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Eat your wheaties ale

Name: Eat your wheaties ale
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 7.5 gallons
Cuisine: Homebrewing
Ingredients: 6.5 lb Red Wheat; 6.5 lb Brewers Malt 2-Row; 1 lb Honey Malt; 2 lb Extra Light Dry Malt Extract (DME); 1 oz Saaz Hops; 1 oz Citra Hops

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Method: All Grain
Style: Weissbier
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 7.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 9.67 gallons
Post Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.033 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.054 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Calories: 180 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.4 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Tuesday June 2nd 2026

Original Gravity:

1.054

Final Gravity:

1.016

ABV (standard):

4.9%

IBU (tinseth):

11.6

SRM (morey):

6.2

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
6.50 lb	American - Red Wheat6.5 lb Red Wheat	38	2.5	40.6%
6.50 lb	Briess - Brewers Malt 2-Row6.5 lb Brewers Malt 2-Row	37	1.8	40.6%
1 lb	Honey Malt1 lb Honey Malt	37	25	6.3%
2 lb	Muntons - Extra Light Dry Malt Extract (DME)2 lb Extra Light Dry Malt Extract (DME) - (late boil kettle addition)	44	3.2	12.5%
16 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops	Pellet	2.1	Boil	90 min	6.66	50%
1 oz	Citra1 oz Citra Hops	Pellet	13.4	Boil	3 min	4.94	50%
2 oz / $ 0.00

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Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
		Strike	--	--	--
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.75 qt/lb Starting Grain Temp: 55 °F

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
0.50 lb	Rice hulls		Water Agt	Mash	0 min.

Yeast

Lallemand - LALBREW® WIT BELGIAN WIT-STYLE ALE YEAST

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	70%	Flocculation:	Low
Optimum Temp:	63 - 72 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	-	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 132 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 4.04 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
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Notes

165 mashed in to target 154 got 159
recirculated with cover on 10 mins to drop to 154
holding temp for

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Last Updated: 2026-06-07 00:51 UTC

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Cost for

Gallons

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Final Yield

	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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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Saaz (Pellet) 0.99999999771257 oz Saaz (Pellet) Hops	6.66	50%
1 oz	Citra (Pellet)	4.94	50%
2 oz / $ 0.00