Saturday, February 16, 2008

Weizen? Why Not?

Category Wheat Beer
Recipe Type Extract
Fermentables
6 lb Williams wheat extract
1 lb crystal malt
.5 lb toasted barley
1 lb honey

Hops
2 oz Cascades hops (boil)
.5 oz Cascades hops (finish)

Yeast 1 package Wyeast wheat yeast
Procedure Make a 2-quart starter before brewing. Steep crystal and toasted barley in 4 gallons water for 40 minutes (use grain bags to make this easier). Add extract, honey and bittering hops.

Boil wort for 1 hour. Remove from heat. Add finishing hops and steep 2 minutes. Chill and pitch yeast. After 3 days, rack to secondary. Bottle after 8 days.

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