summer ale
shooting for something simmilar to sam adams summer ale
Brewer: | Big B | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | summer ale | Style: | American Wheat | |||||
Type: | All grain | Size: | 11 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 13 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.058 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
Alcohol: | 5.9% v/v (4.6% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | carbon filtered tap water | |||||||
Grain: | 12 lb. American 2-row 10 lb. Wheat malt |
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Mash: | 77% efficiency | |||||||
step mash 140 for 20 minutes 150 for 20 minutes 160 for 20 minutes mashed out at 170 for 10 minutes and sparged at 170 for 45 minutes. I had two stuck sparges but just stirred and everything was fine. | ||||||||
Boil: | 90 minutes | SG 1.045 | 14 gallons | |||||
3 grams grains of paradise zest from 3 lemons zest from 2 oranges |
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Hops: | 1 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 30 min.) |
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Yeast: | i have two I am going to try on two different batches the first is wlp051 and the second is wlp011 | |||||||
Log: | brewed 3-15-09, went to secondary 3-22-09, kegged 4-5-09, | |||||||
Tasting: | this one is a keeper. when I tasted it it was only half carbonated but it was very good. very easy to drink |
Recipe posted 04/14/09.