American Wheat

5/29/2013

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I brewed a version of the first all grain beer that I ever brewed with my friend Dave. We bought the kit from northern brewer back in 2011. I wanted to brew it again but increased the grain and added Munich malt to create a beer similar to Bells Oberon ale.
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Filtering the water
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5lbs Rahr 2 row 5lbs white wheat 1lb Munich
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Crushing the grains. Thanks to Dave for letting me borrow the barley crusher!
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Taking detailed notes
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Homebrew!
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Mash water
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Mash at 152
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Mash out. What a nice Caramel color!
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1oz willamette at 60 min 1oz cascade at 15 min
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Chilling the wort.
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My homemade wort chiller. 50 ft of copper.
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The wort cooled down in 15 minutes. I transferred to the fermenter. I had to much boil off and ended up with only 4.5 gallons of beer. I was shooting for 5.5. Original gravity is 1.061, a little higher than I wanted.
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Draining into the fermenter and helping oxygenate the wort! Next pitch the yeast and wait!
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King Kooker

5/23/2013

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Here are a few pictures of my King Kooker. I used a plywood box to raise the 2nd tier so I could transfer hot water to my mash tun without lifting. I've used it a couple of times and it works great. I also raised the whole cooker so I could put my fermenter under the boil kettle.
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1 year later

5/23/2013

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This is my 10 gallon, gravity fed brew rig. It is a King Kooker that I bought from amazon last year. I modified it by raising the 2nd tier burner so that I can heat my strike water and transfer it to the mash tun without lifting it or using a pump.

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10 gallon brew system
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