Summer Solstice American Wheat (All Grain) 5 US gallons

Summer Solstice American Wheat
(All Grain) 5 US gallons

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This Homebrew Recipe was added by MidwestBrewer on August 18, 1999 at 10:15:41:
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Brewing Method: All Grain
Yeast: Wyeast 1056 from Strange Brewer
Yeast Starter: 1 quart
Batch Size: 5 US gallons
Original Gravity: 1.048
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: ~5 %
Total Grains: 8.75 lbs
Color: 5.4
Extract Efficiency: 75 %
Hop IBU's: 14
Boiling Time: 60
Primary Fermentation: 7 days, 70 degrees
Secondary Fermentation: 21 days, 70 degrees
Additional Fermentation:

Grain Bill:

4.00 lbs. Briess Pale Malt
2.00 lbs. German Wheat Malt
0.75 lbs. Canadian Honey Malt
1.00 lbs. Flaked Wheat
1.00 lbs. Clover Honey

Hop Bill:

1 oz Crystal hops, 3.2% aa, 60 min
0.5 oz Crystal hops, 3.2% aa, 10 min
0.5 oz Crystal hops, 3.2% aa, 3 min

Mash Schedule:

Single infusion mash, 152 degrees, 90 minutes
10 minute mashout at 170 degrees

Brewers Notes:

Honey added at beginning of boil since the honey malt is used. This beer takes a good 3 weeks in the bottle to get into good shape, but after that, it disappeared very fast in my house.