cmbrougham
Grandmaster Brewer
I'm not a big fruited beer fan, but I had a grapefruit IPA (actually made with grapefruits, not just grapefruity hops) and I thought it was very good. I love grapefruit, and so I'm trying my hand at a grapefruit-infused wheat beer.
Recipe: Gwapefreat
Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.08 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.08 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.055 SG
Estimated Color: 5.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 89.1 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (1.8 SRM) Grain 1 51.3 %
3 lbs Wheat - White Malt (Briess) (2.3 SRM) Grain 2 30.8 %
12.0 oz Caramel Vienne 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.7 %
12.0 oz Munich 10L (Briess) (10.0 SRM) Grain 4 7.7 %
4.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.6 %
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [15.50 %] - Boil 15. Hop 6 12.9 IBUs
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [15.50 %] - Boil 10. Hop 7 4.7 IBUs
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [15.50 %] - Boil 5.0 Hop 8 2.6 IBUs
16.00 oz Grapefruit (Boil 5.0 mins) Other 9 -
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 Hop 10 5.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Grapefruit Peel (Boil 0.0 mins) Spice 11 -
1.0 pkg SafAle American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 12 -
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 12.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 12.19 qt of water at 169.1 F 148.0 F 75 min
Mash Out Add 7.80 qt of water at 206.4 F 168.0 F 10 min
Sparge: Fly sparge with 3.36 gal water at 168.0 F
If the grapefruit character isn't quite enough, I'll dry hop with a little extra grapefruit peel to kick up the aroma. I'm using ruby red grapefruits, and I'm hopefully that a bit of the color makes it into the beer, and I want it to remain a bit hazy--in other words, to look like grapefruit juice.
Mmmmmm... is this what they meant by "grapefruit diet?"
Recipe: Gwapefreat
Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Boil Size: 7.08 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.08 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.055 SG
Estimated Color: 5.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 89.1 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (1.8 SRM) Grain 1 51.3 %
3 lbs Wheat - White Malt (Briess) (2.3 SRM) Grain 2 30.8 %
12.0 oz Caramel Vienne 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.7 %
12.0 oz Munich 10L (Briess) (10.0 SRM) Grain 4 7.7 %
4.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.6 %
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [15.50 %] - Boil 15. Hop 6 12.9 IBUs
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [15.50 %] - Boil 10. Hop 7 4.7 IBUs
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [15.50 %] - Boil 5.0 Hop 8 2.6 IBUs
16.00 oz Grapefruit (Boil 5.0 mins) Other 9 -
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 Hop 10 5.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Grapefruit Peel (Boil 0.0 mins) Spice 11 -
1.0 pkg SafAle American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 12 -
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 12.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 12.19 qt of water at 169.1 F 148.0 F 75 min
Mash Out Add 7.80 qt of water at 206.4 F 168.0 F 10 min
Sparge: Fly sparge with 3.36 gal water at 168.0 F
If the grapefruit character isn't quite enough, I'll dry hop with a little extra grapefruit peel to kick up the aroma. I'm using ruby red grapefruits, and I'm hopefully that a bit of the color makes it into the beer, and I want it to remain a bit hazy--in other words, to look like grapefruit juice.
Mmmmmm... is this what they meant by "grapefruit diet?"