Apricot Wheat

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Friday Mar 02, 2007 12:42 pm

steve_n, try Belgium

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Friday Mar 02, 2007 3:41 pm

This has been brewing for 2 weeks and is sitting at about 1012. Sounds about right. Hopefully will bottle on the weekend. Any suggestions for carbonation level on this one?

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Wednesday Mar 14, 2007 6:55 am

I put mine down at the weekend. I intend to split the batch at racking and rack half with some apricots and leave the other half w/o fruit but dry hop instead. Here's what went down:
1 x can Coopers Wheat
1kg Morgans Wheat Malt
21L
Wyeast 3068 (Weizen)

I intend to rack half onto 1kg pastuerised and pureed apricots. The other half will get a dry hopping with a Tettnang hop-bag. I'm splitting it in case the fruit beer is not too my liking. One question, though - would the Tettnang be the best hop for this style, or should I use some Saaz?

Cheers,

Tim

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Wednesday Mar 21, 2007 8:10 pm

Just tasted my Apricot Wheat.

There can be no mistaking that this is a wheat beer. It is incredibly tart but fruity. The apricot is there, but there is also a cidery taste that is less than desirable. I will reserve judgement for a more matured, proper tasting.

SpillsMostOfIt · Wednesday Mar 21, 2007 9:46 pm

Bugger that. Just mail a bottle to anyone who has posted to this thread...

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Mar 22, 2007 11:40 am

I posted several times, do I get more?

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Thursday Mar 22, 2007 11:55 am

I'll have my accountant look over it and work it out.

Danzar · Post by **Danzar** » Thursday Mar 22, 2007 12:32 pm

THIS IS A POST.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Mar 22, 2007 12:53 pm

Too late, the declaration has been made. Only those who posted prior get any

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Thursday Mar 22, 2007 12:57 pm

sah-weet, i'm in

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Mar 22, 2007 12:58 pm

I wonder if PA will have any left by the time we've finished dividing up his beer...

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Thursday Mar 22, 2007 1:17 pm

Just a short post so I don't miss out.

mr magoo · Post by **mr magoo** » Thursday Mar 22, 2007 1:53 pm

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timmy · Post by **timmy** » Thursday Mar 22, 2007 2:07 pm

Pale,

I'll bottle some of my batch in plastic soft drink bottles (600ml ones) and will reciprocate if you like. Should be a bit more robust through the post... Mine has another couple of days of racking to go then it's getting cc'ed for 2 weeks. So should be ready to go in a month.

Cheers,

Tim

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Saturday Apr 07, 2007 9:30 pm

An update on this one...

Bottled it yesterday after 2 weeks CC'ing at about 3degrees. It had a number of white flakes on the surface of the beer that I took to be an infection. The smell was a bit funny, but I've heard that the yeast I used does do lactic fermentation or something (it's the Wyeast 3068).
Will wait a couple of weeks and let y'all know how it tastes.

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Sunday Apr 08, 2007 11:28 pm

Hey Timmy,

Have you got much of an apricot taste there?

I'll try one of mine soon it's had a bit of time in the bottle.

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Monday Apr 09, 2007 8:17 am

I didn't taste any while I was bottling, but there was a distinct apricot aroma there. If the infection holds off (if thats what it is) it should be a nice drop.

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Friday Apr 13, 2007 8:30 pm

Update on this one.

Tried one tonight a week after bottling. I must say that I'm impressed.

Great moussy head and pleasant sour apricot taste. No cidery notes evident

It's almost like a lambic if I can draw a long bow. The sourness is about the same, but I'm not sure if it's from the fruit or the infection that I think I got. I'll have to drink the batch quick just in case it's the latter.
The recipe was basically a tin of Coopers wheat + 1kg Morgans wheat malt + WYeast Weisenstaphen Weizen yeast. I split the batch at secondary and added 1kg pureed and pasteurised apricots.

Pale, if you can email me your address I'll send you one of the PET longies I bottled. Its tyoung75 at optusnet dot com dot au.

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Saturday Apr 21, 2007 10:25 am

Hi Timmy,

I emailed you.

Don't worry about the sourness if it's just a bit tart I reckon it's just the wheat.

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Tuesday May 29, 2007 7:57 pm

Ok I've just cracked another one of these (leaving most of it to age) and wow! It's about 3 months old now and I'm very happy with the way it has come along! No mistaking it for a wheat but it's fairly well balanced. The apricot is evident, probably more so than it was previously because I reckon some of the other fruity flavours from the yeast have settled down a bit leaving just the apricot taste. I didn't think it would end up this good!!