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I was a visitor at your May meeting and very thankful for all the information I got. I am an Extract Brewer (for 3 years) and may make the jump to All-Grain. To my point, while in Gatlinburg TN I went to the Smokey Mountain Brewery and had a Windy Gap Wheat Beer a year ago. The best I have ever had. They describe it as " 70% Malted Wheat, lightly hopped and natural cloudy with a slight veil of brewers yeast. Light gold color with a creamy head". It had a clean and crisp taste. Loved it. Tried a few wheat recepies but haven't been successful.
Could this beer be made using extract or best suited for All-Grain? What would be a recipe to start out at?
Thanks, Tim Bickel

Tim,
There are a lot of really good wheat extracts on the market that are 60-70% wheat with the rest being barley malt. I'm assuming that this was an American Wheat beer and not a hefeweizen. If you can get the hops and any specialty grains right, you will be fine using extract. Might be worth a call to the brewery to see if they will give you the info you need to get the ingredients right. Good luck!

Thats a nice American wheat.
We went to Smokey Mountain Brewery this year and my wife had their wheat.
Very cloudy, a big wheat taste and a big white head. I wish I could recall the hops but there been way too many since then. They list it as 70% wheat and lightly hopped.
If you want to drive back and try some more let me know, I will be happy to tag along.

Don

Simple American Wheat (5.5 gal) 1.055 @ 72% efficiency - 22 IBU

5# Pilsner Malt
5# Wheat Malt
1# Vienna Malt
3/4 oz Sterling [7.5AA] - 60 min.
1/2 oz Sterling [7.5AA] - 10 min.

Wyeast 1010 American Wheat or White Labs WLP029 Kolsch or American Ale (WLP001/WY1056/S-05) yeast

Watermelon Wheat(5 gal, 1.042 OG@75% efficiency - 22 IBU)
4.00 lb Wheat Malt,
3.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row)
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 15L
1.00 oz Liberty [4.30 %] (60 min)
0.50 oz Liberty [4.30 %] (15 min)
2.00 oz Watermelon extract (Bottling)
1 Pkgs Nottingham

Brew Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009

Ruined Brown Wheat #2


Beer Style: American Pale Ale
Type: All grain
Size: 3.25 gallons
Color: 39 HCU (~19 SRM)

Bitterness: 26 IBU

OG: 1.063 FG: 1.016

Alcohol: 6.1% v/v (4.8% w/w)

Grain: 4 lb. 8 oz. American 2-row Total Grain: 7lb. 11oz.
3 lb. Raw wheat
7 oz. American crystal 60L Total Hops: 43grams.
4 oz. American chocolate

Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.055 3.75 gallons

Hops: 4g Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 60 min.)
23g Hallertauer (4.4% AA, 45 min.)
16g Saaz (2.5% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast: Pitched 8grams Nottingham Danstar Dry Ale Yeast directly onto wort.

Carbonation: 2.8 volumes Honey: 101g for 3.0 gallons @ 70°F