#65 - Wheat

Started batch on May. 15, 2011:

Recipe:

  • 6.0 Lb Midwest Wheat Extract (www.midwestsupplies.com)
  • 1.5 lb Munton's Extra Light extraxt
  • 0.75 oz hop pellets - bitterness (Warrior, 17% alpha) 60 min.
  • 1.0 oz hop pellets - finishing (Tettnang, 4.5000% alpha) 20 min/li>
  • 1 tbs Irish Moss, last 15 min
  • 1.0 oz hop pellets - aroma (Tettnang, 4.5% alpha) less then 5 min
  • 1.0 lb Crystal malt, (10 Lovibond)
  • Safbrew WB-06 wheat dry yeast ( ale type)
  • Specific gravity 1,054

Procedure:

  • May 15, 2011 - Cooled to 25C and pitched dehydrated per instruction wheat yeast.

Progress log:

  • May 16, 2011 - Fermentation visible after 6 hours, every 2 sec. next morning and every 1 sec. in the evenning.
  • May 17, 2011 - Fermentation every 3 sec. in the morning......
  • May 23, 2011 - Racked to secondary at specific gravity 1,012.
  • Jun 5, 2011 - Kegged

Evaluation:

  • May 23, 2011 - Wheat beer taste and aroma at racking to secondary, like Pschorr:-)
  • Jun 9, 2011 - Tried after 4 days in kegg: very good and Joana had one, too.
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