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American Wheat Beer

159 calories 12.8 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Wheat Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 11 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 13.44 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Brian Huntley
Calories: 159 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 12.8 g (Per 12oz)
URL: http://www.youtube.com/shortcircuitedbrewers
Created: Tuesday October 3rd 2017
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb American - Pale 2-Row10 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 50%
10 lb American - White Wheat10 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 50%
20 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker2 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker Hops Pellet 4 Boil 60 min 15.11 66.7%
1 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker1 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker Hops Pellet 4 Boil 5 min 1.51 33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 oz Bitter Orange Peel Spice Boil 15 min.
1 oz Lemon Peel Spice Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safbrew - Wheat Beer Yeast WB-06
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
86%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Temperature -- 154 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 12.61 gal (50.45 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 12 gal (48 qt) and adding 0.61 gal (2.45 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 7.5 30  
Mash volume with grains 9.1 36.4  
Grain absorption losses -2.5 -10  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 7.86 g | 31.5 qt) 8.69 34.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 12.61 g | 50.5 qt) 13.44 53.8  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil Volume 11 44  
Going into fermentor 11 44  
Total: 16.19 64.8
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

(You can scale this recipe up or down to fit your needs, generally can cut the grain bill and hops in half with good results.)
Optional* for more "character" from the yeast use the White labs American Hefeweizen WLP320
This base beer great by itself but lends itself well to flavoring after fermentation.
Examples:
6 oz of Apple flavoring (1.5 bottles of Brewer's Best)
8 oz of Blueberry flavoring (2 bottles of Brewers best)
1 unsweetened packet of powdered lemonade for a shandy.
Experiment and enjoy!
Any questions just shoot me an email.
brian@shortcircuitedbrewers.com

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