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American Wheat and Rye Beer

June 25th, 2015

So there’s a competition coming up for Redstick with a small set of categories. I wanted to submit something and this style seemed fun given it’s hotter than hell outside and I’ve never brewed it before. The brew day went very easy with zero issues. I did forget to check gravity because we got rained on but oh well. I think it’ll come out great as it was quickly fermenting away.

Update:
This beer didn’t place in competition with the primary complaint being the Rye was hard to find. I’ll probably brew it again sometime with more rye. I think I’ll switch the hop to something like Cascade next time as well. Score and comments were overall very positive it just didn’t impress enough to get in the top 3.

Recipe Details

Batch Size Boil Time IBU SRM Est. OG Est. FG ABV
5.5 gal 90 min 23.5 IBUs 3.5 SRM 1.050 1.011 5.1 %

Style Details

Name Cat. OG Range FG Range IBU SRM Carb ABV
American Wheat or Rye Beer 6 D 1.04 - 1.055 1.008 - 1.013 15 - 30 3 - 6 2.3 - 2.6 4 - 5.5 %

Fermentables

Name Amount %
Pilsner (2 Row) Ger 5 lbs 45.45
Rye, Flaked 3 lbs 27.27
Wheat, Flaked 3 lbs 27.27

Hops

Name Amount Time Use Form Alpha %
Magnum 1 oz 15 min Boil Pellet 14
Amarillo Gold 0.25 oz 0 min Aroma Pellet 8.5

Miscs

Name Amount Time Use Type
Lactic Acid 15.00 ml 60 min Mash Water Agent
Calcium Chloride 7.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) 4.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent

Yeast

Name Lab Attenuation Temperature
American Wheat Ale (1010) Wyeast Labs 76% 58°F - 74°F

Mash

Step Temperature Time
Mash In 152°F 75 min

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