Orange American Hefeweizen, 2008
Saturday, September 6th, 2008The Eugene City Brewery has a honey orange wheat beer that inspired me to brew this. This beer is much heavier in flavor and body, which I ended up liking better. You can still drink a ton of it one setting, and it was perfect for my bachelor party. The coriander comes through really nicely in a bright citrus flavor. As the citrus flavor falls off the potent cascade hops hit the tongue producing an excellent bitterness.
| Target Volume (Gallons) | 5 | |||
| Total Cost | $37.88 | |||
| Yield (ounces) | 628 | |||
| Cost per 12 oz bottle | $0.72 | |||
| Boil Time | 60 | min | ||
| GRAINS | Pounds | Points/Gal | Total Points | Cost |
| Extra Light LME 60/40 wheat | 3.5 | 37 | 129.5 | $7.16 |
| Light DME | 2.3 | 46 | 105.8 | $7.66 |
| Honey – Wild Flowers, Oregon | 1 | 35 | 35 | $4.32 |
| Steep – 30 min at 150 F | ||||
| Honey Malt, Domestic | 0.5 | 28 | 14 | $0.84 |
| Sweet Orange Peels – 1oz (10 minutes) | $1.35 | |||
| Coriander – 1 oz crushed, (10 minutes) | $1.00 | |||
| HOPS | Ounces | Alpha Acids | Boil Time (min) | Cost |
| Cascade | 1 | 6.00% | 60 | $4.25 |
| Cascade | 1 | 6.00% | 10 | – |
| YEAST | White Labs American Hefeweizen Ale | Cost | ||
| Attenuation Low | 70% | $6.95 | ||
| Attenuation High | 75% | |||
| Optimum Temp | 65-68F | |||
| Flocculation | Low | |||
| Starter | No | |||
| STATS | ||||
| Expected Original Gravity | 1.057 | |||
| Expected Final Gravity Theoretical | 0.75 – 1.017 | |||
| Expected Final Gravity Actual | 1.012 – 1.014 | |||
| IBUs | 15.71 | |||
| Apparent Attenuation | 79.17% | AA = 1 – FG / OG | ||
| Alcohol By Volume – Theoretical | 6.15% | |||
| Alcohol By Volume – Potential | 4.99% | |||
| BREWING: | Squeezed out hops bags medium | |||
| ½ tbs Irish Moss at start of boil | $0.10 | |||
| Water Source Wort | Tap water – 3 gallons | |||
| Water Source Dilution | ½ gallon filtered, rest tap water | |||
| DATES | Date | SG | Cum. Days | Notes |
| Brewed | 05/26/08 | 1.048 | 0 | |
| Racked | 05/30/08 | 1.025 | 4 | Fizzy on tongue, very orange flavor – nice, a bit bitter though, might have racked a bit early, the plastic fermenter threw me off |
| Bottled (SG pre bottling) | 06/10/08 | 1.010 | 15 | Tastes more bitter than I would like, orange flavor diminished quite a bit |
| OK TO DRINK BY (60 days): | 07/25/08 | |||
| BOTTLING | ||||
| Priming Method | 11 oz Light DME | $2.50 | ||
| Caps, cleaners, etc | $1.75 | |||
| Container | Capacity | Qty | Total Volume | |
| Lagunitas | 22 | 5 | 110 | |
| Half Liter (Deutsch) | 17 | 9 | 153 | |
| Bottle | 12 | 11 | 132 | |
| Mini-keg | 169 | 1 | 169 | |
| Jug | 64 | 1 | 64 | |
| Total Bottled: | 628 | |||
| TASTING | ||||
| 06/22/08 | 27 | Lots of carbonation, bottle almost fizzed out, refreshing orange citrus flavor at first, then the ‘sweet’ orange, then a bitter ale finish, perhaps too bitter, but very refreshing. The DME priming has been amazingly aggressive. | ||
| 06/25/08 | 30 | OMFG this beer is good! For me, I say leave the hops in, maybe less sweet orange next time. | ||
| 07/09/08 | 44 | Very tasty beer, upfront sweet orange is powerful, bitter finish is excellent, plenty of head | ||
| 07/13/08 | 48 | Parents and Grandma all liked it | ||
| 08/02/08 | 68 | Out of min-keg at party it was very brackish… not sure if lifespan of orange flavor is limited | ||
| 08/14/08 | 80 | The orange flavor has definitely diminished, holds head well, could have been oxygen taint. | ||
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