I think this recipe may be one of my summer brews this year. This honey wheat ale recipe is based on the American Wheat style, but a little darker in color. I’m trying to capture the honey in the color too.
This is an all grain recipe and as you will see, not fully baked.
Ingredients:
4.5 lbs. American 2-row Malt
4.5 lbs. Wheat Malt (hopefully American)
.75 lbs. Honey Malt
.25 lbs. American Caramel 20°L
.5 lbs. Honey
1.0 oz. Yakima Magnum Hops boiled 60 mins.
.5 oz. Glacier Hops boiled 15 mins
Yeast: White Labs WLP001 California Ale
Predicted Results:
Original Gravity: 1.050
Terminal Gravity: 1.011
Color: 8.18° SRM
Bitterness: 36.9 IBU
Alcohol (%volume): 5.1 %
Notes:
Using a clean American yeast strain to stay away from the clovey flavors of a Hefe strain.
Mash at 152° F for 60 minutes. I will probably pick up some local honey. Not sure when to add it tho. Probably at knockout. I may rack the beer to another vessel like a glass carboy and add the honey then. Not sure at this point. Depends how sweet I want to go. Probably not that sweet since I have the honey malt in there as well.
Not sure about the hop amounts either. I want to find a nice balance between the sweetness of the honey malt/honey and the bitterness of the hops. I had good results with Glacier hops last year, but I haven’t used Magnum hops before. I think it will need to be a game day decision.
If you would like to follow along with this brew session, check out these links:
Mike
I love the result of wheat beers and clean American Ale yeast.
This recipe looks good.
John
Thanks. I forgot to add links to your American Wheat from last year. I’ll put them up now.
Dennis Dowdy
I make a honey wheat ale. I add my honey ten minutes left in boil. But I make ten gallons at a time
John
That’s great, Dennis. I hope the beer turns out well.
Dennis Dowdy
I add my honey 10 minutes left in the boil. I use 12 oz clover honey.
John
Thanks for the comment, Dennis!