wheat beer and hops ?

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wheat beer and hops ?

Post by brianboru » Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:57 pm

Is hopping a coopers wheat beer kit against eh grain totally ? never made a wheat beer but i like and Im on a bit of a hop fetish at the moment hops. Have aurora / tettanger / smagard hops at hand and a coopers wheat beer kit and lots and lots of light LME.....also some crystal malt....

any one suggest an adaption ? or am i best off sticking to kit and lme ?

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Re: wheat beer and hops ?

Post by MightyMouth » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:01 pm

Something with a citrusy aroma might go well.

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Re: wheat beer and hops ?

Post by mysterio » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:03 pm

It doesn't really go, but as the previous poster said, something citrussy in small quantities can be OK. Liberty hops are nice in a wheat beer. A bit of Aurora could work too.

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Re: wheat beer and hops ?

Post by Rookie » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:11 pm

If you have a hop that you really like you will probably like it in a wheat beer.
I really like amarillo and would not hesitate to hop up a wheat beer with it. I also really like goldings and sterling, got both growing in my back yard: either one of those would go good in a wheat beer.
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Re: wheat beer and hops ?

Post by legion » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:59 pm

I dry hopped 14g Amarillo in a coopers wheat and found them to be over powering
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Re: wheat beer and hops ?

Post by brianboru » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:24 am

thanks for replies....I boil up a bit of aurora for 15 mins and see how it goes....really liking my hop bite lately. But with winter closing in a hoppy wheat isnt exactly normal but who cares,

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Re: wheat beer and hops ?

Post by brianboru » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:45 pm

well i made the coopers wheat kit with 500g lme and 400 g sugar ( made to 20 L ).. 2 weeks primary 10 days bottle ...results are good. looks perfectly like a weiss, great head nice cloudyness...tastes nice only draw back is its a bit like a lager /wheat combo due to using regular LMe not wheat malt. All in all very happy with it.

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Re: wheat beer and hops ?

Post by legion » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:09 pm

My last coopers wheat was made with 500 g wme and 500g brewing sugar and its tasty after just under two weeks in the bottle :D
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