American Wheat Beer Recipe - Red-Headed Stepchild

Recipe Info

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Red-Headed Stepchild

by on
All Grain
5.5 Gallon(s)
6.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
69%
Red Wheat and Blood oranges. I'm going to treat this one like a red-headed step child.

Fermentables

36% - Red Wheat - US
4
38
2
Mash
45% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
5
38
3
Mash
9% - Aromatic Malt
1
29
26
Mash
9% - Carapils - Dextrine Malt - US
1
33
1
Mash

Hops

Amarillo
0.5
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
9
16.6
Amarillo
0.5
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
9
8.2
Amarillo
1
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
9
0.0
Amarillo
2
Pellet
DryHop
0 day(s)
9
0.0

Yeast

Fermentis Safale US-05
74%

Other Stuff

Super Irish Moss
0.25
tsp
Boil
blood orange zest
2
each
Secondary
blood orange juice
2
each
Secondary

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Mash at 153 deg. for 60 min.
2.
Sparge as usual
3.
Cool and ferment at 68 deg to 70 deg

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Recipe Facts

Red-Headed Stepchild
American Wheat Beer
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.051 OG
  • 1.013 FG
  • 24.8 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.49 BG:GU
  • 6.8° SRM Color
  • 69% Efficiency
  • 4.8% ABV Alcohol
  • 169 per 12oz Calories
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American Wheat Beer

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.040-1.055 / Your OG: 1.051
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.008-1.013 / Your FG: 1.013
IBU 0
120
IBU: 15-30 / Your IBU: 25
SRM 0
40
SRM: 3-6 / Your SRM: 6.8
ABV 0
14
ABV: 4-5.5 / Your ABV: 4.8
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.27-0.75 / Your BG:GU: 0.49

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