Steep grains at 155F for 20 min in 2.5 gallons of water.
Sparge with 1 gallon of 170F water
Bring wort to boil, add 3.3 lbs of wheat LME. bring back to boil.
Add 0.5 oz hallertau hops.
Boil 40 minutes add other 0.5 oz hallertau hops
Boil 5 minutes
ADD REMAINING 3.3 lb LME. This will help maintain SRM.
Boil final 15 minutes.
Flame out and add 0.75 oz of Amarillo hops. After about 5 minutes begin chilling wort. Siphon to fermenter. Collect sample for hydrometer. Add enough water to achieve OG 1046 to 1051.
Aerate wort.
Pitch yeast, secure lid, set airlock and move to temp stable area. After fermentation is complete, move to secondary fermenter or go ahead and bottle.
Prior to bottling, mix 5 oz of priming sugar into 2 cups of boiling water, mix well then add 4 oz of watermelon natural flavoring. Stir to incorporate into the hot liquid. Cool to room temperature. Dump primer and flavoring mix into a clean bottling bucket. Transfer beer from fermenter to bucket and bottle as normal. Bottle condition for at least 2 weeks.
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This was meant as a refreshing light wheat beer with a watermelon flavor. We took it on vacation to the beach and it worked well for that purpose. I used a kit and made adjustments to my style. I added some Amarillo hops and changed from safale 06 which came with the kit, to a safale 05 which is an ale yeast. The concern going into it was that the 4oz of watermelon flavoring that came with the kit would cause the beer to be a bit Jolly Rancher-ish. I think if I was to brew again, I would use 3 oz of the watermelon flavoring. In most bottles it was almost too much watermelon. I was hoping the citrus of the Amarillo would balance the watermelon. It was lost to the watermelon. The color was dark for a wheat, head was generous. I tried it with some different foods and the flavor profile was not significantly different between foods. On a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being a highly enjoyable beer, I'm giving it a 3.0. It was very drinkable and served its purpose on the beach.
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