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Cheery Wheat
A very full tasting pinkish cherry wheat. Again, a great beer to have after mowing the lawn on a hot summer day!
| Brewer: | Gary Slafka | Email: | gtslafka@comcast.net | |||||
| Beer: | Cheery Wheat | Style: | American Wheat | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.0 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 20 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.066 | FG: | 1.030 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 4.7% v/v (3.7% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | 1 lb. Flaked wheat | |||||||
| Steep: | Grains steeped until boil. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.111 | 3.0 gallons | |||||
| 7 lb. Light malt extract 8 oz. Light dry malt extract 1 lb. Wheat extract |
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| Hops: | 2 oz. Hallertauer (4.5% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Hallertauer (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | White Labs American Hefeweizen WSP 320 At the time the yeast was pitched, I also added 4 lbs of cherry pie filling I bought from my local Giant Eagle bakery. |
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| Log: | Brewed 6/19/04 Bottled 7/3/04 OG was 1062 FG was 1030 ABV was 4.2%, much lower than expected, which was around 6%? |
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| Carbonation: | 5 oz priming sugar | |||||||
| Tasting: | Very refreshing and tasty cherry wheat, but not overpowering. | |||||||
Recipe posted 11/20/04.
