All Grain American Wheat

[Mikelush78]

Hello guys,

New to all grain and want to make a nice easy drinking summer wheat beer. After looking at all the recipes I could find I came up with this one, Curious what you guys think or might suggest for changes...

This is for a 5 gallon batch...

I used BeerFormulator to make this, not sure if that is a good place to make recipes?

5 lbs Wheat Malt
4.5 lbs Pale Ale Malt
.5 Rice Hulls

Mash at 154 and sparge at 170?

.5 oz Cascade - Pellet AA 5.75% (60 Min)
.5 oz Centennial - Pellet AA 10.5 (15 min)

SG 1.050
FG 1.010
IBU 25.4
ABV 5.3%
Yeast: US-05
Fermentaion Temp: 70°F for 14 days? (Wheat beers usually are not supposed to go in secondary right?) or should it be in primary for 10 days?

 

[chickypad]

Looks good to me although I'd use the centennial for bittering and the cascade late like 1 oz at 5 min (strictly personal preference here - I use centennial a lot, but for a single flavor/aroma addition not in combo with other hops I prefer cascade over centennial).

You don't need to secondary this. US-05 always seems to take a bit to clear for me so I'd go a little longer than 10 days (I also ferment a little cooler though).

 

[Xpertskir]

Looks pretty good. IMO an American Wheat needs more hops and a dry hop.

I make them frequently and usually shoot for 25-30 IBUs, 2-3 oz of late additions, and 2 oz dry hop.

Your OG and FG numbers are appropriate. You could mash lower and use 5% crystal or cara malt as well, but that's a preference thing.

I'd ferment at a lower temp. Mid 60's at the highest. Primary for 20-30 days and have the last 7 be a dry hop. Then package.