Sorachi Wheat

[smdjoachim]

Next weeks beer,any comments
The aim is to have a slightly tart,gentle lemon aroma and flavour easy drinker.

Sorachi Wheat

Recipe Specs
Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 4.580
Total Hops (g): 100.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.044 (°P): 11.0
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (°P): 2.8
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.32 %
Colour (SRM): 4.9 (EBC): 9.7
Bitterness (IBU): 29.9 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
3.280 kg Maris Otter Malt (71.62%)
1.000 kg Wheat Malt (21.83%)
0.300 kg Golden Syrup (6.55%)

Hop Bill
10.0 g Sorachi Ace Leaf (14.9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
20.0 g Sorachi Ace Leaf (14.9% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
40.0 g Sorachi Ace Leaf (14.9% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (1.7 g/L)
30.0 g Sorachi Ace Leaf (14.9% Alpha) @ 7 Days (Dry Hop) (1.3 g/L)

Fermented at 20°C with SAN DIEGO WLP 090 SUPER YEAST

Maybe add some lemon peel

[pas8280]

I did an all sorachi ace pale a couple of brews ago with a very similar hop bill but no dry hopping. It turned out not a bad pint just different lots of bubblegum flavour but not much lemon so you might want to add a little cascade if it's the lemon flavour your after
Paul

[alfie09]

sorry to sound thick but will this make a wheat beer? or just a pale ale? going to make this tommorw afternoon/night time!

[alfie09]

this is what i came up with scaled down to 18 litres slighty more ebu's. and the syrup is for some tate and lyle syrup or something


Pale Malt 5 EBC 5 lbs. 10.5 oz 2570 grams 71.6%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 1 lbs. 11.5 oz 780 grams 21.8%
Sugar Invert No.2 Syrup 65 EBC 0 lbs. 8.2 oz 235 grams 6.6%


Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
sorachi ace 14.9% Whole 14.9 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 10%
sorachi ace 14.9% Whole 14.9 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 10%
sorachi ace 14.9% Whole 14.9 % 10 mins 0 lbs. 1.1 oz 30 grams 30%
sorachi ace 14.9% Whole 14.9 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 1.1 oz 30 grams 30%
sorachi ace 14.9% Whole 14.9 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 20 grams 20%


Final Volume: 18 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.046
Final Gravity: 1.009
Alcohol Content: 4.8% ABV
Total Liquor: 26.1 Litres
Mash Liquor: 8.4 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 40.4694133748773 EBU
Colour: 15 EBC

[smdjoachim]

The beer will be an American style wheat beer,not the usual European wheat beer where the yeast flavor is wanted.
The recipe's looks very simular ,personally i would combine the 10 and 15 minutes together and the 5 and zero minutes together.
10 grams for 90,40 grams for 15 and 50 grames for flame out or 80deg steep

[alfie09]

beer is on 80minutes on the mash to go

[alfie09]

gone from having mega good effiency 86% + with warminsters and first 19-20kg of bairds. to very poor. going off the batch calc on here. i did exactly what it said i changed the hop loss to 5 litres as 100 grams of hops in 18 litres is a lot and my hop stopper is shit. and still i only ended up with 15litres of beer @ 1041 instead of 18 litres @ 1044

roughly 55% effiency its going worse whats happening?

[smdjoachim]

gone from having mega good effiency 86% + with warminsters and first 19-20kg of bairds. to very poor. going off the batch calc on here. i did exactly what it said i changed the hop loss to 5 litres as 100 grams of hops in 18 litres is a lot and my hop stopper is shit. and still i only ended up with 15litres of beer @ 1041 instead of 18 litres @ 1044

roughly 55% effiency its going worse whats happening?

Are you mixing up mash efficiency with brewhouse efficiency?

You can squeeze the hops gently to get more wort out.

[alfie09]

yes suppose i am really was a little pissed when writing that i have a head like a banging drum today aww!

[smdjoachim]

Brew now on.
Sorrachi Ace has a very unusual smell,like coconut ,not the lemongrass that has been suggested.
Perhaps I should rename the beer Coconut Wheat.

[smdjoachim]

yes suppose i am really was a little pissed when writing that i have a head like a banging drum today aww!

Never brew and drink.It's a recipe for disaster.

[alfie09]

i do remember at the end when chilling i did start smelling lemony smells ha. cant wait to taste it.

[Rookie]

Peronally I think sorachi ace needs a light touch. I brewed my house beer (lemon-rosemary blonde) using S A to about 20 IBUs and was very pleased with the results. The next time I brew it I plan on not using any actual lemon to see how that tastes.

[smdjoachim]

Just racked to secondary to dry hop.
Sorachi Ace is certainly a distinctive hop.
Tastes like Malibu.

[alfie09]

oh dear i hate malibu. mine is still in primary waiting for a bottling day now