I was brewing the Lambic and my other kettle looked lonely so I decided to brew a raspberry wheat extract for the heck of it. I generally don't like extract beers because of that twang everyone talks about, but I thought the raspberry flavoring would mask it pretty well. Raspberry is pretty forgiving and can hide a lot of flaws in beer. I don't like messing with real fruit so I used the flavoring from Williams. I haven't used liquid malt extract in a long time, and I doubt I will much again. The stuff is so goopy and difficult to dissolve. Numbers came out spot on so that was good. I brewed this in my HERMS kettle and boil and chill was a breeze with the integrated chiller.
Malt
6 lbs lme 60% wheat 40% German two row
Hops
1 oz hallertau at 60
Wyeast Bavarian Wheat at 65-68 for 12-14 days, then keg condition for 3 weeks
4oz Williams Raspberry flavoring at kegging
Results
1.035 pre boil at 7g
1.042 post boil at 6g
Water Adjustments
.5 Epsom
.1 chalk
Ca=36
SO4=61
Mg=17
Na=27
Cl=70
Carb=67
Hard=162
Alk=59
Racked to keg and added raspberry on 5-16. 1.0125 gravity.
ReplyDeleteFully carbed and really good. I have underestimated extract beers. Awesome summer beer. I might be fooled that it is a purple haze. In fact, probably better.
ReplyDeleteThis keg did not last long. It was a great beer.
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