Iron Maiden Wheat

[The Brew Mentor]

http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/r ... iden-wheat

Take a look at this. I'll be brewing this on Saturday and wouldn't mind feedback on the recipe.

I will be dialing in a new 30 gal system.

I'd prefer Amarillo for the late additions but I 'm out of them for now. I may use Warrior for the bittering hop instead of the Magnum.

I am targeting an easy drinking American Pale Wheat.

 

[LarryBrewer]

Magnum is one dimensional in terms of clean bitterness. If that is what you are going for great, just pointing that out.

That is a lot of wheat malt! Don't get a stuck sparge. Rice hulls could help?

 

[BrewHop]

looks pretty good but I am going to second the rice hulls, don't want a stuck sparge...

 

[The Brew Mentor]

Yea, I'll definitly add 2-3 pounds of rice hulls.
For the bittering, I am just looking for a clean firm bitterness without any real character, so I will use either Magnum or Warrior.

The main goal of this brew is to dial in my new system.
Thing that I need to check are;
RIMS setup
Temperature gain over time while recirculating/ step mashing/ mashout
false bottom/stuck sparge possibilities
Kettle losses/ dead space
Fly sparging on this setup
Boil off rate
Chilling rate
and many more little things.

I also want to come out with 20 gallons of beer that I want to drink over a period of time. This should be a nice American pale wheat that will be a crowd pleaser.

I think the amount of wheat in this recipe will be the highest percentage I would ever do. I can also check everything out for future reference.
More comments are welcome.
Brian

 

[The Brew Mentor]

OK, so the maiden batch is finished.

I changed the recipe a bit and was thrilled with the new system!

I upped the hop schedule to bring it to the upper end of the pale ale range.

More to follow when I have time.