Lemongrass wheat beer
for 25l -- OG 1.050
* 1.5kg Maris Otter
* 1.5kg Wheat malt
* 1.5kg Unmalted wheat; roughly ground in a coffee grinder (as it wasn't milled)
* 0.5kg Flaked oats
* 200g oat husks to prevent the mash sticking; added just before sparging (from Haith's bird food supplies!)
* 28g Northdown hops, 60mins boil
* 7g Northdown, 15 mins
* Roughly ground coriander seed (dry roasted first in a frying pan)
10g for 5 mins boil
10g at flame out.
* Well chopped (a blender is a good idea) fresh lemongrass stalks
100g for 5 mins boil
100g at flame out.
* One sachet WYeast 1056, American Ale, stepped up to a 2l starter -- pitched only the 1/2 pint or so of yeast slurry.
Mash is for cereal adjuncts (see Palmer)
Add 0.5kg Maris Otter, 0.5kg Wheat malt, all the Unmalted Wheat and oats to 12l of water at 48'C (beta-glucan / protein rest)
Rest for 15m, then heat slowly to 68'C on the hob (over ~45 minutes).
Bring to boil for 10 mins, then add 6l tap-cold water and remaining grist.
This should bring the temperature back to ~65'C.
Rest for about 45mins, mash out at about 75'C.
Sparge (adding Oat husks) and proceed with boil for an hour with hop and herb additions as specified -- in order to avoid excessive caramelization, don't boil too hard.
Proceed with fermentation and bottling as usual.
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This beer clears in the bottle despite the high protein content -- probably because of the cereal mash. It's definitely appropriate to serve it mit hefe. If you absolutely must have cloudy wheat beer without the yeast then the oats could probably be added to the main mash.
In the absence of the 1056 yeast, Safale US-05 would probably be a good substitute -- the WYeast Weizenstephan, Forbidden Fruits or another Belgian would work well but I expect they wouldn't give such a clean taste.
Lemongrass Wheat
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CJBrew
Re: Lemongrass Wheat
PS: This was originally brewed (to a slightly different recipe) for a significant birthday of the SWMBO.
It remains one that She really likes
It remains one that She really likes
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dave-o
Re: Lemongrass Wheat
This looks great.
I was going to go for coriander and lime zest for my first wheat beer, but i may do this recipe instead.
I was going to go for coriander and lime zest for my first wheat beer, but i may do this recipe instead.
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CJBrew
Re: Lemongrass Wheat
The husks are 'optional' as in you're risking a stuck mash if you don't have it -- but you might get away with itLooks good. I have everything but the husks.
Choices, choices...