06 March, 2011

Home Brew: Dark Wheat

My first sample of a "Dark Wheat" which was really just a quick and dirty brew using some ingredients I had leftover from other recipes. It was essentially a pair of Mr. Beer Wheat extracts with a bit of chocolate malt for a deep color, and roasty malt goodness. The result? Quite good. It has a great mix of a wheat sourness with dark roasty malt flavors.




Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Bitterness 23 IBU
Alcohol by Volume 5.3%
Recipe Color 24° SRM
Alcohol by Weight 4.2%

Ingredients
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (US) Grain Mashed
0.75 lb MrB. Booster Sugar Other
2.42 lb MrB. Whispering Wheat Weizenbier Extract Extract
0.50 oz Centennial Whole 30 minutes
1.00 unit Corriander Seed Spice 1 tablespoon
1.00 unit Irish Moss Fining 1/2 teaspoon
2.00 unit Orange Peel, Sweet Spice
0.75 unit Safale S-05 Dry Ale Yeast Yeast American: Temperature Range: 59°-75° F 11.5 GRAMS

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