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BrewBlog: Thanksgiving Wheat

Specifics

Style:

American Wheat or Rye Beer — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Light Hybrid Beer
Number:	06D

Refreshing wheat or rye beers that can display more hop character and less yeast character than their German cousins.

Commercial Examples: Bell’s Oberon, Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen, Three Floyds Gumballhead, Pyramid Hefe-Weizen, Widmer Hefeweizen, Sierra Nevada Unfiltered Wheat Beer, Anchor Summer Beer, Redhook Sunrye, Real Ale Full Moon Pale Rye.

Brewer:

Lon Chubiz

Brew Date:

November 8, 2015

Yield:

5 gallons

Conditioning:

Keg

Batch No:	25
OG:	1.056
Status:	Primary

General Information

Method:	All Grain

Method:

All Grain

Scale Recipe

Enter desired final yield (volume):

gallons

Malts and Grains

5.00 pounds

American Vienna Malt

Color (L):	4 °L
Info/Use:	Increases malty flavor, provides balance. Use in Vienna, Marzen and Oktoberfest.

33.3% of grist

5.00 pounds

American Pale Malt (6-Row)

Color (L):	1 °L
Info/Use:	Moderate malt flavor. Basic malt for all beer styles.

33.3% of grist

5.00 pounds

American Wheat Malt

Color (L):	2 °L
Info/Use:	Light flavor and creamy head. For American weizenbier, weissbier and dunkelweiss.

33.3% of grist

15.00 pounds

Total Grain Weight (Water Amounts

Water Amounts

Target Final Boil Volume:	5 gallons
Evaporation Rate:	1.5 gallons per hour
Boil Time:	60 minutes
Runoff Volume Needed:	6.7 gallons	5 gallons (final boil volume) ÷ 0.96 (cooling) + 1.5 gallons (boil evaporation)
Grain Amount:	15 pounds
Grain Absorbtion:	3.2 gallons
Total Water Needed:	10.9 gallons	6.7 gallons (runoff) + 3.2 gallons (grain absorbtion) + 1 gallons (equip. loss)
Mash Water Needed:	5 gallons	based on 1.33 quarts per pound of grain
Sparge Water Needed:	5.9 gallons	10.9 gallons (total water) – 5 gallons (mash water)

)

100% of grist

Non-Fermentables

1 oz

Sweet Orange Peel @ Flame out minutes

Hops

0.50 ounces

Nugget

Region:	United States
AAU Range:	12 - 14%
Notes:	Heavy, spicy, herbal aroma, strong bittering hop.
Typical Use:	Bittering, aroma.
Substitution:	Chinook
Example:	ESB, Lager, Ale; Sierra Nevada Porter, Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale, Anderson Valley ESB

8% Leaf @ 45 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil

4 AAUs

0.50 ounces

Total Hop Weight

4 AAUs

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Citra Sour	Bottled
Little Ralph Dog	Bottled
Oktoberfest	Bottled
Thanksgiving Porter	Conditioning
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Simple Bitter	Primary
Sweat Equity	Primary
Thanksgiving Weizen	Primary
Thanksgiving Wheat	Primary
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