American Brown Ale Recipe - Midnight Wheat

Recipe Info

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Midnight Wheat

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All Grain
5.5 Gallon(s)
6.75 Gallon(s)
90 min
75%
This is a dark wheat that borrows specialty grains from a brown ale. The hops and grapefruit get it a citrus taste while the caramel and chocolate malt give it little depth.

Fermentables

40% - Pale Ale - US
5.5
37
3
Mash
15% - Red Wheat - US
2
38
2
Mash
29% - Wheat - US
4
39
1
Mash
4% - Midnight Wheat - US
0.5
32
549
Mash
4% - Caramel/Crystal 60 - US
0.5
36
60
Mash
2% - Chocolate Malt - US
0.25
34
350
Mash
7% - Rice Hulls - US
1
0
0
Mash

Hops

Chinook
0.5
Pellet
Boil
90 min(s)
13
21.0
Cascade
1
Pellet
Boil
20 min(s)
5.8
10.6
Saaz
1
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
3.8
2.3
Chinook
0.5
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
13
3.9

Yeast

Fermentis Safbrew WB-06
86%

Other Stuff

Grapefruit Zest (5 minutes)
1
each
Boil
Yeast Nutrient
2
tsp
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Crush the grains and definitely remember to mix in the rice hulls or expect a stuck mash
2.
Mash between 148 and 150 degrees F and collect 6.75 gallons
3.
Boil for 90 minutes with first hop addition at 60 min before end of boil
4.
Add 60 min 2nd hop addition at 20 min before end of boil
5.
5 to 10 min before end of boil, add grapefruit zest
6.
Add last hop addition 5 min before end of boil
7.
Re-hydrate dry yeast with one cup of sanitized water
8.
Cool wort to between 70 and 75 degrees F
9.
With wort in fermenter, add re-hydrated yeast
10.
Let ferment for 3 weeks between 65 and 75 degrees, higher temps will get more of banana taste while cooler temps will get more of clover taste
11.
Bottle with 4 ounces of corn sugar

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Recipe Facts

Midnight Wheat
American Brown Ale
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.75 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.065 OG
  • 1.009 FG
  • 37.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.58 BG:GU
  • 29.5° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 7.2% ABV Alcohol
  • 217 per 12oz Calories
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