MotownBrewDown
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Hey guys, so this is only my second batch of beer. I have no idea what I'm doing yet, but I'm having fun!
I wanted to do a German dark wheat but as I was shopping for ingredients I want to experiment with so many flavors that it started to seem Belgium-ish to me. I'll tell you what I was thinking and hopefully you can help tell me if these flavors work together at all, maybe I need to change a few things, or if this will be a total fail and I should scratch it.
I'm using extract because I haven't learned mashing yet.
6lb wheat LME
3.3lb munich LME
1/2 lb special B(castle)
1/2 lb carawheat
1 oz German Hallertau hops AA 3.0-5.5%
Now here's where I started to just grab things I thought might add some interesting flavor. I would like these flavors to be very subtle and I'm not sure how much to add.
Some small combination of:
Cardamom, orange peel, and ginger or coriander
Would any of these work well?
Am I way off here or could this beer work out?
I'm pretty lost on what yeast to use as well but I was looking at Belgian Strong Ale Activator Wyeast ACT1388; stuff sounded good to me.
Any help, suggestions, or tips that someone could offer would be great!
Thank you
I wanted to do a German dark wheat but as I was shopping for ingredients I want to experiment with so many flavors that it started to seem Belgium-ish to me. I'll tell you what I was thinking and hopefully you can help tell me if these flavors work together at all, maybe I need to change a few things, or if this will be a total fail and I should scratch it.
I'm using extract because I haven't learned mashing yet.
6lb wheat LME
3.3lb munich LME
1/2 lb special B(castle)
1/2 lb carawheat
1 oz German Hallertau hops AA 3.0-5.5%
Now here's where I started to just grab things I thought might add some interesting flavor. I would like these flavors to be very subtle and I'm not sure how much to add.
Some small combination of:
Cardamom, orange peel, and ginger or coriander
Would any of these work well?
Am I way off here or could this beer work out?
I'm pretty lost on what yeast to use as well but I was looking at Belgian Strong Ale Activator Wyeast ACT1388; stuff sounded good to me.
Any help, suggestions, or tips that someone could offer would be great!
Thank you