American Wheat Beer Recipe - Grapefruit Honey Wheat

Recipe Info

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Grapefruit Honey Wheat

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5 Gallon(s)
6.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
Extract American Wheat Beer homebrew recipe. This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients: Dry Malt Extract - Wheat - US, Dry Malt Extract - Light - US, Crystal 40L - CA, Acidulated Malt - DE , Melanoidin Malt - US, Honey - US, Cascade Hops, Amarillo Hops, Simcoe Hops, Crystal Hops, White Labs Hefeweizen Ale WLP300 Homebrew Yeast, Large Grapefruit.

Fermentables

40% - Dry Malt Extract - Wheat - US
3
42
3
Extract
27% - Dry Malt Extract - Light - US
2
44
8
Extract
7% - Crystal 40L - CA
0.5
34
40
Steep
3% - Acidulated Malt - DE
0.25
27
3
Steep
3% - Melanoidin Malt - US
0.25
37
20
Steep
20% - Honey - US
1.5
35
1
Late

Hops

Cascade
0.5
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
5.8
10.4
Amarillo
1
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
9
11.7
Simcoe
1
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
13
9.3
Crystal
1
Pellet
Boil
1 min(s)
4.5
0.7

Yeast

White Labs Hefeweizen Ale WLP300
74%

Other Stuff

Large Grapefruit
2
each
Secondary

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Put the zest in a pan and juice both grapefruits on top of it. Then boil the zest in the juice for 5 minutes. Cool the juice and the zest.
2.
Either put the mixture into the primary fermentor after 1 week, or put it into the bottom of the secondary fermentor and rack your beer on top of it.
3.
Leave it for at least one week.

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Comments

  • StudMuffin

    This is my most popular brew.

    10 years ago

Recipe Facts

Grapefruit Honey Wheat
American Wheat Beer
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.057 OG
  • 1.015 FG
  • 32.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.57 BG:GU
  • 7.5° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.4% ABV Alcohol
  • 190 per 12oz Calories
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American Wheat Beer

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.040-1.055 / Your OG: 1.057
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.008-1.013 / Your FG: 1.015
IBU 0
120
IBU: 15-30 / Your IBU: 32
SRM 0
40
SRM: 3-6 / Your SRM: 7.5
ABV 0
14
ABV: 4-5.5 / Your ABV: 5.4
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.27-0.75 / Your BG:GU: 0.57

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