Brewing on Sat

[Organized Chaos]

First time I have brewed in a long time (the one a couple of weeks ago fell through)

Making 10 Gallons of Strawberry Wheat 

I have about 11 pounds of fresh strawberrys that I cleaned and froze ready to go for this Saturday morning. We will also be doing the pre-noon testing of several beers that have been sent to me as well...  It doesnt matter what time it is, when you are brewing, you are drinking.. We'll just do some stouts for breakfast, sounds reasonable.

[Kegergator]

You made a wheat before?

[Organized Chaos]

Yeah, this will be my second time with this specific beer (last year at peak strawberry season), and I made a horribly failed honey rasberry wheat also, but my wheat/IPA hybrid was pretty good.

[Kegergator]

Nice. big difference from regular brewing?

[Organized Chaos]

Nope, if you are doing extract brews, all you do is buy wheat extract and tone down the hops and its a wheat beer. Other then that, everything is the same (boil times, mini mash/grain steeping etc..).

Here is the recipe

Strawberry Wheat

A ProMash Recipe Report

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
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06-D  Light Hybrid Beer, American Wheat or Rye Beer

Min OG:  1.040   Max OG:  1.055
Min IBU:    15   Max IBU:    30
Min Clr:     3   Max Clr:     6  Color in SRM, Lovibond

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal):        11.00    Wort Size (Gal):   11.00
Total Extract (Lbs):     12.00
Anticipated OG:          1.046    Plato:             11.52
Anticipated SRM:           6.5
Anticipated IBU:          17.4
Wort Boil Time:             60    Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate:      15.00    Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size:   12.94    Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity:      1.039    SG          9.85  Plato

Formulas Used
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Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.

Color Formula Used:   Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Rager

Additional Utilization Used For Plug Hops:         2 %
Additional Utilization Used For Pellet Hops:      10 %


Grain/Extract/Sugar

   %     Amount     Name                          Origin        Potential SRM
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 83.3    10.00 lbs. Briess DME - Bavarian Wheat   America        1.046      8
  8.3     1.00 lbs. Carahell Malt                 Germany        1.034     12
  8.3     1.00 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt                      1.033      2

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

   Amount     Name                              Form    Alpha  IBU  Boil Time
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  1.00 oz.    Tettnanger                        Pellet   4.10   9.2  60 min.
  1.00 oz.    Tettnanger                        Pellet   4.10   8.2  45 min.


Yeast
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Safale US-05



Notes
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Let 11lbs strawberrys steep for 15 minutes after heat is turned off.

[Organized Chaos]

Wheat beers are what got me into real brewing (had done about 10 or so batches of mr beer previous to that). My BIL made a wheat beer that was supposed to be a blue moon clone and it was much beeter then any Mr. Beer kits I had done.

Since, the strwaberry wheat has probably been our best wheat, but we did make a nice all grain oberon clone (think oberon 2002)  and a couple other decent wheats.

[culdeus]

I just did an extract wheat beer for my most recent batch.  I wanted it to be darrrrrk, but the color came out brown.  I'm pissed about it, but it tastes good.  Carbonation is suspect.