Carboy

Raspberry Wheat

Fruit beer, All-Grain

5 gallon batch

Ingredients

Grains
4.5 lbs Rahr White Wheat
4.5 lbs, Rahr Premium Pilsner

Hops
1 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker, 60 mins.

Adjuncts
4 oz. Raspberry extract

Yeasts
German Wheat, Wyeast Labs 3333

Original recipe from Northern Brewer

Mash schedule

Single infusion mash
Start by adding 9 qts of water @ 172.9°F
Take saccharaficaiton rest for 60 min @ 152.0°F
Add 4.63 qts of water @ 212.0°F
Mash out for 10 minutes @ 170.0°F
Fly sparge with 20.17 qts of water @ 170.00 °F

Fermentation schedule

Primary, 14 days @ 69.0°F
Secondary, 14 days @ 72.0°F
Add raspberry extract to taste
Keg, 14 days @ 74.0°F

Stats

• ABV: 6.03 percent
• IBU: 15.65
• Boil Size: 6.53 gals
• Batch Size: 5.0 gals
• Color: 4.2 SRM
• Boil Time: 60 minutes
• Estimated preboil OG: 1.036
• Actual postboil OG: 1.046

Stats by iBrewmaster

Other notes

I added about 2.5 oz of raspberry extract to the beer at kegging. It is just about right, but maybe a tad too heavy. Next time, I might try using just 2 oz.

Added on 05/15/2016

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