Bong Hit Buleberry Wheat

This is a jumble of other fruit recipies I've looked at & I kinda took the best ideas from 3 or 4 sources.The color chart is going to be way off ,but the end result was a purple/red,crystal clear,looks heavy but isn't,thirst quenching brew.

Brewer:	Indy		Email:	indygrap1@hotmail
Beer:	Bong Hit Buleberry Wheat		Style:	American Wheat
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	9 HCU (~7 SRM)		Bitterness:	7 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	5.4% v/v (4.2% w/w)
Water:	I use bottled spring water or filterd tap water
Grain:	1/2 lb. American Amber 1/2 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
Steep:	Got 1.5 gal. H2O to 150° added grains in a colander & held for 45 min. Meanwhile I heated 2 more gal. to a boil & had a very brave friend hold the colander over the brew pot & sparged.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.172	1.5 gallons
	6.6 lb. Wheat extract
	Bring to a boil & add wheat extract. 1 tsp. Irish Moss @ 30 min.
Hops:	1.5 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 45 min.) .5 oz. Saaz (aroma)
Yeast:	Wyeast #3056 added to cooled wort.
Log:	After boil I added 2 qt.(4 lb.) whole,frozen,blueberries in a muslin bag.While wort was cooling, I squashed the berries w/my spoon. Racked to a glass carboy & let sit @65° for 6 days. Before racking to 2ndary I steamed(for serilization) another 1/2 qt.(1lb.)of berries for 5 min.I let them cool & mashed them w/a potatoe masher & added to the 2ndary.Rack beer over top & let sit for another 2 weeks @65°.I added 1 tsp. of gelatin to fermenter with 1 week left.
Carbonation:	I kegged,chilled to 35°,& force car. @16 p.s.i. (2.7 vco2)
Tasting:	Even if you don't dig on fruity beers,give this a try.If you can get fresh blue or black berries,all the better.I really enjoyed this beer & I can't wait to do it again. The end result wasn't as fruity as I was predicting, so you may want to up the berries in the 2ndary.(say maybe another qt.)but I've got no complaints. Let me know if anyone tries this 1. Cheers!

Recipe posted 11/22/02.