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Offline friarsmith

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Pimp My Hefe
« on: March 01, 2010, 09:10:59 am »
I submitted a 6D-American Wheat beer to three competitions last summer. See recipe below.  While the feedback was positive, 5 of 6 judges said it lacked a grainy or bready characteristic to round out the flavor mouthfeel.  The beer was well-received by friends and spouse.  I particularly like how the Perle hops and Corriander combine, and also dig the contrast between the slight residual sweetness of the honey malt with the tang of the Clementine orange peel.

If I tweak the grain bill according to the judges feedback, would you suggest replacing a portion of the American 2-row with Vienna Malt, perhaps 2.5 lbs each?  Or perhaps changing the mash temp?  Thanks!

12 gallons
15# Wheat Malt
5#  American 2-Row
0.5# Torrified Wheat
0.5# Honey Malt
0.25 teaspoon Corriander @ 5 mins
Orange Peel @ 5 mins (two one inch diameter pieces)
1.75 oz Perle pellets @ 60 mins
1.00 oz Hallertau pellets @ 5 mins
Wyeast 1010 American Wheat (Slurry from 2 packs in a ~24 hr starter)
Mashed at 150 for 90 mins
14 days at 68 degrees PF, then kegged
1.052 / 1.010
« Last Edit: March 01, 2010, 01:01:50 pm by friarsmith »

Offline babalu87

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Re: Pimp My Hefe
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2010, 08:56:46 pm »
I think its got too much wheat in it.
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Offline euge

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Re: Pimp My Hefe
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2010, 09:34:09 pm »
Seems to me if you subbed in some wlp400 you'd have a Wit.



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Offline dhacker

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Re: Pimp My Hefe
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 05:00:35 am »
I think its got too much wheat in it.

Agreed.

But if you're determined to keep that amount of wheat in there, maybe throw in some 6 row.
Just brew it...