Wheat beer? Is this going to work? Hops?

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Wheat beer? Is this going to work? Hops?

Post by WishboneBrewery » Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:07 pm

Geordie lager kit - wheat beer with Saaz hops
Here's the idea....
Take one cheap ass Geordie Lager Kit, some Wheat Spray Malt, a jar of Golden Syrup, some Saaz hops and Safbrew WB06 wheat yeast... and it makes a Wheat beer of sorts.

I'm going to do the following:
* Boil up the Wheat Spray malt and Saaz hops for 40 mins
* Add more Saaz hops for the last 10 mins of boil
* Add further Saaz hops at flame-out for a 15 minute steep
* Tip the warmed Kit into the FV with the golden syrup followed by the hot spray malt and hops strained through a stainless sieve
* Pitch re-hydrated Safbrew WB06 wheat yeast after aerating the wort lots
* Maybe even dry hop the FV after fermentation has finished

Fingers crossed it should turn out like a nice hoppy wheat beer!? :)
I'm planning this for tomorrow, and I might actually try taking some pictures of the mess I'll be making!

If anyone can help with the quantities of Hops and times etc that would be great, I was thinking of 20g each batch... but I really aren't sure!
Cheers :)
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Re: Wheat beer? Is this going to work? Hops?

Post by mysterio » Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:00 pm

Whats the AA% of your hops ?

I would lay of the finishing hops personally, you're making a wheat beer not a pilsener, otherwise it should turn out ok
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Post by WishboneBrewery » Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:22 pm

OK...
Brupaks Saaz - Alpha Acid 3.0 - 3.5%
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Re: Wheat beer? Is this going to work? Hops?

Post by WishboneBrewery » Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:18 pm

here we go...
I made a blog post with pictures.
http://pdtnc.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/g ... saaz-hops/
The Ingredients:
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The Wheat Yeast rehydrating in a little boiled water and wheat spray malt:
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The Hops just gone in the pan:
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The 40 minute boil:
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Spent hops in sieve:
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FV filled with yeast Pitched at 22 Deg C after a good aeration:
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OG reading of about 1038:
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Hopefully this will get fermenting by tomorrow :)
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Re: Wheat beer? Is this going to work? Hops?

Post by simple one » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:38 pm

You tasted any yet?
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Post by WishboneBrewery » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:51 pm

simple one wrote:You tasted any yet?
I've just bottled it this afternoon, had a sneaky little taste and it tastes rough, I'll leave it 4, maybe 5 weeks. 1 week in the warm and 3 or 4 weeks in the cool.
Primed with a little over 80g of household sugar dissolved in 100ml of the brew. :)
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