Lemon Wheat Beer
15 August 2018
A fun summer beer!
I wanted to make a super lemony summer beer, and this was my first time brewing all grain!
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Lemon Wheat Beer
| Amount | Ingredients | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2 lbs | White Wheat | Base Grain |
| 2 lbs | 2-row | Base Grain |
| 0.25 lbs | Honey Wheat | Specialty Grain |
| 14 g | Goldings Hops | 60 minute hops |
| 14 g | Lemon Drop Hops | Flameout hops |
| 2 lemons | Zest | Flameout |
| California Common Yeast |
- Bring 1.5 gallons of water to 160
- Add grains and stir well, let sit for 60 minutes
- Sparge with 1.5 gallons of water heated to 160
- Bring to boil and add 60 minute hops
- Boil for 60 minutes
- At flameout, add Lemondrop Hops and Lemon zest.
- Cool and add yeast.
- Ferment 2-3 weeks.
- Siphon beer into bottling bucket/keg.
- Bottle/keg.
- Enjoy!
This was one of the last beers before I started kegging, so I have spread out the enjoyment of this beer all summer, rather than worrying about freeing up a keg. I did however have one gusher over flow.
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How is it? The lemonness varies from bottle to bottle, not sure why yet…. At its least lemony, its an ok beer. At its most lemony, its a lot of fun! Its not a very tart beer, most of the lemon is from aroma, so it goes down easy.
In short- this is a great after work beer, refreshing, not too heavy and not at all serious.