Wild Honey Wheat Ale

Source: Bob's Biohazard Brewery
Recipe added: 02/13/98
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This is a crisp clean ale almost wine-like with a balance of traditional wheat characteristics of clove, banana and spice.

Specifics

Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 6 gallons
Starting Gravity: 1.056
Finishing Gravity: 1.01
Time in Boil: 60 min
Primary Fermentation: 2 weeks
Secondary Fermentation: 0
Additional Fermentation: 0

Ingredients:

9 lbs Alexander wheat malt
1 1/2 lbs wild honey
1 oz tettenager hops
1 wyeast bavarian wheat yeast
1 wyeast weinstephan wheat yeast
1/2 corn sugar (priming)
1/2 dry malt (priming)

Procedure:

bring 1.5 gallons water to a boil and add extract and hops continue to boil for sixty minutes, then add honey at the very last 5 minutes. cool wort and add to carboy, top off with water and pitch both yeast packs at 70 degrees. maintain 70 to 75 degrees Fit blow off tube as fermentation starts, replace with airlock as fermentation slows Allow yeast to settle in carboy then rack ale to priming tank and add priming mixture rack to bottles or keg. wait at least one week to condition and enjoy !

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