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WHALE (Wheat Ale) #1
Apr. 26th, 2015 01:17 pmThis is really just a batch I did in order to further use the ingredients sitting in the beer fridge.
I originally bought the wheat malt to make a Hefeweisen, but I never did. I can't now because I don't have the proper yeast.
I don't think the Beer Gods were with me on this one because I made process mistake after mistake. I will be grateful if this beer ends up infection free. Especially since I cooled the wort in the bathtub - and was stupid enough to get some of the cooling water into the wort (I don't even want to explain how that happened).
Here are the ingredients and the process in case it actually comes out good :-)
Dried Light Malt Extract 2 lb (I added 3 additional ounces after the boil to bring the OG up to what the recipe predicts)
Canadian Wheat Malt 2 lb
Crystal Malt 70/80 12 ounces
Perle Hops .50 oz 60 min
Perle Hops .50 oz 15 min
Muntons Ale yeast (dry)
Using BIAB method I mashed the grains 60 minutes at approx 148F - then raised to 160F and set 7 minutes. Removed grains (squeezed as much wort out as possible) - brought wort up to a boil. At this time I added the DME and first hops. Added the 2nd hops with 15 minutes left. At the end of the boil I took a refractometer reading, and it showed I was a little shy of the estimated original gravity. I added 3 more ounces of DME.
Due to poor planning I ended up cooling my wort in the bath tub (comedy of errors involing not remembering to check prior to brewing that I had enough cooling ice bottles, the chilling coils were leaking, and the kitchen sink too small to use the 5 gallon pot - not necessarily in that order).
While wort cooling I rehydrated the yeast After cooling I rocked the carboy for aeration then added yeast, bung, airlock.
Original Gravity Brix 13 (1.053)
May 17th - bottling today from primary. Shooting for carbonation volume of 3.5. Used 4.25 ounces of corn sugar for priming.
Ending Hydrometer reading: 1.02 (abv calc: 4.3%) Ending Refractometer reading: 7.5 (abv 4.95 estimate)
Batch probably has an Alcohol By Volume contest of 4.5% (I was shooting for 5.4%, but I'm not disappointed - taste is more important; we'll have to wait and see how the final batch tastes)
Beer pre-bottling tastes
I originally bought the wheat malt to make a Hefeweisen, but I never did. I can't now because I don't have the proper yeast.
I don't think the Beer Gods were with me on this one because I made process mistake after mistake. I will be grateful if this beer ends up infection free. Especially since I cooled the wort in the bathtub - and was stupid enough to get some of the cooling water into the wort (I don't even want to explain how that happened).
Here are the ingredients and the process in case it actually comes out good :-)
Dried Light Malt Extract 2 lb (I added 3 additional ounces after the boil to bring the OG up to what the recipe predicts)
Canadian Wheat Malt 2 lb
Crystal Malt 70/80 12 ounces
Perle Hops .50 oz 60 min
Perle Hops .50 oz 15 min
Muntons Ale yeast (dry)
Using BIAB method I mashed the grains 60 minutes at approx 148F - then raised to 160F and set 7 minutes. Removed grains (squeezed as much wort out as possible) - brought wort up to a boil. At this time I added the DME and first hops. Added the 2nd hops with 15 minutes left. At the end of the boil I took a refractometer reading, and it showed I was a little shy of the estimated original gravity. I added 3 more ounces of DME.
Due to poor planning I ended up cooling my wort in the bath tub (comedy of errors involing not remembering to check prior to brewing that I had enough cooling ice bottles, the chilling coils were leaking, and the kitchen sink too small to use the 5 gallon pot - not necessarily in that order).
While wort cooling I rehydrated the yeast After cooling I rocked the carboy for aeration then added yeast, bung, airlock.
Original Gravity Brix 13 (1.053)
May 17th - bottling today from primary. Shooting for carbonation volume of 3.5. Used 4.25 ounces of corn sugar for priming.
Ending Hydrometer reading: 1.02 (abv calc: 4.3%) Ending Refractometer reading: 7.5 (abv 4.95 estimate)
Batch probably has an Alcohol By Volume contest of 4.5% (I was shooting for 5.4%, but I'm not disappointed - taste is more important; we'll have to wait and see how the final batch tastes)
Beer pre-bottling tastes
