Fruit Brute Summer Wheat Brew Session

Brew Session Info

7/13/2013
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

We split this recipe up into two batches. One batch I fermented the normal way with the lid and airlock on. The second batch, which will wind up being the berry weizen, I did an open fermentation for the first 36 hours. First impression was a marked difference in the yeast. I cultured up a slurry from a weizen we did back in March and kept it in the refrigerator. In that batch I noticed a lot of banana esters. The repitched slurry, however, had a very prominent clove character and no banana presence at all. should be interesting to see how the flavor changes in the finished product. Also, the batch with lid and airlock had pretty much completed ferementing after about 44 hours. The second batch, which I closed up the night before after 36 hours, was still percolating at a modest rate. I wonder if I'll get a lower FG as a result. Contrary to my past practice, I am not going to swirl the bottles during the conditioning phase to hellp the process along. I used about 6.5 oz of corn sugar during bottling and feel pretty certain that that amount of sugar will to the job without my help. I did about the same amount of sugar proportionately with my dunkelweizen and wound up over carbing. There is a considerable amount of yeast and wheat protein settling at the bottom of the bottles, which I suppose is typical of a weizen.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

22 lb kg
72 °FC
150 °FC
0.81 qt/lbl/kg
60 min.
10.5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
°FC
0.25 gals liters
0.5 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

15.72 gals liters
6.22 gals liters
4.71 gals liters
168.22 °FC
168.22 °FC
1.41 gals liters
11.01 gals liters
12.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

PH
150 °FC
150 °FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.052 (estimated)
12.2 gallons liters 12.20 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (90 minutes estimated)
10.5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 12.20 gallonsliters at 1.052 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.056.

You wanted an OG of 1.057. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

10.5 gallons liters 11.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.057 (1.057 predicted)
(1.014 predicted)

Conditioning

8/3/2013
10
oz g

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Recipe Facts

Fruit Brute Summer Wheat
Weissbier
  • 11.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 13.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.057 OG
  • 1.014 FG
  • 10.9 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.19 BG:GU
  • 3.9° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.5% ABV Alcohol
  • 191 per 12oz Calories
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