calculations)

    Orange Peel (dried)

    Has a fragrantt sweet odor and a subtle mild sweetness. One medium orange has about 3 tablespoons of grated peel.

  • White Labs WLP300 Hefewizen Ale

    White Labs WLP300 Hefewizen Ale

    This famous German yeast is a strain used in the production of traditional, authentic wheat beers. It produces the banana and clove nose traditionally associated with German wheat beers and leaves the desired cloudy look of traditional German wheat beers.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer

Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.050 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 5.3 SRM 2 - 8
Alcohol: 5.0% ABV 4.3% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 11.7 IBU 8 - 15

Discussion

Herr Schneider

Great German Heffe.

2010-08-09 10:06pm

I used .5 oz corriander at 60 min. .5 oz orange peel at 60 min. .5 oz orange peel at 1 min. I couldnt be happier. Great banana flavor with a touch of orange. I mini-mashed this. Strikingly similar to Weienstephaner Weizzenbier. Make this beer. You will smile.

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