fuzzy booty wheat
Made this beer for the 2nd annual "beer burger booty bash". kegged it and the finished result was better than imagined. This was my first fruit beer.
Brewer: | jon surratt | Email: | jonsurratt@yahoo.com | |||||
Beer: | fuzzy booty wheat | Style: | Belgian White (Wit) Fruit | |||||
Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
Color: |
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Bitterness: | 26 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.055 | FG: | 1.008 | |||||
Alcohol: | 6.0% v/v (4.7% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | Bottled spring water. | |||||||
Grain: | 1 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. Flaked wheat |
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Steep: | Steeped thiry minutes at 160° | |||||||
Boil: | 65 minutes | SG 1.042 | 6.5 gallons | |||||
6.6 lb. Wheat extract | ||||||||
Last fifteen minutes added three pinches of irish moss. | ||||||||
Hops: | 1 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 15 min.) |
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Yeast: | wyeast belgian wit | |||||||
Log: | 3 pounds (pre peeling, dicing weight) of peaches were introduced to the secondary for 9 days. Fermentation temp was around 71° |
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Carbonation: | 2.1 volumes | Keg: 7.0 psi @ 38°F | ||||||
First time kegging. | ||||||||
Tasting: | Enough peach flavor for me. Anyone looking for a beer like a commercial fruit beer, should use fruit extracts. The peach flavor and aroma made their presence known, but didn't overpower anyone. |
Recipe posted 07/25/01.