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Watermelon Wheat

Method: Partial Mash
Style: Weissbier
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.073 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Brewers Best/Modified with extra hops
Rating:

4.00 (1 Review)

No Chill: 5 minute extended hop boil time
Calories: 167 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.3 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Tuesday March 29th 2016

Original Gravity:

1.051

Final Gravity:

1.010

ABV (standard):

5.3%

IBU (tinseth):

11.8

SRM (morey):

4.1

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
6.60 lb	Liquid Malt Extract - Wheat6.6 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Wheat	35	3	86.8%
0.50 lb	American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)0.5 lb Carapils (Dextrine Malt)	33	1.8	6.6%
0.50 lb	American - Wheat0.5 lb Wheat	38	1.8	6.6%
7.60 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.50 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - German hallertau0.5 oz German hallertau Hops	Pellet	2.7	Boil	60 min	4.24	28.6%
0.50 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - German hallertau0.5 oz German hallertau Hops	Pellet	2.7	Boil	20 min	2.9	28.6%
0.75 oz	Amarillo0.75 oz Amarillo Hops	Pellet	10	Boil	0 min	4.62	42.9%
1.75 oz / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Yakima Chief Hops - German hallertau (Pellet)	7.14	57.2%
0.75 oz	Amarillo (Pellet)	4.62	42.9%
1.75 oz / $ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
3.5 gal	Steep	Temperature	--	155 °F	20 min

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
3.30 lb	Wheat LME	Other	Boil	1 hr.
3.30 lb	Wheat LME	Other	Boil	15 min.
4 oz	Natural watermelon flavoring	Flavor	Bottling	--
5 oz	Priming sugar	Other	Bottling	--

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:	70 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 84 B cells required

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Notes

Steep grains at 155F for 20 min in 2.5 gallons of water.
Sparge with 1 gallon of 170F water
Bring wort to boil, add 3.3 lbs of wheat LME. bring back to boil.
Add 0.5 oz hallertau hops.
Boil 40 minutes add other 0.5 oz hallertau hops
Boil 5 minutes
ADD REMAINING 3.3 lb LME. This will help maintain SRM.
Boil final 15 minutes.
Flame out and add 0.75 oz of Amarillo hops. After about 5 minutes begin chilling wort. Siphon to fermenter. Collect sample for hydrometer. Add enough water to achieve OG 1046 to 1051.
Aerate wort.
Pitch yeast, secure lid, set airlock and move to temp stable area. After fermentation is complete, move to secondary fermenter or go ahead and bottle.
Prior to bottling, mix 5 oz of priming sugar into 2 cups of boiling water, mix well then add 4 oz of watermelon natural flavoring. Stir to incorporate into the hot liquid. Cool to room temperature. Dump primer and flavoring mix into a clean bottling bucket. Transfer beer from fermenter to bucket and bottle as normal. Bottle condition for at least 2 weeks.

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

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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Fatty Lumpkin • 05/15/2016 at 11:08pm

4 of 5

This was meant as a refreshing light wheat beer with a watermelon flavor. We took it on vacation to the beach and it worked well for that purpose. I used a kit and made adjustments to my style. I added some Amarillo hops and changed from safale 06 which came with the kit, to a safale 05 which is an ale yeast. The concern going into it was that the 4oz of watermelon flavoring that came with the kit would cause the beer to be a bit Jolly Rancher-ish. I think if I was to brew again, I would use 3 oz of the watermelon flavoring. In most bottles it was almost too much watermelon. I was hoping the citrus of the Amarillo would balance the watermelon. It was lost to the watermelon. The color was dark for a wheat, head was generous. I tried it with some different foods and the flavor profile was not significantly different between foods. On a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being a highly enjoyable beer, I'm giving it a 3.0. It was very drinkable and served its purpose on the beach.

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