Summer Lovin' American Wheat
Brewed: 04/19/2015 Bottled: 05/02/2015
National home-brew day was coming up, and I asked the Beer Model if she would like to brew a beer that day. She said "yes". I gave her some choices on what to brew and eventually, she decided on a beer like New Belgium Brewery's Sunshine Wheat.
Sunshine wheat is a light, crisp, easy drinking, refreshing American Wheat beer with a nice citrusy orange and coriander flavor and just a bit of a honey malt coming through.
The Beer Model decided she would like to call her beer "Summer Lovin'". That is better than any of the names I had come up with, so that is the name we went with.
I created the recipe for her using most of the ingredients from the New Belgium web-site, although I did take some liberties. Instead of carapils, I used some honey malt, which has worked real well for me in the past. I also used East Kent Goldings instead of Target hops, which really should not make a huge difference, especially since they only provide the bitterness. Just as with Sunshine Wheat, I will use coriander and orange zest for flavoring. Summer Loving Wheat may be a bit higher in alcohol than Sunshine, but not much.
This was SheppyBrew's first all-grain wheat batch.
The second batch was pretty much the same as the first one except I adjusted it to be slightly larger and made in the mash tun instead of BIAB. I also used Chinook hops and threw them in as a first wort hop rather than a traditional 60 minute addition.
Batch 3 was the same, except I got rid of the double infusion and adjusted the hops to match what I had in stock.
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| Summer Lovin' Wheat --- Batch 3 |
| Style |
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American Wheat or Rye Beer |
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Batch Size |
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5.50 gal |
| Type |
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All Grain |
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Boil Size |
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7.76 gal |
| Brewhouse Efficiency |
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75.00 |
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Boil Time |
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90 minutes | Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
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1.052 SG |
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Estimated FG |
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1.009 SG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
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20.5 IBUs (Rager) |
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Alcohol by Volume |
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5.6 % |
| BU : GU |
|
0.397 |
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| Recipe Color |
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4.5 SRM |
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| Measured OG: |
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1.050 |
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Measured FG: |
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1.008 |
| ADF: |
|
84 |
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Measured ABV: |
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5.5 | Ingredients
Ingredients
| Amt |
Name |
Type |
# |
%/IBU |
| 4 lbs 8.0 oz |
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
1 |
45.0 % |
| 4 lbs 8.0 oz |
Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
2 |
45.0 % |
| 8.0 oz |
Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) |
Grain |
3 |
5.0 % |
| 0.250 oz |
Columbus (Tomahawk) [13.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min |
Hop |
4 |
13.6 IBUs |
| 0.250 oz |
Columbus (Tomahawk) [13.90 %] - Boil 30.0 min |
Hop |
5 |
6.9 IBUs |
| 0.50 tsp |
Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 mins) |
Fining |
6 |
- |
| 0.50 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins) |
Other |
7 |
- |
| 0.50 oz |
Orange Zest (Boil 5.0 mins) |
Flavor |
8 |
- |
| 0.25 oz |
Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 mins) |
Spice |
9 |
- |
| 1.0 pkg |
SafeAle American Ale (Fermentis #US-05) [25.00 ml] |
Yeast |
10 |
- |
| 5.0 oz |
Honey (1.0 SRM) |
Sugar |
11 |
5.0 % | Mash Profile
Mash Steps
| Name |
Description |
Step Temperature |
Step Time |
| Mash In |
Add 11.88 qt of water at 159.1 F |
148.0 F |
75 min |
Batch sparge with 2 steps
(2.05gal, 3.88gal) of 168.0 F water
Recipe Notes
Modeled after NB
Sunshine Wheat: ABV: 4.8%; 14IBU; Target Hops; Malts - Pale, Carapils, Wheat ;
OG - 13.4 (1.054) FG - 1.9 (1.008)
Boil wort adding hops and yeast nutrient
as specified. Add honey after the boil.
Cool to as close to 60 degrees as
possible to pitch.
Ferment under 65 for a couple of days, then let heat up to
about 70. Total fermenation time 2 weeks.
Keg and force carbonate. Drink when
ready
Brewing Record
| Brew Date: |
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4/19/2015 |
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Strike Temp: |
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| Mash Temps: |
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150 down to 140ish over 3.5 hours |
| Pre-boil OG |
|
(1.039 SG) |
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Pre-boil Vol |
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(7.76 gal) |
| Actual Mash Efficiency |
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Pitch Temp |
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66 |
| Fermentation |
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| Day 1: Going. 62 |
| Day 2: 62 |
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