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Chuckwheat II
I brewed a similar batch earlier this year and it turned out great. This time I upped the grains to try to improve the yield. I can't believe I only got about 60% out of the grains...
| Brewer: | charlie | Email: | chuckearthdog@yahoo.com | |||||
| Beer: | Chuckwheat II | Style: | Weizen/Weissbier | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 6 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 10 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.045 | FG: | 1.014 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 4.0% v/v (3.1% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | 1tbls of gypsum added to strike water | |||||||
| Grain: | 6 lb. American 2-row 6 lb. Wheat malt |
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| Mash: | 60% efficiency | |||||||
| add about 2 gallons of hot water to get rest at about 124F. Rest for 30 minutes then raise temp to 154F. Iodine test showed conversion at about 1/2 hour, but let it sit for the extra 30 minutes. Sparge took about an hour at seven gallons I was drawing a wort with a sg of about 1.010. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 55 minutes | SG 1.039 | 7 gallons | |||||
| Hops: | .75 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Hallertauer (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | I used Wyeast 3068, Weihenstephan yeast from a pitchable tube. This stuff is great! | |||||||
| Log: | Brewed over an all-nighter on August 3-4, 2003. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 3.5 volumes | Keg: 21.7 psi @ 38°F | ||||||
| siphoned off to a keg on August 12, 2003. Currently under about 20lbs of Co2 at about 35F. I find that the recomended pressure volumes for a wheat beer tend to be too 'fizzy' for me so I'll back off to around 15lbs and go up if I need to. | ||||||||
| Tasting: | Tasted while kegging. Tastes great (flat of course) The hops flavor is very subtle and great combo of banana and clove coupled with smooth malt character. We'll have to see how it ages out. | |||||||
Recipe posted 08/13/03.
