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Hi, want to put this one down in the next few day's, will it work or will the honey be too much? Also are rice hulls a must? If so how much does one use?

Silly season honey wheat
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 15/08/2007
Style: Bavarian Weizen (Weissbier) Brewer:
Batch Size: 22.00 L Assistant Brewer:
Boil Volume: 25.18 L Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0 % Equipment: My Equipment
Actual Efficiency: 0.0
Taste Rating (50 possible points): 35.0

Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.50 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (3.9 EBC) Grain 50.0 %
2.00 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (3.9 EBC) Grain 40.0 %
38.30 gm Hallertauer Hersbrucker [3.70%] (60 min) Hops 16.2 IBU
20.00 gm Hallertauer Hersbrucker [3.70%] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
0.50 kg Honey (2.0 EBC) Sugar 10.0 %
1 Pkgs Hefeweizen Ale (White Labs #WLP300) Yeast-Wheat

Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.052 SG (1.040-1.056 SG) Measured Original Gravity: 0.000 SG
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.013 SG (1.010-1.014 SG) Measured Final Gravity: 0.000 SG
Estimated Color: 7.0 EBC (3.9-17.7 EBC) Color [Color]
Bitterness: 16.2 IBU (10.0-20.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 0.9 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.1 % (4.3-5.6 %) Actual Alcohol by Volume: 0.0 %
Actual Calories: 0 cal/l


Mash Profile Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body Mash Tun Weight: 0.00 kg
Mash Grain Weight: 4.50 kg Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Grain Temperature: 22.2 C Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Sparge Water: 11.38 L Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 11.74 L of water at 74.4 C 67.8 C 60 min
Mash Out Add 6.57 L of water at 91.5 C 75.6 C 10 min

The honey shouldn't be too much. Beez Neez after all use 1/3 honey. And I think you'll find the sourness you get from the yeast should counter it anyway.

Can't really comment on the rice hulls though...

AFAIK, rice hulls are only important for high volume adjunct brews where a large portion (more than 35% or so) is unmalted grain, except sourgum, some rice, and grains which have no husk to aid in filtering.

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Good call, I guess I should probably be putting rice hulls in my wheat brews then

can you buy rice hulls at the supermarket?

ever mind, all mashed out. And at 76% efficiancy, pretty happy with that!

still tossing up to put the honey in or not.

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ah well, i did, turns out i only bought a 400g thing of it anyway

smells pretty damn nice!