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Summer Watermelon Habanero Wheat

173 calories 14.9 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Fruit Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.04 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.75 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 173 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.9 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday April 18th 2024
1.053
1.009
5.8%
21.2
4.4
5.3
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 lb Weyermann - Bohemian Pilsner Malt5 lb Bohemian Pilsner Malt 36.8 2.43 42.6%
5 lb Weyermann - Pale Wheat5 lb Pale Wheat 36 2 42.6%
1 lb BSG - Flaked White Wheat1 lb Flaked White Wheat 36 1.6 8.5%
12 oz Weyermann - Acidulated12 oz Acidulated 27 3.4 6.4%
11.75 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz East Kent Goldings1 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5.8 Boil 60 min 21.21 25%
1 oz Yakima Chief Hops - Nugget1 oz Nugget Hops Pellet 14.5 Dry Hop (High Krausen) at 65 °F 4 days 25%
2 oz Motueka2 oz Motueka Hops Pellet 7 Dry Hop at 65 °F 4 days 50%
4 oz / $ 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
4.3 gal Infusion -- 152 °F 60 min
Vorlauf -- -- 20 min
4 gal Sparge -- -- --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 tsp BSG - Fermax Yeast Nutrient Other Boil 15 min.
1 each habanero chili, dehulled, seeded and quartered Flavor Boil 5 min.
1 each Lime Zest Flavor Boil 5 min.
1 each habanero chili, hulled, de-seeded, pureed and covered with vodka Flavor Secondary 4 days
96 oz pure watermelon juice Flavor Secondary 4 days
5 ml watermelon flavoring Flavor Mash --
5 g Chalk Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2 g Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 g Slaked Lime Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 95 B cells required
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Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 5.6 oz       Temp: 68 °F       CO2 Level: 2.6 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
I use my Boston tap water from the Quabbin treated to remove chlorine and chloramines. I use citric acid to adjust pH down on this recipe to complement the watermelon/lime
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Notes

Some people are bonkers about chili heat--I am not. I will sometimes put 1/6 pepper strips, soaked in vodka, into 6 bottles to make a 6 pack for the more obsessive hotheads. My goal was to have a "warm" back of the mouth heat that sneaks up on you, not a heat that smacks you over the head.

Day 4: Rack and dry hop:
Bag and tie off hops and habanero/lime zest, add to carboy with watermelon juice.
Purge carboy of air with CO2.
Rack from Primary and set at 65 for about 10 days.
Rack to bottling bucket. Taste sample and Prime with 5.5 oz. dextrose. Bottle and carb.

I also taste after racking on bottling day and correct for flavor with the watermelon flavoring and chili extract. The watermelon flavor really blooms, thus I add it initially during the secondary so that it has time to bloom prior to sampling/finishing.

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Cost $ Cost %
Fermentables $
Steeping Grains
(Extract Only)		 $
Hops $
Yeast $
Other $
Cost Per Barrel $ 0.00
Cost Per Pint $ 0.00
Total Cost $ 0.00
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