Honey Wheat

This is my first from scratch all-grain recipe. So far so good, I checked SG when racking to the 2nd stage fermentation and it was 5.3% and had a nice smooth flavor, even the wife liked it and she doesn't care for any alcohol.

Brewer:	MartyC		Email:	martyc@homebrew.com
Beer:	Honey Wheat		Style:	American Wheat
Type:	All grain		Size:	5.75 gallons
Color:	3 HCU (~3 SRM)		Bitterness:	25 IBU
OG:	1.061		FG:	1.020
Alcohol:	5.3% v/v (4.1% w/w)
Water:	Used 1.5 Tsp of gypsum in mash water
Grain:	4.86 lb. American 2-row 4.86 lb. Flaked wheat
Mash:	78% efficiency
	Single infusion mash at 150F for 90 min. Mashed out at 170 for 10 min. Grain bill is actually 5lb of each
Boil:	90 minutes	SG 1.050	7 gallons
	1.94 lb. Honey
	added Irish moss for last 15 min.
Hops:	1.5 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 5 min.)
Yeast:	Weast 1007 German Ale
Log:	Brewed 17 Feb 01 - 6 day primary, racked on 23 Feb 01 - 8 day secondary. Will bottle 3 Marh 01. 13 March taste great - I love it and so does my non-beer drinkning wife
Carbonation:	Will use just over 3/4 cup of corn sugar

Recipe posted 03/13/01.