After 7 days in bottles this is my result!
Here's the recipe I developed using Brewtarget software:
Size = 5.5 gal; OG = 1.052; FG = 1.013; ABV = 5.1; IBU = 29.6; SRM = 5.9
All-Grain Ingredients
5.5 lbs Pale Malt (2-Row)
3.5 lbs White Wheat Malt
0.5 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt -40L
0.5 lbs Munich Malt - 10L
Hop Additions
0.25 oz Cascade FWH
0.25 oz Willamette FWH
0.50 oz Magnum 60 min
0.25 oz Cascade 15 min
0.25 oz Willamette 15 min
Yeast
Cultured from a bottle of Widmer Hefe (approx 1/4 to 1/3 cup grown from a starter)
Misc
Yeast Nutrient 10 min
Irish Moss 10 min
Instructions
I Mashed in with 4.375 gal of water trying to get the grain bed to 150F for 1 hour; Then I batch sparged with 3.5 gal of water trying to get the grain bed to about 165F; Boiled for 60 min, adding hops as indicated above; cool wort to the same temp I cultivated yeast; aerate and pitch yeast; ferment in the mid 60's
Notes
When I bought my ingredients I had to sub out C-30 for the C-40 cuz my supply store was out of C-40. I hit 151F on my mash temp, not bad considering I am still using a cooler! With my equipment I shoot for a 6.75 gal pre-boil volume and I always give the hot break an extra 15 min (so my boils go for 75 min total, but I do hop additions as per the traditional 60 min boil) I like to play around with the FWH additions (First Wort Hop) because they do add some bitterness as well as aroma as per Palmer's explanation. When crunching the numbers in Brewtarget it did change the IBU's depending on a FWH addition versus a Boil addition. The other thing I notice is that I can use less hops total with a FWH addition versus a traditional boil addition, in other words it seems to be a little more economical ( ; I ended up with a 5.25 gal net after boil @ 1.052 O.G.
This yeast strain is a MONSTER! It chewed through this batch in the primary for a couple of weeks. Pushed krausen through the air lock on several occasions. Final gravity was at 1.008, 5.7% ABV
My wife can't taste the difference between this clone and the store bought version so I would consider the recipe a success because her opinion matters most. If I had to nit pick this recipe I might back off on the wheat just a little bit... I was very happy with the way the hop schedule worked out. In a side by side tasting the citrusy notes are pretty CLOSE! dmarc85 is right about the yeast strain, it imparts a HUGE flavor impact on the final product and you should start there to attempt cloning anything. The ingredients, hops, mash and ferment temps can be worked out eventually... Heck it all adds up to VERY drinkable home brews along the way
Funny... what started off as an exercise in making a home brew for "My Lady" ended up being my brew house go to recipe #4! My new Fav ( ;