Hoppy Weisse

Our club (NBCBA) is doing a Hefeweizen contest in a month and this is the recipe that I’ve brewed for it.  It’s not to style with all those late hops but I wanted to brew a Hefeweizen / American Pale-Ale hybrid for the longest time. The inspiration came from Le Castor’s Citra-Weisse and the idea is to take the grain bill and yeast of a Hefe and use lots of late hops like an APA.  I probably won’t win the competition but I sure will enjoy this on hot days!

Recipe Specifications
Batch Size: 11.00 gal
Total Grain: 21.75 lbs
Estimated OG: 1.057
SRM: 5.9
IBU: 39.3 IBU
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grains
55.2% (12 lbs) - Pilsner
41.4% (9 lbs) - Wheat
3.4% (0.75 lbs) - Carawheat

Hops
2.25 oz Magnum @ 60 min
3.00 oz El Dorado @ Hop-Stand (175F for 60 min)
3.00 oz Amarillo @ Hop-Stand (175F for 60 min)

Dry Hop
3.00 oz El Dorado @ Dry Hop for 7 days (1.50 oz per 5 gal)
3.00 oz Amarillo @ Dry Hop for 7 days (1.50 oz per 5 gal)

Yeast
WY3068 - Weihenstephan Weizen

Mash Schedule
Sacch Rest - 60 min @ 153F

Notes
04/12/15: Brew day
OG = 1.056
11 gallons

Berliner Weisse #2

Brewed my second Berliner Weisse and for this one I upped the amount of acid malt, boosted the grain bill a little bit and also added a handful of grains to the fermentor.

Recipe Specifications
Batch Size (Gal): 6.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 8.75
Estimated OG: 1.042
Anticipated SRM: 2.9
Anticipated IBU: 2.1 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 0 Minutes

Grains
45.7% (4 lbs) - Pilsner
45.7% (4 lbs) - Wheat
8.6% (0.75 lbs) - Acid malt

Hops
1.00 oz Spalter (2.00%) @ Mash Hop

Yeast
WY5335 - Lactobacillus + raw grains
Safale S-05

Mash Schedule
Sacch Rest - 60 min @ 149F

Notes
03/13/15: Brew day
OG = 1.037

Berliner Weisse #1

With summer just around the corner, I need to have a couple of low abv beers and Bernier Weisse is the ultimate summer quencher beer in my opinion.  This one will be the first of a series of Berliner Weisse I'll brew wwith slight variations for each brew.

Recipe Specifications
Batch Size (Gal): 6.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 7.75
Estimated OG: 1.036
Anticipated SRM: 2.7
Anticipated IBU: 2.2 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 0 Minutes

Grains
48.4% (3.75 lbs) - Pilsner
45.2% (3.50 lbs) - Wheat
6.5% (0.50 lbs) - Acid malt

Hops
1.00 oz Saaz (2.00%) @ Mash Hop

Yeast
WY5335 - Lactobacillus (for 5 days then added wlp090)
Safale S-05

Mash Schedule
Sacch Rest - 60 min @ 149F

Notes
03/07/15: Brew day
6.25 gallons
OG = 1.033

American Wheat

While it’s still summer and I’m still on a wheat beer and hoppy pale kick, I decided I would brew something that would combine both hops and wheat.  I wanted something refreshing, light bodied with low bitterness and a medium hop flavour/aroma.  Typically American Wheat is not usually dry hopped but I will still try it on the S-05 carboy with 1oz of hops (0.50 oz Amarillo + 0.50 oz Sorachi Ace) just for personal research and development.

Recipe Specifications
Batch Size (Gal): 15.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 27.50
Estimated OG: 1.050
Anticipated SRM: 4.8
Anticipated IBU: 32.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grains
47.3% (13 lbs) - 2 Row
47.3% (13 lbs) - Wheat
5.5% (1.5 lbs) - Caravienne

Hops
3.00 oz Willamette (5.20%) @ 60 min
1.00 oz Amarillo (8.70%) @ 15 min
1.00 oz Sorachi Ace (13.00%) @ 15 min
1.00 oz Amarillo (8.70%) @ Hop-Stand (175F for 45 min)
1.00 oz Sorachi Ace (13.00%) @ Hop-Stand (175F for 45 min)

S-05 carboy
0.50 oz Amarillo (8.70%) @ Dry Hop for 10 days
0.50 oz Sorachi Ace (13.00%) @ Dry Hop for 10 days

Yeasts
5.5 gal -> Safale S-05
5.5 gal -> Lallamand BRY-97
4 gal -> WY3565 Kölsch

Mash Schedule
Sacch Rest - 60 min @ 152F

Notes
06/19/14: Brew day

Fly sparge with 170F water
Collected 15 gallons
OG = 1.052


07/16/14: bottled @ 2.5 vol CO2.  FG: S-05=1.009