28/2/09 Extract Wheat Beer

[Benson_JV]

Dad bought some spraymalt & hops so i'm using them for an extract-type beer

4 Gallon
Two Kilo Wheat SM
One Kilo Light SM
50g Hallertau at beginning of boil
25g Hallertau 15 minutes

Pictures To Follow

I suppose this is the halfway point between kit and AG (Which im still saving for the AG Kit )

[yashicamat]

Good stuff there mate. I found extract beers (using spraymalt) far superior to kits, notably lacking the "homebrew" taste.

[Benson_JV]

Ah should be top notch then

Oh, forgot to mention the yeast, Danstar Munich Wheat Beer Yeast

Just boiling up the hops now

[Benson_JV]

Here are some pictures, more to follow tomorrow as im at a party tonight.


The Overall Bill


Hop Profile


Adding The Malt


Bittering Hops In

[Robdog]

Looks good Ben mate. Ive just done my first Wheat beer. I used Nottingham though and the sample i had out the trial jar tastes bang on already

[DarloDave]

Hope it turns out well

[Benson_JV]

Ah the rest of the pictures were steamy blurry fodder, so i'll leave them be.
Dad pitched the yeast around 9pm (took forever for the wort to cool down)
Now its fermenting away, not too much activity, but hopefully more tomorrow.

[mysterio]

Good stuff, Benson - I bet that extract cost a pretty penny though. Invest that in a cool box mash tun and you'll be half way to AG. It's going to happen sooner or later, you know it makes sense

[Benson_JV]

Oh aye it did cost quite a bit, I've got a job at the IT Shop on my local shops so hopefully AG kit will be in my hands soon

[yashicamat]

I reckon with the cost of spraymalt, a coolbox mashtun which you just run it until it stops (as opposed to trying to sparge) then dilute with campden-treated water to the desired gravity will almost certainly pay for itself pretty quickly compared to spraymalt. But you could mash with a grainbag in a stockpot for even less initial outlay . . .

[Benson_JV]

We didn't have much sign of any life after 56 odd hours, so we repitched with Safbrew wheat beer yeast.

Only then did we think it may've been a slow starter, like lager yeasts, even though this was around the 20degree mark, but either way lots of activity now, the head looks rather plasticy