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Doldrum Wheat Ale

I like wheat beers in the Summer (who doesn't?). I like experimenting with grain bills and hop schedules. This is what I came up with. I've got right around 9 gallons perking away in the primary and I'm happier than a pig in shit!

Brewer: Beer Lord Email: galloway@gtcom.net
Beer: Doldrum Wheat Ale Style: Wheat Beer
Type: Partial mash Size: 10 gallons
Color:
16 HCU (~10 SRM)
Bitterness: 25 IBU
OG: 1.045 FG: 1.012
Alcohol: 4.2% v/v (3.3% w/w)
Grain: 6 lb. British pale
2 lb. Flaked rye
2 lb. Raw wheat
4 oz. Belgian chocolate
Mash: 50% efficiency
Added grains to 3 gallons of 140° water. Raised to 155° and held for a few hours. Sparged with 2 gallons 170° strike water. Stirred in extract. Brought kettle level to 10 gallons

Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.045 10 gallons
7 lb. Wheat extract
Added 1/2 oz Centennial hops for first wort hopping. After hot break add 1 oz Centennial. At 30 min. added 1 oz Hallertauer. Added 1 oz Saaz at knockout. Crashed cooled, racked to fermentor, areated the wort and pitched the slurry.
Hops: 1 oz. Centennial (10.5% AA, 60 min.)
1 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 30 min.)
1 oz. Saaz (aroma)
Yeast: 2 packs of Safeale(dried) yeast to a pint of warm water 1 hour before pitching.
Log: Will ferment at 62 to 68 degrees for 10 days. Will rack to kegs.

Recipe posted 05/30/03.