Elderberry Wheat Beer

Since I’d made elderflower wheat beer at the beginning of the summer, I had to make elderberry wheat beer from the same backyard tree at the end of the summer. Brewed 8 August 2017.

Recipe Details

Batch Size Boil Time IBU SRM Est. OG Est. FG ABV
12 L 60 min 32.1 IBUs 9.5 SRM 1.058 1.011 6.2 %

Fermentables

Name Amount %
Maris Otter Pale - UK 1.5 kg 48.39
Wheat - UK 1.5 kg 48.39
Crystal 140L - UK 100 g 3.23

Hops

Name Amount Time Use Form Alpha %
Willamette 30 g 60 min Boil Pellet 5

Miscs

Name Amount Time Use Type
sweet orange peel 2.47 oz 0 min Boil Other
elderberries - destemmed, frozen, thawed 56.44 oz 0 min Secondary Other

Yeast

Name Lab Attenuation Temperature
Fermentis Safale US-05 81% 17.78°C - 20.56°C

Notes

As so many brewers have discovered, elderberries and beer is a match made in heaven.
Add orange peels about 15 minutes before end of boil.


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