Great summer time beer recipe that mashes up the refreshing tastes of lemon and wheat in a beer. This beer is an update of my summer ale that I brewed before. If you are wondering what Sorachi Ace hops can bring to a beer, this recipe is a good entry level introduction to the lemony hop variety.

I plan to brew this beer this weekend and I will update the post with links to the brew day.

Boil size: 7 gallons
Final batch size: 5.5 gallons
Volume for fermentation: 5 gallons

Ingredients:

5 lbs 2-Row Malt
5 lbs White Wheat
1 lbs Pilsner Malt
.25 oz Sorachi Ace Pellets 12.85 %AA boiled 60 mins.
.25 oz Sorachi Ace Pellets 12.85 %AA boiled 15 mins.
.25 oz Sorachi Ace Pellets 12.85 %AA boiled 1 mins.
.25 oz Sorachi Ace Pellets 12.85 %AA boiled dry hopped
Yeast: White Labs WLP001 California Ale or White Labe WLP029 Kolsch yeast

Instructions:
Mash all malt and malted wheat at 152°F for 60 minutes and collect enough wort for a seven gallon boil. Boil for 60 minutes and add hops at specified times. Chill wort to 65° F and ferment for 2 weeks.
At the end of two weeks, rack the beer into a clean, sanitized carboy with last bit of hops. Leave the beer on the pellets for 3 days and then bottle or keg as necessary.

Predictions:

Original Gravity: 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.011
Color: 4.05 °SRM
Bitterness: 19.0 IBU
Alcohol (%volume): 5.3 %

This beer won’t be a hop heads’ dream. The American wheat style isn’t supposed to be too hoppy so I have developed this recipe based on the style guidelines. My first thought was to add some lemon zest to this beer. I had the thought of zesting one lemon and adding it to the secondary along with the dry hops. I may still do that but just split the batch in half. I still want to get the know Sorachi Ace hops without anything else getting the way.

Watch a video to see how this beer turned out