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Flying Dog "In Heat Wheat" Clone

khedquist

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Good afternoon brewers,

I am trying to create a clone similar to meet he demands of my free loading friends drinking my homebrew and I am close to cracking the code but still missing something ( Spice). I was wondering if anyone else has attempted or can comment on my recipe. The last batch was pretty close but I have the hombrewing OCD and I noticed after my 5th or 6th beer that they (Flying Dog) seem to have a little more spice in there beer and I don't know if this is from their yeast or are they adding something I am missing. This is what I have so far 5 gallon batch:

Ingredients
5 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 55.0 %
3 lbs 8.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 3 35.0 %
1 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 4 10.0 %
0.25 oz Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min Hop 5 6.3 IBUs
0.25 oz Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 6 5.3 IBUs
0.15 oz Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 1.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg Hefeweizen IV Ale (White Labs #WLP380) [35.49 ml] Yeast 8 -

Cheers,
Kody
 
Caveat: I have not had this beer.

However, I've made severeal hefes. From what I can read about this beer it is a basic here with some notes of citrus and some floral.  As such, it should be, at least 50% wheat malt. 

You don't really describe what you think I missing from the clone.

To get the citrus you might split your hops 50/50 between the perle and an American C hop, maybe centennial.  You could also move in a wit direction and try some crushed coriander or orange zest.

So, again I haven't had the beer, and you didn't described what's missing. But, that would be my approch to getting the flavors described of it.
 
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