Brew #44 & #45 - Wheaty Goodness 2 and Oh Vienna

You may recall that a couple of years back, I brewed a simple enough wheat beer and added plenty of hops in it. It was called wheaty goodness and after an intial phase of tasting infected, it turned out very lovely.

I brewed it again 2 weeks ago with some variations of course. I am hoping for the same sourness that I had the first time around. If I get it, that means that the first beer was never infected and was actually a result of the hops, or perhaps the temperature it was fermented at. This I kegged yesterday while brewing Oh Vienna.

For Oh Vienna I used my grain mill for the first time. It was more of a test as originally I was not going to use any pale malt other than Vienna and Munich but I crushed 904g while testing it and specifically testing a grain chute idea I had. I will do a post on that another time but it was pretty simple.

The one hiccup was I dropped my hydrometer and it smashed so I have no FG for wheaty goodness and no SG for Oh Vienna. I just have to assume I pretty much hit my targets.

Wheaty Goodness 2

15-A Weizen/Weissbier
Author: Reuben Gray (Saruman)
Date: 09/04/2012

Size: 25.12 L
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 144.02 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.043 (1.044 - 1.052)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.011 (1.010 - 1.014)
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Color: 21.18 (3.94 - 15.76)
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Alcohol: 4.26% (4.3% - 5.6%)
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Bitterness: 33.2 (8.0 - 15.0)
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Ingredients:

2303 g Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt
1,006.0 g Wheat Malt
1,003.0 g Munich Malt
156 g Amber Malt
502.0 g Light Crystal
17 g Chinook (13.6%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
23 g Cascade (7.0%) - added during boil, boiled 15 m
10 g Nelson Sauvin (12.6%) - added during boil, boiled 5 m
1 ea Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 15 m
1 ea Danstar Munich

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Oh Vienna

10-B American Amber Ale
Author: Reuben Gray (Saruman)
Date: 15/04/2012

Size: 23.04 L
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 159.53 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.048 (1.045 - 1.060)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.012 (1.010 - 1.015)
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Color: 27.35 (19.7 - 33.49)
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Alcohol: 4.72% (4.5% - 6.0%)
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Bitterness: 58.4 (25.0 - 40.0)
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Ingredients:

904 g Irish Spring Barley (pale malt)
3000 g Vienna Malt
1000 g Munich Malt
244 g Crystal Malt
25 g Columbus (14.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
20 g Northern Brewer (10.9%) - added during boil, boiled 30 m
45 g Saaz (2.1%) - added during boil, boiled 5 m
1 ea Fermentis S-33 SafBrew S-33

Notes

Mash 60min @ 67c

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