Another beer that I brewed for the Brew-n-Que and am just now doing a write-up on. I wanted to make something refreshing, a little sweet and a good warm drinking weather beer. Hefeweizen is a pretty good beer to fit the bill.
I added dried orange peel to the beer to give it a little extra kick of citrus. I had previously bought some “Cutie” oranges last year and noticed how easily they peeled and how little pith they had in them. I used a grapefruit spoon to scrape out as as much pith as I could and put them in my circa 1980 food dehydrator. I have used them in a few Belgian beers with good results and used most of what I had left in this beer. I figure I'll server this beer with some orange slices for anyone who wants them.
I wanted just a little bit of spice in the beer besides the yeast so I added uncracked coriander to the beer along with the oranges to give it some background note spicing.
This recipe is a double batch with half of it going to my work for a happy hour or two.
| Malt Bill / Ingredients | ||
| Pounds | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2 Row | |
| 8 | White Wheat Malt | |
| 1 | Honey Malt | |
| 2 oz | Dried Cutie Orange Peel (5 minute addition) | |
| 2 tsp | Coriander (5 minute addition) | |
| Hops | ||
| IBU | Type | Time |
| 12 | Tettnanger | 60 |
| 4 | Tettnanger | 15 |
| Mash Schedule | ||
| Temp | Time | |
| 152F | 60 minutes | |
| Yeast | White Labs WLP300 - Hefeweizen | |
| Stats | ||
| 12 gal | 80% efficiency | IBU: 36 |
