I need to get my grain bill to the brewery asap so i can brew a wheat on Monday for a buddy’s party then end of the month. I gave one of my laptops to my neice, not thinking that all my software for brewing and recipes were on it. I need a a grain bill for 20 gallons of wheat, I typically go 50/50. Looking to hit around 1050 - 1055. Oh, and maybe some advice on how much hallertau to throw in to reach 15-20 ibu. Mainly bittering. Thanks!
Wheat has about the same potential as barley IIRC. Around 36 ppg. At 75% efficiency, that gets you 27 points for each lb. in each gal. Get out a pencil and paper and take it from there.
We’re talking about weaze here. I’m not helping until he tells me what kind of yeast he’s using though, I will not be a party to any kind of American hefe crap.
Even worse than an American hefe, its a honey weizen. (Hey, its what the dude wants) Change of plans, now he only wants 5 gal of it, and the rest porter. I got that covered. I’ll bust out the pen and paper, but no promises I won’t be back asking questions.
gonna take a shot in the dark here. 5 lbs wheat, 5 lbs barley .5oz hallertauer. Oh wait, you said honey wheat. so 4 lbs wheat 4 lbs barley 1 lbs honey .5 oz hallertauer
Morticai, I’m leaning your direction. Gonna go 5 and 5 though, as I would never use a full pound of honey malt. That’s a lot in 5 gal. And, I may use the full oz hallertau.
This isn’t 50/50, but it’s my recipe scaled to 21 gallons.
Rounded off.
22.5 lbs of wheat
14 lbs of Pilsner
3 lbs of Munich
1 lb of Caramunich
2.34 oz of Hallertaur (4.3%) at 60 minutes
1.7 oz of Hallertaur (4.3%) at 20 minutes
WLP300 Ferment at 62.
That’s about 14.3 IBU and 12.496 Plato on gravity.
This is the #2 most popular beer we have on tap here at the house with my wife. And she’s a tough customer. Hop variety matters little on this beer. Anything noble or American derivative of noble works fine. I have used Sterling and Mt. Hood with fine results.