100% Wheat Beer

[tdh]

Hi Doc, I didn't recognise you with your sunnies on!
You're order left Grumpy's yesterday.

tdh

 

[Doc]

Hi Doc, I didn't recognise you with your sunnies on!
You're order left Grumpy's yesterday.

tdh

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Cheers tdh. Easy mistake :lol:
Got the grain all weighed out tonight and the 1026 yeast starter stepped up to 2 litres. All go for Saturdays brew day.
tdh talked me into some rice hulls (which with my mesh screen over the manifold shouldn't make sparging any problem).
Should be a great brew.

How is yours tasting JasonY ?

Beers,
Doc

 

[JasonY]

How is yours tasting JasonY ?

Tasting very nice, the keg is emptying rapidly ... will have to try and get a couple of bottles saved away for one of the perth meets. I have a whole sack of wheat to get through so I think another one of these will be on the cards for winter. Next time i will up the OG a bit (1.050 this time) and hit it with some more hops.

Look forward to hearing how yours turns out.

 

[Doc]

Brewed it today. Brewday went well, no probs with the sparge. Here is the recipe.

Beers,
Doc

Doc's 100% Wheat Porter

A ProMash Recipe Report

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
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23-A Specialty Beer, Specialty Beer

Min OG: 1.010 Max OG: 1.200
Min IBU: 0 Max IBU: 100
Min Clr: 0 Max Clr: 177 Color in EBC

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (L): 25.00 Wort Size (L): 25.00
Total Grain (kg): 5.58
Anticipated OG: 1.055 Plato: 13.47
Anticipated EBC: 47.6
Anticipated IBU: 42.5
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 10.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 29.41 L
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.046 SG 11.52 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 EBC
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62.7 3.50 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.040 4
25.1 1.40 kg. Weyermann Wheat Dark Germany 1.039 15
7.9 0.44 kg. TF Crystal Wheat UK 1.034 100
4.3 0.24 kg. Weyermann Chocolate Wheat Germany 1.035 1100

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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26.00 g. Northern Brewer Pellet 10.00 33.4 60 min.
16.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.50 7.0 40 min.
18.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.50 2.1 10 min.


Extras

Amount Name Type Time
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1.00 Tsp Irish Moss Fining 15 Min.(boil)


Yeast
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WYeast 1026 British Cask Ale


Mash Schedule
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Mash Type: Single Step

Grain kg: 5.58
Water Qts: 18.51 - Before Additional Infusions
Water L: 17.52 - Before Additional Infusions

L Water Per kg Grain: 3.14 - Before Additional Infusions

Saccharification Rest Temp : 66 Time: 90
Mash-out Rest Temp : 72 Time: 10
Sparge Temp : 80 Time: 50


Total Mash Volume L: 21.24 - Dough-In Infusion Only

All temperature measurements are degrees Celsius.

 

[Doc]

Racked the 100% Wheat Porter this morning. Had a small tipple and it is tasting great.
Thinking this will be another regular beer at my house :lol:

Beers,
Doc

 

[Doc]

Kegged it last night.
Had a little sample and it wasn't tasting as good as it did when I racked it.
There is a slight aftertaste, that from what I could tell last night may be from using a bit much of the chocolate wheat.
Of course it could have also been the five different styles of beer I'd had during the day and the two Canadian Club whiskeys I had with dinner :lol:

Will have a couple of cold carbonated ones while watching the Crusaders kick the Warratahs butts on Saturday night and report back.

Beers,
Doc

 

[JasonY]

Look forward to some more tasting notes Doc. Mine is still going and has gotten even better. Only problem is that when I moved house the beer fridge got a bit cold and it is now overcarbonated and pours like guinness. Will have to depressure and carb again.

Looks like I used a similar amount of choc but not the wheat variety, flavour seems to have smoothed somewhat with age.

 

[Doc]

How is yours tasting JasonY ?

I have a whole sack of wheat to get through so I think another one of these will be on the cards for winter. Next time i will up the OG a bit (1.050 this time) and hit it with some more hops.

Hey JasonY,

Did you end up doing another 100% Wheat brew ?
Been thinking about doing another myself in a few brews time.

Beers,
Doc

 

[JasonY]

Not yet Doc but I was just thinking yesterday that the all wheat porter or something like that would be a good one to revisit soon. I still have that same sack of wheat.

Was thinking of Hop Burst JPA after the next brew, perhaps I will have a crack at a 100% wheat hop burst just for the sake of something new I have lots of rice hulls so I reckon it will go alright.

May be time to get through some of that wheat soon.

EDIT: Brewboard link here

 

[frawg]

Quick question.... What is a rice hull?

 

[Darren]

Thats not you is it Ross?

cheers

Darren

 

[Tony]

rice hulls are used to help with the loow in the mash.

they are as described, rice ... hulls. They are like the barley husks with no grain.

I made a wheat ale last brew day. only used 70% wheat but worked great.

used 70% JW wheat and 30% JW ale maslt

used NZ nelson sauvin hop flowers all the way and brewed with WLP001.

It just stopped bubbling so will taste and report back.

cheers

PS i use crystal wheat ans JW roasted wheat regularly and love tham. Still havnt tried choc wheat but i have tasted it. seems like a good product but i have emough grains to keep 3 brewers happy so will use up what i have first.

cheers

 

[Batz]

Quick question.... What is a rice hull?

IMO
Steer clear of them,you don't need them and they are not nice.
But then if you drink wheats perhaps you won't notice :lol:

Batz h34r:

 

[Darren]

Just make sure your hulls are food grade. Most hulls these days are designed for pet bedding, mice, rats etc.

If you are making a wheat a slow sparge is all you need.

If it does block just stir the bugger. So what! It is a wheat!!

Doesn't matter if its cloudy!!!


cheers

Darren

 

[NRB]

Just make sure your hulls are food grade. Most hulls these days are designed for pet bedding, mice, rats etc.

What difference is there Darren? I would've thought that a rice hull is a rice hull. It all gets boiled anyway.

I've only used them once and I think next time I do, I'll wash them first to remove some flavour/colour contribution.

 

[Mr Bond]

Ok so I've read all the posts and it seems that a dark style is great(tried and tested).
But has anyone tried a plain ol 100% pale wheat malt<nothing else?
I'm thinking about it as a first up brew for 07(call me wacky :huh: )as Ive got 25kg of the stuff.Plan is to keep it plain and simple

So it'll look like this.

Experiwheat



100% JW wheat
1 hop addition to 18/20 IBU
wy 3068

Single infusion 67c.

11 litres only

Comments?

 

[Stuster]

Water? :unsure:

 

[Steve]

Bralover - I too have 25kg of Weyermann Wheat. Ive never done an all grain wheat....I was thinking half wheat, half ale. I would prolly bitter more than 18/20. (Too sweat for me) Prolly about 25/30. Chuck in some coriander and dried orange peel and.....no idea what yeast?
Cheers
Steve

 

[Mr Bond]

Bralover - I too have 25kg of Weyermann Wheat. Ive never done an all grain wheat....I was thinking half wheat, half ale. I would prolly bitter more than 18/20. (Too sweat for me) Prolly about 25/30. Chuck in some coriander and dried orange peel and.....no idea what yeast?
Cheers
Steve

Yeah I've done a few weizens in the last 12 months and settled on 60/40 wheat to barley.Pils, munich and a touch of carapils. This is more about the novelty of an ALL pale wheat. Bittering lower is to accentuate the malt profile and yeast characteristic. Too higher IBU with such a bland malt profile would be out of balance.

Looks like I'm gunna be a guinea pig on this one


*Edit Grammar*

 

[Paleman]

Bralover -
Cheers
Steve

You havnt been stealing under wear from washing lines have ya Brau !! :blink:

Good one Stevo.