Wheat beer with Bernie

8/17/04

Brewer:	John Tossberg & Bernie Ball		Email:	-
Beer:	Wheat beer with Bernie		Style:	Weizen/Weissbier
Type:	All grain		Size:	24 gallons
Color:	5 HCU (~4 SRM)		Bitterness:	16 IBU
OG:	1.045		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	4.5% v/v (3.5% w/w)
Water:	Add approx 1 Tbls CaCl to strike/sparge H2O
Grain:	16.0 lb. German Pilsner 16.0 lb. Wheat malt 1.00 lb. Cara munich II
Mash:	86% efficiency
	Dough in with 75°C H20 temp stablised at 60°C. add some cold H20 and bring temp to 55°C. Hold 10 minutes. Pull approx 1/4 of mash for decoction. Bring to a boil and boil about 5 min. Throw back into mash temp stable @ 70°C hold 1 hour. Start Sparge. We missed our intended volume and gravity
Boil:	minutes	SG 1.045	24 gallons
	Bernie added whirl flocs and I forgot.
Hops:	3 oz. Perle (6.6% AA, 60 min.)
Yeast:	Wyeast 3068. approx 700ml to each carboy. vigorous fermentation seen the next day.
Log:	I decided to turn one of my carboys into a fruit beer. 2 cans (15oz) Queen Anne Cherrys (Oregon brand)in heavy syrup were added. This was done in the primary fermenter after initial fementation had subsided.

Recipe posted 08/21/04.