"This is grain, which any fool can eat, but for which the Lord intended a more divine means of consumption. Let us give praise to our maker and glory to his bounty by learning about... BEER." - Friar Tuck in Prince of Theives

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Ode to Lindsay Wheat

This wheat beer is a Belgian White Wheat style. The inspiration for this came from some of my cousins' love of Blue Moon and my family's attachment to oranges.
So add in the Orange Blossom honey and voila! delicious beer. This beer is still in the secondary  fermenter.

The recipe is as follows:
5.2 pounds of Golden Liquid Malt Extract
1.3 pounds of Wheat malt extract
1.25 pounds flaked wheat
1.0 pounds European two-row
.83 oz Hallertau Mittlefrueh @61 minutes
.83 oz Fuggles @15min
.25 Hallertau Mittlefrueh @12min
.83 oz Hallertau Mittlefrueh @ 1 minute
1.0 pounds Orange Blossom Honey @1minute
.5tsp Wyeast Nutrient @10
WLP 400

Original Gravity: 1.056
Estimated ABV: 5.4%
Mash grains for 30 minutes at 155
Add in malt extract bring to boil and follow hop schedule.
Pitched yeast at 72 degrees. Transferred to secondary after 7 days and second fermentation started. Gravity at 1.031

Still in fermenter....watching beer ferment is like watching grass grow or paint dry.

Racked the beer a second time for more stuff to fall down. When I racked it a first time a second vigorous fermentation started. SO we will see what happens now...

Well I was finally able to bottle this bad boy. 34 12 ouncers and 5 22's. Beautiful. 5.4% in the end.

It looks copper in this picture but I had some other not so great pictures and I think there is an orangeish tint to this fella. The beer turned out well. Now we will give it a few weeks to condition and crack it open and garnish with an orange slice.

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