Orange Honey Wheat

The Big O (Orange!) from 6/06 was the model on which this is loosly based. Cheers to G Slafka.

Brewer:	Uncle Ralph		Email:	-
Beer:	Orange Honey Wheat		Style:	American Wheat
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	3 HCU (~3 SRM)		Bitterness:	17 IBU
OG:	1.063		FG:	1.008
Alcohol:	7.1% v/v (5.6% w/w)
Water:	1 tsp - Water Crystals
Grain:	1 lb. Flaked wheat 1 lb. Wheat malt
Steep:	Add grains to muslin sack. Steep in 1.5 gal of water maintained at 65C for 45 minutes. Slowly rinsed 1 gal of 78C water through sack in colander above boil pot.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.105	3.0 gallons
	6.6 lb. Wheat extract 1.0 lb. Honey
	1 tsp - Irish Moss The peel of 6 large fresh oranges was added to the boil for the last 30 minutes in a muslin sack.
Hops:	.5 oz. Mt. Hood (4.5% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Mt. Hood (4.5% AA, 45 min.) .5 oz. Mt. Hood (4.5% AA, 30 min.) .5 oz. Mt. Hood (4.5% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Mt. Hood (aroma)
Yeast:	Wyeast 1010XL American Wheat Yeast smack pack. The peel of 2 fresh oranges was finly chopped and placed in a muslin sack and added to the fermenter. Added 25 drops of beano to the fermenter.
Log:	Allow 7 days for primary fermentation using blow-off fermenter. Must use a blow-off fermenter, the beano makes the intial fermentation kick. Transfer to secondary. Add 1 tbs of finings gel to cup of cold water and allowed to swell for 30 minutes. Heated to 82C then cooled to 30C before adding to secondary. Topped to 5 gallons with cold water. Insert standard air lock. Allow to ferment another 7 days
Carbonation:	2 Tbs cane sugar to prime beano does the rest.
Tasting:	I made a similar brew last spring for the annual family how-many-relatives can you squeeeze into a beach house for a week. It had a great taste, refreshing orange aroma when first poured and a nice kick!. Great for happy hour watching the tide come in and the relatives stagger back to the house.

Recipe posted 05/02/08.