honey wheat beer planned

[dragonphoenix73]

I'm planning to a cold-weather brew (ie, lager) before the weather starts to heat up.

Was thinking about doing a honey wheat brew - does that want to be brewed at lager temps? I was reading elsewhere about specialty yeasts for wheat beers, are they like ales or lagers?

Failing that, I may go for a dark or red lager.... and play with some german hops (hallertau or something....not saaz, I've used them for the last couple of brews!)

Cheers!

[Kevnlis]

I'm planning to a cold-weather brew (ie, lager) before the weather starts to heat up.

Was thinking about doing a honey wheat brew - does that want to be brewed at lager temps? I was reading elsewhere about specialty yeasts for wheat beers, are they like ales or lagers?

Failing that, I may go for a dark or red lager.... and play with some german hops (hallertau or something....not saaz, I've used them for the last couple of brews!)

Cheers!

All of the wheat yeasts I am aware of recommend fermenting at ale temps (16C-18C)

[Pale_Ale]

Yeah the wheat yeasts are ale yeasts (i.e top fermenting) and most wheats are brewed a bit higher than normal ale temp i.e 20C or a bit higher - reason for that is to bring out more esters, which is desirable for the style as opposed to the cleaner taste of a normal ale.

There are some wheat lagers around, but the mainstream wheat beer is fermented at higher temps.

If you are looking at a cold weather brew, I would consider doing a nice pilsener. This style is one of the hardest for home brewers to come close to and is very challenging. If that doesn't appeal I would go with a dark lager.

[dragonphoenix73]

has anyone used honey in a lager?

(other than Dogger Dan of course.... but he doesn't make lagers!)

Perhaps I'll go for a Belgian Witbier....

[KEG]

i chucked amarillo, a small amount of bitter orange peel, and some honey in a lager i've got in secondary at the moment. the samples i've tasted have been great so far, but reminiscent of an ale. not too fruity though, which i'm pleased with.

[Sathias]

has anyone used honey in a lager?

(other than Dogger Dan of course.... but he doesn't make lagers!)

Perhaps I'll go for a Belgian Witbier....

I just did a honey wheat using the Wyeast Forbidden Fruit yeast, came out great, one of the best beers I've made

[dragonphoenix73]

I still haven't worked out what kit wort to get yet. Coles have the Cascade kits on for about $9. I've been wanting to try out the Golden Harvest Lager kit for a while.

Perhaps I'll stick with a red lager type. I've got some crystal malt grain lying around. I may even use a malt blend (like Coopers Brew blend #2). I'll still have to go to HBS to get some hops, so I'll see what goodies grab my eye when I head over.

Has anyone tried using fresh hops? Does anyone know if anyone in Melbourne has fresh hops?

[Kevnlis]

has anyone used honey in a lager?

(other than Dogger Dan of course.... but he doesn't make lagers!)

Perhaps I'll go for a Belgian Witbier....

I did a 2 can lager (1x Coopers Lager, 1x Coopers Draught and SafLager S23 fermented at 8C) with 300g honey. Tried it last night and after 3 weeks in the bottle it is quite good!

[regan]

one of my first experimental brews was a can of coopers barvarian lager, brew enhancer 1 and 500g giant mallee honey.

bloody fantastic.