Honey Blonde

[Topaz]

Thinking of putting a beer together and before i start i thought i would run it by you guys
1.5kg Muntons Blonde
1.5kg LLME
500-600g Yellow Box Honey (added after the boil)
100g Cracked Wheat
100g Crystal
20g Cascade (40min)
12g Cascade (10min)

A couple of questions what would be the best way to prepare the cracked wheat
and should i just steep the crystal and add both at the end of the boil..
and do you think that it would be to bitter....

Cheers Tim

[timmy]

Hi,

What IBU's does this come out at? I'd tend to add the 20g at 10mins and dry hop the rest. Honey wheats aren't generally that bitter (Beez Neez is <20 IIRC). I don't know if you'd get that much benefit from that amount of wheat in a steep. If it was me I'd up it to 500g and give it a 65deg mash for an hour with the crystal.

Cheers,

another Tim

[Topaz]

Thanks for the reply....i was going to use the cracked wheat to give the beer better head retention...
should i use more crystal....i just what it to give the beer a little more body...

cheers

[earle]

If you want to use wheat for head retention I would recommend wheat malt extract. Even 500g of dry extract makes a big difference, you could use less. Be careful of liquid wheat malt extracts, they're not all wheat but have some barley as well.