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Simple Lemon Wheat Beer

182 calories 14.6 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Wheat Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.056 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 182 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday January 15th 2025
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 lb Viking - Wheat Malt5 lb Wheat Malt 38 2.5 45.5%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.50 oz Lemondrop0.5 oz Lemondrop Hops Pellet 6 Boil 60 min 10.97 25%
0.50 oz Lemondrop0.5 oz Lemondrop Hops Pellet 6 Boil 20 min 6.64 25%
1 oz Lemondrop1 oz Lemondrop Hops Pellet 6 Boil 5 min 4.37 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safbrew - Wheat Beer Yeast WB-06
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
86%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 101 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.75 qt/lb 4.81 19.3  
Mash volume with grains 5.69 22.8  
Grain absorption losses -1.38 -5.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.89 g | 15.6 qt) 3.81 15.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.08 g | 28.3 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.63 34.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

I am pretty new to brewing so I wanted to make something with easy to obtain ingredients from MoreBeer as my LHBS unfortunately shut down. I picked malts that were easy to find on MoreBeer that were not very expensive and could also get them milled as I do not have a grain mill myself! I tried a lemon wheat beer at a bar and wanted to try my hand at a simple american wheat beer and try adding the lemon with the lemondrop hops. I may try to make this beer a few times to expand on the lemon notes with using crystalized lemon or lemon zest depending on how this one turns out!

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