Dave's Dreaded Honey Wheat Beer

Dave's Dreaded Honey Wheat Beer
(Updated 11/14/09)

The beer is transferred to the Bottling Buckett and bottled.

Beer Cam
Update 3/07/97

This is my forth attempt at home brewing. As usual I had help with my brewing. Brian, Bayne, and Kari assisted me with the process once again.

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Updated 03/07/97 5:00PM -
Bottled 50 bottles of Honey Wheat. Nice color and aroma. Should be a great tasting brew.

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"Dave's Dreaded Honey Wheat Beer"

OG:	Hydrometer reading is 1.048
FG:	Hydrometer reading is 1.008
Alcohol Content	5.75 by volume
1.	Sterilized all Equipment used.
2.	Started boil at 6:12PM with 7 gallons of water.
3.	Added bag of grain - Cara-Pils Malt.
4.	Removed bag at 169 degrees. 7:00PM
5.	Hard boil achieved at 7:14PM. Added the following - Light Dry Malt Extracts Wheat Dry Malt Extracts Hallertauer Bitters Hops
6.	7:59PM - Added Irish Moss clarifier.
7.	8:11PM - Added Tettnanger Hop Pellets for finishing.
8.	8:14PM - Finished boil removed head from wart.
9.	Temperature is over 210°.
10.	* Added 2 lbs. of honey to the wort and let stand for 15 minutes. 8:14PM - 8:29PM. This will pasteurize the honey.
11.	Cool wart down to 58° at 9:10PM
12.	Rack liquid into the primary fermenter. Splashing the liquid to inject oxygen.
13.	Pitch 2 packages of Ale Yeast (dry) at 9:20PM. Let settle into liquid.
14.	Mix yeast into liquid at 9:20PM.
15.	Take Original Gravity hydrometer reading 1.044.
16.	9:25PM - Close lid on primary and place in the garage which is at 63° on the floor.
17.	02/07/97 - Yeast has become very active in the brew.
18.	Updated 02/15/97 - Dave, Brian, Bayne, and Kari transferred the beer from the primary to the secondary fermenter.
19.	03/07/97 - Moved beer to bottling buckett. Bottled honey wheat beer yielding 50 bottles of beer.
20.	03/26/97 - Beer has good body and taste. Beer Log is closed.
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