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Basic Wheat Beer
Impress the skeptics among your friends by handing them this delicious
German-style wheat beer just weeks after buying your homebrew kit. A
simple all-extract approach keeps the frustration factor low your first
time out, and the the compliments you get will make you want to try
something a little more challenging the next time around.
Ready for all-grain yet?
The BrewMaxer Company
843 West San Marcos Boulevard
San Marcos, California 92069-4112
(760) 591-9991 Telephone
(760) 591-9068 Fax
| Brewer: | BrewMaxer | Email: | BrewMeister@BrewMaxer.com | |||||
| URL: | http://www.BrewMaxer.com | |||||||
| Beer: | Basic Wheat Beer | Style: | American Wheat | |||||
| Type: | Extract | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
| Color: |
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Bitterness: | 9 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.052 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.1% v/v (4.0% w/w) | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.104 | 2.5 gallons | |||||
| 2 lb. 8 oz. Pale Malt Extract 4 lb. 8 oz. Wheat extract |
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| METHOD: Bring water to a boil. Add the extract and bring to a second boil. After 15 minutes, add the hops and boil for 45 minutes longer. Transfer to fermenter when cool and add enough cold water to make 5 gallons. Pitch the yeast. Primary-ferment at 68 to 72 degrees for 5 to 7 days. Transfer to secondary fermenter. Secondary-ferment an additional 7 to 10 days at temperatures between 68 and 72 degrees. Bottle, using corn sugar. Age in bottle for 10 to 14 days. |
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| Hops: | 1 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 45 min.) | |||||||
Recipe posted 08/05/02.
