Summer Lovin' American Wheat
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.
If you would like to read on the blog about brew day or other Summer Lovin' related content, follow this link.
| Summer Lovin' Wheat --- Batch 9 |
| Style | American Wheat Beer | Batch Size | 5.50 gal | |||
| Type | All Grain | Boil Size | 6.48 gal | |||
| Brewhouse Efficiency | 65.00 | Boil Time | 40 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity | 1.050 SG | Estimated FG | 1.009 SG | ||||
| Recipe Bitterness | 22.2 IBUs (Rager) | Alcohol by Volume | 5.5 % | ||||
| BU : GU | 0.440 | ||||||
| Recipe Color | 5.2 SRM |
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Ingredients
| Amt | Name | Type | # | %/IBU | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.79 gal | Denver, Colorado | Water | 1 | - | - |
| 4.00 g | Calcium Chloride (Mash) | Water Agent | 2 | - | - |
| 2.00 tsp | Lactic Acid (Mash) | Water Agent | 3 | - | - |
| 5 lbs | Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) | Grain | 4 | 45.5 % | 0.39 gal |
| 5 lbs | White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) | Grain | 5 | 45.5 % | 0.39 gal |
| 8.0 oz | Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) | Grain | 6 | 4.5 % | 0.04 gal |
| 0.500 oz | Magnum [12.50 %] - Boil 45.0 min | Hop | 7 | 22.2 IBUs | - |
| 1.00 Items | Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) | Fining | 8 | - | - |
| 1.00 tsp | Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins) | Other | 9 | - | - |
| 8.0 oz | Honey [Primary] | Honey | 10 | 4.5 % | 0.04 gal |
| 1.0 pkg | Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] | Yeast | 11 | - | - |
| 2.00 oz | Orange Zest (Primary 5.0 days) | Flavor | 12 | - | - |
| 0.50 oz | Coriander Seed (Primary 7.0 days) | Spice | 13 | - | - |
Mash Profile
| Name | Description | Step Temperature | Step Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saccharification | Add 31.01 qt of water at 156.1 F | 150.0 F | 45 min |
| Heat | Heat to 156.0 F over 10 min | 156.0 F | 20 min |
If steeping, remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Water profile:
Ca=68,Mg=8,Na=21,SO4=51,Cl=89,HCO3=104
Lactic acid addition brings estimated pH from 5.8 to 5.3
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.
Add orange zest a couple days into fermentation.
Total fermenation time 2 weeks.
Keg and force carbonate. Drink when ready
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| Pre-boil OG | (1.044 SG) | Pre-boil Vol | (6.48 gal) | |||
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