Recipe

Lilikoi Wheat Ale

Lilikoi (Passion fruit) Wheat Ale

(5 gallon/19 L, extract with grains)
OG = 1.055 FG = 1.015
SRM = 5 IBU = 15

Ingredients
7 lbs. (3.2 kg) Alexander’s wheat syrup extract
0.5 lb. (227 g) wheat malt
0.5 lb. (227 g) crystal malt (10 °L)
35 oz. (1 kg) lilikoi (passion fruit) purée
4 AAU Hallertauer hops (60 min.)(1.0 oz./28 g of 4% alpha acid)
Wyeast 3068 (Weihenstephan) yeast
0.75 cup corn sugar (for bottling)

Step by Step
Steep crushed grains in 170° F water for 30 minutes. Remove grains, add malt extract and bring to a boil. Add bittering hops and boil for 1 hour. Cool wort, transfer to fermenter, aerate and ferment at 68° F for 1 week. Add fruit purée to secondary fermenter. After another week, bottle, condition and enjoy. — Hawaiian Style Homebrew: Honolulu, Hawaii

Issue: July-August 2002

Utilizing a clean base malt profile to highlight the passionfruit flavors co-mingled with fruity-esters from the bavarian yeast.