While browsing my LHBS' website for hops to brew with, I noticed one called Sorachi Ace, a hop from Sapporo Breweries in Japan that has a lemon aroma.
In a marvelous example of serendipity, I was listening to Graham Sanders' last CraftBrewer Radio podcast for 2007 a day or so later, and someone had sent him an email asking how to use Sorachi Ace. Graham's reply was, "In a wheat beer."
And so, Hubert Wolters' West Texas Wheat was born. I am hoping the lemon aroma of the hops adds something to experience of drinking the beer. (Hubert Wolters brewed wheat beer in San Angelo, Texas, from about 1878 to 1888.)
Recipe: Hubert Wolters' West Texas Wheat
Brewing Date: Saturday February 09, 2008
Head Brewer: Jeff
Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (GAL): 5.00 Wort Size (GAL): 5.00
Total Grain (LBS): 7.25
Anticipated OG: 1.050
Anticipated SRM: 3.9
Anticipated IBU: 27.5
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Actual OG: 1.054
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Gravity SRM
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96.6 7.00 lbs. AHS Wheat Malt 1.035 2
3.4 0.25 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.034 40
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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0.25 oz. Sorachi Ace Pellet 14.00 17.2 60 min.
0.25 oz. Sorachi Ace Pellet 14.00 4.6 15 min.
0.50 oz. Sorachi Ace Pellet 14.00 5.7 5 min.
Yeast
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White Labs WLP320 American Hefeweizen Ale
