Lime Wheat Brew Sessions

This recipe has been brewed 2 time(s)

Brew Session: Lime Wheat

Brumanchu 9/8/2022 12:00:00 AM
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Smooth brew day, solid mash temps, and a nice very light-yellow beer, I added the zest of 5 limes and the last charge of hops at 5 minutes left in the boil, I made about 2 quarts of limeade with a touch of honey with the limes and zested 3 more limes and put in vodka to make a lime zest extract. I'll add the limeade on day 3 or so of fermentation and the extract at bottling time. Bottled on 09/23 for Brewtoberfest Oct 8th. Ended up with 59 bottles of appropriately hazy wheat beer. Tasted nice, ...

Brew Session: Lime Wheat

Brumanchu 7/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Mash temps came in a bit high, but were stable 150.8 at the start and 150.6 at the end, was shooting for 149 but I overshot. Ended up with right at 6 gallons of 1.054 wort in the fermenter, looks great, light straw color, has a nice lime flavor and I pic up the sorachi ace hops that I used late for flavor and aroma. I'll kick off fermentation at around 64 and the bring up to 68 over the course of a few days. I'll add the limeade around day 3 of fermentation. Bottled this today, hoping it'll ...

Recipe Facts

Lime Wheat
American Wheat Beer
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.25 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.052 OG
  • 1.007 FG
  • 20.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.39 BG:GU
  • 2.9° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.7% ABV Alcohol
  • 170 per 12oz Calories
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