Lychee Hefe (aka Banana Hammock) (AG)
Doing the wheat beer thing again, but this time with lychee instead of blood orange.
Brewed 5.0 gallons on 2015-07-05
Original gravity: 1.055
Final gravity: 1.012
ABV: 5.6%
Apparent Attenuation: 78.2%
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Inspired by Blood Orange Hefe (F)
Process notes
2015-07-06
After pitching, the temp went down to ~66° after a few hours. Then to 63° overnight, but raised to 69° by 8pm. Fermentation is going strong with good krausen.
2015-07-24
Turned down temp in freezer to 38°. This may have caused suction of the Starsan in the blowoff container into beer.
2015-07-31
Kegged. Sucking in the Starsan didn't seem to cause oxidation, probably because since freezer was full of CO2. Hazy, orange, copper colored. Banana aroma. No perceptible Lychee. Grassy, sweet banana flavor with a weird, not great finish. Maybe clove/herbal?
Boil for 60 minutes
Target brand water. Put steeping grains in as well; let sit overnight. Bring water to a boil, but remove grains at 130 degrees.
8 ounces of Crystal 15L (GreatWesternMalting)
8 ounces of Honey Malt (GambrinusMalting)
At 60 minutes
0.5 ounces of 7.5% Alpha Acid Northern Brewer pellets
At 60 minutes
6 pounds of Bavarian Wheat Extract (DME) (Briess)
At 15 minutes
0.5 ounces of 5.7% Alpha Acid Northern Brewer pellets
At 15 minutes
1 teaspoon of Fermaid K
At 0 minutes
3 pounds of Lychee (3 pounds prior to peeling and de-pitting. After peeling and depitting, set in fridge overnight before brew day.
While waiting for the wort to boil, bring lychee to a low simmer.
Threw in to wort right before kegging. OG reading taken )
While waiting for the wort to boil, bring lychee to a low simmer.
Threw in to wort right before kegging. OG reading taken )
Tasting notes (5.00/10; 1 rating)
2015-11-04
[5/10] Last pour. Hazy, copper color. Off-white, creamy head. Decent lacing. Lots of fruity, banana aroma. Some interesting sweetness, line a banana runt. "Full" aroma. Medium=light mouthfeel. A bit watery actually. Some grassy bitterness on the finish. A bit wheaty. Not as much banana flavor as aroma.
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