Ingredients
Pretty simply grain bill. This is for a 1.045 OG brew assuming ~75% efficiency. We don't have any Cascade hops, but Willamette is a decent substitute, and we've got 8oz of that handy, so we'll go with that.
| 8.25 lbs. Pale Malt |
| 8.25 lbs. Malted Wheat |
| 2oz Willamette (5 %AA) |
| 2 grams Grains of Paradise |
| 2 x WLP051 California Ale Yeast |
Mash Method
August 30, 2008
Well, we got our strike water up to 175-180 and struck. Initial mash temp was 162°F eek! So we tried cooling down a little by leaving the top open a few seconds. The next temperature reading was 147°F.Dammit! Too low.
We circulated through the HLT for the remainder of the mash. The thermometer seemed to die on us, and the one that we had in the HLT read a completely different temperature (leading us to believe it is not calibrated). So we kinda just forwent temperature readings and figured we'd wing it for the rest of the mash.
Mixed it up well, vorlaufed for twenty minutes and lautered. Got only a few gallons out of that. Then sparged, mixed and vorlaufed another twenty minutes before lautering. In total, we got around 11 gallons for the boil.
Perfect.
Brew Method
August 30, 2008
Ahhh I love it when brewday goes well. So far, so good.
T=60min
Added 1oz Willamette (5% AA)
T=30min
Added 0.5oz Willamette (5% AA)
Added 2g Grains of Paradise
T=15min
Added 2 tspn Irish Moss
T=15min
Added 0.5oz Willamette (5% AA)
After the boil was complete, we killed the heat, hooked up the chiller and let 'er rip. Our OG reading was 1.044.
Perfect.
That's exactly where we planned with a 75% efficiency. Two brews in a row. As Eric said, once is luck. Twice is a coincidence. Three times and you're doing something right. So, next time we should be sitting pretty.
Fermentation
August 30, 2008
Got both primaries up to the five gallon mark, sitting in boxes in the basement, getting ready to chug away.
August 31, 2008
Both fermenters are bubbling away vigorously! Sweet!
September 13, 2008
Racked both to secondary. In one, we put 1oz of lemon zest, and the other got 1oz of orange zest. Both smelled delicious.
Bottling
October 11, 2008
Ok, so yeah, we dropped the ball kinda on this one. Four weeks in secondary for this brew. My trip to Florida combined with jerkwad's unrelenting schedule have led to this. On the bright side, the beer is amazingly clear.
Final OG was 1.010, giving us an ABV of 4.4%. Pretty good.
After opening the fermenters, the lemon had an overwhelming lemon aroma. The orange, not so much. In all, we got 26 bottles of the lemon and 27 of the orange. Fantastic.
Tasting
August 10, 2009
Well, after forgetting to add any taste notes, I'll try to recap. The orange wheat was okee dokee, but the lemon wheat tasted like carbonated lemon water. However, after a year in the bottles, the lemon flavor cleaned up considerably and now they taste pretty darn good. Smooth, light and citrusy. The grains of paradise are notable, and there's an apparent flavor of coriander (though none was included in the brew).
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