Practically Perfect Peach (Peach Wheat)
Practically Perfect Peach (Peach Wheat)
(6 gallons, 23 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.052; FG = 1.010
IBU = 12 SRM = 4 ABV = 5.2%; (78% extract efficiency)
Ingredients
5.25 lbs. (2.4 kg) domestic 2-row malt
5.25 lbs. (2.4 kg) white wheat malt
2 oz. (57 g) acidulated malt
7 lbs. (3.2 kg) pureed peaches
1 oz. (28 g) peach extract
Wyeast 1010 (American Wheat) (1 liter starter) yeast
3.8 AAU Willamette hops (0.85 oz./24 g of 4.5% alpha acid) (60 min.)
Step by step
Mash at 151 °F (66 °C) for 30 minutes, start lautering. Collect 7.5 galllons (28 L) in the brew kettle and boil for 75 minutes adding hops as indicated. Ferment at 65 °F (18 °C). Add the pureed peaches after you racking to secondary or as primary fermentation has died down. Add peach extract to taste at bottling/kegging time.
Written by Dave Green
Beer brewed by BYO’s Dave Green, which was tasted live by Brad Ring on National Public Radio’s daily show "On Point" on Friday, October 1, 2010.