Wheatbuzz

This was a test cook of 2.5 gallons in a 3 gallon single fermenter.

Brewer:	A Woody		Email:	-
Beer:	Wheatbuzz		Style:	Weizenbock
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	2.5 gallons
Color:	21 HCU (~12 SRM)		Bitterness:	8 IBU
OG:	1.084		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	9.5% v/v (7.5% w/w)
Water:	City water. Water is soft, no discernable taste. Made good beer before.
Grain:	2 oz. American crystal 20L 2 oz. American chocolate
Steep:	Add milled grain in grain bag to cold water, bring to boil, allow to remain in boil about 2 minutes.Drained but did not squeeze bag
Boil:	45 minutes	SG 1.140	1.5 gallons
	3.3 lb. Wheat extract 2 lb. Honey
	I used a grain bag for the milled grains, hop bag for the leaf hops and added .25 teaspoon irish moss during last 10 minutes.
Hops:	1 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 30 min.)
Yeast:	Dry yeast, started in a two cup container with warm water and small amount of the wort, for about 20 minutes. Good activity.
Log:	Wort went to fermenter on 7/31/06, ambient temp 75F, 10 days, racked to bottling bucket, and bottled in .5 L flippies on 8/9/06. Final SG down to 1.010 (!).
Carbonation:	.5 cup brewers powdered bottling sugar.
Tasting:	Cleared crystal clear. Tasted chilled on 8/21/06, Good carbonation, color and head. Slight chill haze, tastes great, will adjust and brew 5 gal soon.

Recipe posted 08/22/06.