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American Wheat Beer

64 calories 5.2 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: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.014 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (brew house)
Source: Northern Brewer
Calories: 64 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 5.2 g (Per 12oz)
URL: https://www.northernbrewer.com/products/american-wheat-beer-all-grain-kit
Created: Friday August 24th 2018
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2.1%
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4 lb American - White Wheat4 lb White Wheat 40 2.8 50%
4 lb American - Pale 2-Row4 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 50%
8 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Willamette1 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 40 min 18.8 50%
1 oz Cascade1 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 7 First Wort 15 min 36.65 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
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
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
2 gal Decoction -- 152 °F 60 min
4 gal Sparge -- 170 °F 45 min
Mashout Temperature -- 170 °F 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 3 12  
Mash volume with grains 3.64 14.6  
Grain absorption losses -1 -4  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.33 g | 21.3 qt) 5.75 23  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.08 g | 28.3 qt) 7.5 30  
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: 8.75 35
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

A American wheat beer with medium hopping and a fairly clean, neutral finish - a spritzy, refreshing warm-weather crowd-pleaser. Unlike German Hefe Weizen, American wheat beers have a bit more hop character and are fermented with a milder-tasting yeast, resulting in a more clean, neutral finish.
Like their German cousins, American wheat beers feature large proportions of malted wheat in the grain bill and are naturally a bit cloudy in appearance. Unlike German Hefe Weizen, though, American wheat beers have a bit more hop character and are fermented with a milder-tasting yeast, resulting in a more clean, neutral finish. With a spicy noble hop aroma and tart finish, it a spritzy, refreshing crowd-pleaser.

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