Dave's Dreaded Summer Wheat Beer

Brew Date - 4/28/98
Bottled 5/25/98
Log Closed 7/11/98

Dave's Dreaded Summer Wheat Beer

Beer Cam
5/3/98 4:30PM

This is the second brew of 1998 for Dave's Dreaded Microbrewery. The Scottish Ale will be like a "McEwan's". We are looking foward to drinking this beer!!!

Credits -

Dave Dixon - Brewmeister Overseer
Bayne Schulstad - Assistant Brewmeister

Updated 7/198 4:30PM -
Dave's Dreaded Summer Wheat Beer log closed.

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"Dave's Dreaded Summer Wheat Beer"

OG:	Hydrometer reading is 1.044
FG:	Hydrometer reading is 1st - 2nd - 3rd -
Alcohol Content
1.	Sterilized all Equipment used.
2.	4/28/98 5:54PM - Started boil with ~6.5 gallons of water. This was at 45 minute boil.
3.	Added bag of grains at 11:50AM- 1 lb. cracked wheat Heat water with grain bag to 160° and steeped for 15 minutes. Dipping the grain bag like a tea bag every so often. 6:15PM to 6:30PM
4.	Removed bag at 168° 6:38PM
5.	Hard boil achieved at 6:48PM. Added the following - 3 lbs Light Dry Malt Extract 3 lbs Dry Malted Wheat Extract 1 oz. Hallertauer bittering hops (We changed the recipe alittle. The recipe called for 3.5 lbs of Wheat Extract and 2 lbs of Light DME. We did the above.)
6.	7:28PM - Added Saaz finishing Hops 1/4 oz.
7.	7:33PM - Finished boil removed head from wart. Temperature is over 210°.
8.	7:34PM - Start to cool wart down.
9.	8:15PM - Cool wart down to 75°
10.	8::16PM - Rack liquid into the primary fermenter. Splashing the liquid to inject oxygen.
11.	8:22PM - Pitch liquid Bavarian Wyeast 3056.
12.	8:23PM - Mix yeast into liquid.
13.	8:24PM - Take Original Gravity hydrometer reading 1.044 OG
14.	8:25PM - Aeration of the wort with air for 15 minutes.
15.	8:40PM - Close lid on primary
16.	5/3/98 4:30PM - transfured into the secondary. Gravity is at 1.014.
17.	5/25/98 - bottled 45 bottles of beer. Log closed
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