Sure, that sounds fine. I'd not go too hoppy, try for about 17 IBU or so. For the yeast, I'd recommend perhaps the US-56 (or US-05).
To calculate your IBU:
http://www.rooftopbrew.net/ibu.php
Sorta Beez Neez Clone
hey, im new here and i could use some help on this recipe
1 tin Thomas Coopers Brewmaster Selection Wheat Beer or Black Rock Whispering Wheat
1 kg LDME
500g Capilano honey
I was thinking on using home-grown honey grown on my parents farm, would this be suitable?
and would i have to sanitize or boil the honey in any way?
thankyou for your help
1 tin Thomas Coopers Brewmaster Selection Wheat Beer or Black Rock Whispering Wheat
1 kg LDME
500g Capilano honey
I was thinking on using home-grown honey grown on my parents farm, would this be suitable?
and would i have to sanitize or boil the honey in any way?
thankyou for your help
Recipe looks good, though 500g is alot for your first go. As for the home grown honey, what blossoms do you parents have on the farm? Eucalypt honey can give the beer a sour medicinal flavour. I boil my honey to be safe, but there are not many things that can grow in it, and the things that can (like botulism) are mostly not harmful to adults.
Hey Jack,
I normally just throw the honey in at the end of the boil (my B/N clone is all-extract). Matilda Bay do the same thing. Boiling it apparently loses some of the aromatics. As for quantity, the recipe I use is 1/3 honey by weight (1.5kg Coopers Wheat Extract and 750g honey in 15L) and I don't think it's overpowering. I've made another 23L brew containing only 200g honey and I think that had a stronger honey taste (although I did prime with honey too).
Agree with Kev on the other thing - you might want to stick to the known honey and perhaps try the other later.
Cheers,
Tim
I normally just throw the honey in at the end of the boil (my B/N clone is all-extract). Matilda Bay do the same thing. Boiling it apparently loses some of the aromatics. As for quantity, the recipe I use is 1/3 honey by weight (1.5kg Coopers Wheat Extract and 750g honey in 15L) and I don't think it's overpowering. I've made another 23L brew containing only 200g honey and I think that had a stronger honey taste (although I did prime with honey too).
Agree with Kev on the other thing - you might want to stick to the known honey and perhaps try the other later.
Cheers,
Tim
Only if you're confident in doing so, and your cleanliness is good. I always rack my clear beers and it helps to greatly reduce sediment (handy because I bottle mostly in stubbies).
Otherwise, leave it in the primary for 2 weeks then put the whole thing in the fridge for 2 weeks and you'll get much the same result.
Otherwise, leave it in the primary for 2 weeks then put the whole thing in the fridge for 2 weeks and you'll get much the same result.
Definitely always add the honey to the boil, but do it right at the end; you need to kill any spoilage bacteria (which although they cannot grow in honey can certainly persist there waiting for a nice wort to grow in) but you want to avoid boiling off the aroma compounds as much as possible as timmy said.
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