American Wheat Beer

Wookie

Hi Folks,

I need a little guidance on a recipe. I am going to have a go at the American wheat beer recipe that Palmer details on how to brew.

For the extract he lists “6 lbs. of Wheat Malt Extract”. So I have bought two 1.5kg cans of LME. One is wheat malt and the other is pale malt.

So if I apply the 60/40 split in lbs I get 3.6lbs wheat and 2.4lbs barley. This would mean 1.6kg wheat and 1.09kg barley. So I have 8% less wheat to start as my tin is 1.5kg.

When I apply a 60/40 ratio with the 60% wheat being 1.5kg I end up with 1kg of Barley and I know that I have 8% less extract that the original recipe lists. So I can reduce the volume of water used by 8%.

Does this make sense?

And…. here is the bit I am not clear about. Do I need to make a further adjustment to the water volume because I am using LME and not DME? I have read about the yield of a malt but there is no reference to the yield on the tins.

I am looking forward to this brew as I have cultured a starter from a bottle of Sierra Nevada kellerweis, but as you might guess from the post I am not brewing long and a little unsure.

Cheers,

mayto

Wheat malt extract is usually 50/50 wheat to barley mix. So you can just use two cans of wheat extract. If you brew with one wheat extract can and one pale malt can, you will have approx 25% wheat. There is a post here about using the bottled SN wheat yeast http://forums.morebeer.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=34357&p=361128&hilit=kellerweis#p361128

oblivious

mayto wrote: »

Wheat malt extract is usually 50/50 wheat to barley mix. So you can just use two cans of wheat extract. If you brew with one wheat extract can and one pale malt can, you will have approx 25% wheat. There is a post here about using the bottled SN wheat yeast http://forums.morebeer.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=34357&p=361128&hilit=kellerweis#p361128

The SN is actual a good hefe, they drooped the American wheat a few years back in favor of the classic hefe. American wheat you just want a bog standard neutral ale yeast. although I think I would prefer the hefe yeast myself

Wookie

Yes, good point on the yeast.

Contrary to the title it is the hefe that I am aiming for really. Last night I found the following and I think I will go with it, except I will used the SN yeast that I took from the bottle.