I've never used dregs from bottles before, but I've got my starter going from 5 bottles of Oberon. I added a cup of wort that's about 1.045 to the dregs and 2 inches of beer. (The 2 inches of beer will dilute this wort down into the 1.030 range). I'm confident that this will kick off and flourish into a good starter. Now I just need a recipe. I've only brewed one American wheat before and I rarely do clone beers, so I'm totally up for suggestions. Here's what I've found online: 5 lbs 2-row Pale malt 5 lbs White Wheat malt 1 lb Munich malt .5 lbs Briess crystal 20L Mash temp: 153 degrees Fahrenheit Boil: .5 oz GR Hallertau 4.5AA 60 min .75 oz Czech Saaz 3.2AA 30 min .5 oz Czech Saaz 3.2AA 15 min 1 oz Czech Saaz 3.2AA dry hop in secondary OG: 1.056 FG: 1.013 IBU: 17.2 SRM: 5 Alc. by Vol: 5.67% I know some of you guys have brewed this beer before. Suggestions?
I found this the other day Dear Grant: Thank you for the message. John Mallett forwarded your message to me & asked that I respond. We really don't have a small batch recipe to offer you, as it is difficult for me to adapt things for your exact equipment set-up. I can & will, however, offer some suggestions & advice. Aim for a target original gravity of around 1.056 and moderate fermentability. You want a decent portion of wheat, something in the 40-50% range: go as high as you can within the limits of your lauter tun’s ability. A touch of caramel malt will be all the color you need usually. Oberon uses several hops, but the signature varietals are Hersbrucker & Saaz. Don’t be lured into using coriander or orange peel: Oberon is spice-free. As for yeast, you ideally would culture yeast from one of our bottles, but that’s going to be hard to come by in Denver. With that in mind, I called the homebrew shop attached to our brewery pub/retail outlet. According to them, the most common yeast choice for people trying to clone our beers seems to be the California Ale yeast from White Labs, WLP001. I would also recommend investigating one of the many collections of clone recipes on various homebrewing websites, as they are absolutely chock-a-block with solid, time-tested recipes that can easily be adapted to your specific set-up at home. I hope this helps. Happy brewing! Sincerely, Gary S. Nicholas Quality Assurance & Control Bell's Brewery, Inc. 8938 Krum Avenue Galesburg, MI 49053 The rest can be found here http://alestolagers.blogspot.com/2010/05/recipe-of-week-bells-oberon-clone.html
I just spliced this recipe together with another recipe that had crystal 10 and some Munich in the mix. Thanks for the link.
