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Title: Persephone's Tears

Brew Method: Extract
Style Name: Fruit Beer
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 3 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.101
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.055
Final Gravity: 1.013
ABV (standard): 5.51%
IBU (tinseth): 10.9
SRM (morey): 5.39

FERMENTABLES:
8 lb - Liquid Malt Extract - Wheat (80%)

STEEPING GRAINS:
1 lb - American - Caramel / Crystal 10L (10%)
1 lb - American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt) (10%)

HOPS:
1 oz - Willamette, Type: Pellet, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 10.9

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
3 lb - Blackberry Puree, Time: 1 week, Type: Flavor, Use: Secondary
0 to 5 oz to taste - Blackberry Extract, Time: 0 min, Type: Flavor, Use: Bottling

YEAST:
Wyeast - American Wheat 1010
Starter: No
Form: Liquid
Attenuation (avg): 76%
Flocculation: Low
Optimum Temp: 58 - 74 F
Fermentation Temp: 64 F
Pitch Rate: 0.35 (M cells / ml / deg P)


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Date: 2014-06-16 20:16 UTC
Recipe Last Updated: 2014-06-16 20:16 UTC

Sounds like a very good fruit beer.

came in a little lighter than planned at about 1.050 which should be fine, leaning on lower ABV than higher for this one, don't want too much alcohol taste

We have some overflow! Brewed Saturday fastest and most aggressive fermentation I have had yet!

Eee Haw, happy yeasts! Going to go to extract brewing next month thru the "dog days". Been thinking about a blackberry wheat, I'm going to have to try this. Though I'll probably pull it down to 30 min boil. I don't think you need a 60 min boil for a steep. (then again, what do I know?)

You don't need one no, but to get the bitterness I wanted without a ton of hop flavor the 60 minute boil was what I wanted, around 15 ibus to balance out some of the sweetness but I still want it sweeter

D34THSPAWN wrote:You don't need one no, but to get the bitterness I wanted without a ton of hop flavor the 60 minute boil was what I wanted, around 15 ibus to balance out some of the sweetness but I still want it sweeter

good point about the hop flavor, didn't consider that.

If you want to do a short boil without a lot of flavor, I would suggest using the smallest amount possible of the highest AA hops you can get your hands on. Since in a wheat you are looking at such a small number of IBUs you could likely use 1/8oz of hops, maybe even less if you get 'em strong enough, and I don't think you will taste them in such a small amount. EDIT: And I don't think the bitterness will come across as noticeably "harsh" in such a small amount...

Blackberries in yesterday! turned it a nice maroon color! one week then bottling! getting excited