Spaltenweisen

This is a grain bill that I use all the time when making Wheat beer. It works excellent! By simply changing the type of hops and/or yeast used you can develop some very tasty final products. In this case the use of Target/Ultra and Spalt hops while using an American Ale yeast the final product was EXCELLENT! I would encourage you to try this recipe. It will be a staple product on tap at all times at my bar.

Brewer:	Brewmeister Mandigo		Email:	mandigo@net-link.net
Beer:	Spaltenweisen		Style:	American Wheat
Type:	All grain		Size:	12.5 gallons
Color:	6 HCU (~5 SRM)		Bitterness:	10 IBU
OG:	1.044		FG:	1.008
Alcohol:	4.6% v/v (3.6% w/w)
Water:	Treated the mash and sparge water with gypsum and adjusted the pH to 5.3 with Lactic Acid.
Grain:	8 lb. American 2-row 7 lb. Wheat malt 8 oz. American Vienna 1 lb. American crystal 40L 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
Mash:	85% efficiency
	Single infusion mash 153-158 F. for 60 minutes. 1 Hour sparge time.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.039	14 gallons
	NO IRISH MOSS.
Hops:	.50 oz. Target (11.0% AA, 60 min.) .50 oz. Ultra (2.5% AA, 30 min.) .50 oz. Spalt (2.7% AA, 5 min.)
Yeast:	White Labs American Ale yeast. Split one tube between to carboys.
Log:	Brewed on 4/18/01, racked to secondaries on 5/1/01 and dry hopped with .50 oz. Spalt to each carboy. Kegged on 5/10/01.
Carbonation:	Force carbonated in the keg with CO2.
Tasting:	It will blow you away. It's a very refreshing, wonderfully hopped american style wheat. An award winner in my and several of my homebrew buddies opinion.

Recipe posted 08/29/01.