Fruit Beer Purple Daze

[jgourd]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

White Labs WLP300

Yeast Starter

2000 mL

Batch Size (Gallons)

5.5

Original Gravity

1.046

Final Gravity

1.012

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60

IBU

17

Color

3.5 SRM

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

18 days @ 68F

Tasting Notes

Pretty much an Abita Purple Haze clone.

This beer turned out great! Perfect level of raspberry, bitterness, and wheat. I very much enjoy the pale malt as it gives a bit more body, and the carapils helps a bit with head retention. To me, this is pretty damn close to but a bit better than the Abita Purple Haze.

Actual OG was 1.050; FG was 1.015; IBUs was 17; SRM was 3.6. I carbed to 2.3 volumes with 4 oz. corn sugar for 5 gals.

Purple Daze
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.046 SG
Estimated FG: 1.012 SG
Estimated IBUs: 16.7 IBU
Estimated Color: 3.5 SRM
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72%
Boil Time: 60 minutes

Grains:
5.00# Pale Malt (2-Row) US (51.28%)
4.00# American wheat (41.03%)
0.50# Carapils/Dextrine (5.13%)
0.25# Rice hulls (2.56%)

Hops:
1.00 oz Tettnanger (US) (4.70%) @60 min
1.00 oz Tettnanger (US) (4.70%) @2 min

Yeast:
White Labs WLP300 (Hefeweizen Ale)

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, 151F
Mash for 60 min at 151F with 3.05 gal of water heated to 165F
Mash-out at 168F with 1.43 gal of water heated to 210F and hold for 10 minutes
Batch sparge at 168F with 4.58 gal of water heated to 177F

Notes:
Add 4 oz raspberry extract at bottling time.

 

[FlyingSailor]

I wonder if something has changed lately because the Purple Haze that is labeled as a lager, with pretty much the exact same recipe as Strawberry Harvest.