Thoughts on my uber simple american wheat ale recipe?

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  1. ghostinthemachine

    ghostinthemachine Initiate (0) Aug 14, 2015 Louisiana

    I was going to ferment with US-05 and mash at 151 degrees.

    60% white wheat malt
    40% german pilsner malt
    Perle to 11 IBUs

    I am looking for a simple base beer to rack over muscadines in the fall so i am giving this a go
     
    #1 ghostinthemachine, Dec 29, 2015
  2. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    For this type of experiment, I usually just go with wheat DME.
     
    #2 pweis909, Dec 29, 2015
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  3. ghostinthemachine

    ghostinthemachine Initiate (0) Aug 14, 2015 Louisiana

    Because it's easy?
     
    #3 ghostinthemachine, Dec 29, 2015
  4. scurvy311

    scurvy311 Savant (1,135) Dec 3, 2005 Louisiana

    You could consider a maltier base beer for fruit. Maybe something as easy as raising mash temp. When the fruit sugar ferments out it can leave it a little thin. Maybe a touch of aromatic or melanoiden malt. Just spit balling.
     
    #4 scurvy311, Dec 29, 2015
  5. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    Definitely. Also because it is good. And because I wonder whether you could would taste the difference. I guess I never did it side by side, but straight wheat extract has been a go to for me for hefeweizen and Berliner Weiss, and has always worked well. Why not for an American wheat? I'm guessing that any gains to be made by using a high quality pils malt are offset by the fruit addition.
     
    #5 pweis909, Dec 29, 2015
  6. bulletrain76

    bulletrain76 Maven (1,311) Nov 6, 2007 California

    I would go for another 5 IBUs. Without much yeast character, that beer is going to taste like water without a little more hop flavor.
     
    #6 bulletrain76, Dec 29, 2015
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  7. ghostinthemachine

    ghostinthemachine Initiate (0) Aug 14, 2015 Louisiana

    So you're saying it will taste like macro" I wanted a really light beer for this one
     
    #7 ghostinthemachine, Dec 29, 2015
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