Sea Dog Brewing Company: Blue Paw Wheat Ale clone

Sea Dog Brewing Company: Blue Paw Wheat Ale

(5 gallons/19 L all-grain) OG = 1.050 FG = 1.012 IBUs = 20   SRM = 4 ABV = 4.9% The Silver medal winner in the 2007 World Beer Championships, this wheat beer benefits from the added aroma and subtle fruit flavor of blueberries. Ingredients 6.5 lbs. (2.9 kg) 2-row pale malt 3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) wheat malt 4 oz. (0.11 kg) Munich malt 4 AAU Hallertau hop pellets (60 min.) (1 oz./28 g at 4% alpha acids) 2.5 AAU Willamette hop pellets (25 min.) (0.5 oz./14 g at 5% alpha acids) 2 oz. (57 mL) concentrated liquid blueberry extract 1/2 tsp. yeast nutrient (15 min.) White Labs WLP005 (English Ale) or Wyeast 1187 (Ringwood ale) yeast 3/4 cup (150 g) dextrose (if priming) Step by Step This is a single step infusion mash. Mix the crushed grains with 3.2 gallons (13.3 L) of 168 °F (76 °C) water to stabilize at 152 °F (67 °C) for 60 minutes. Sparge slowly with 175 °F (79 °C) water. Collect approximately 6 gallons (23 L) of wort runoff to boil for 60 minutes. Add hops at times indicated. Cool the wort to 75 °F (24 °C). Pitch yeast and aerate the wort heavily. Allow the beer to cool over the next few hours to 66 °F (19 °C) and hold at this temperature until the beer has finished fermenting. Transfer to a carboy and add the blueberry extract while stirring very slowly. Condition for one week and then bottle or keg. Extract with grains option: Substitute the 2-row pale malt in the all-grain recipe with 6.6 lbs. (3.kg) Muntons unhopped wheat liquid malt extract and decrease the wheat malt to 4 oz. (0.11 kg) and the Munich malt to 2 oz. (57g). Steep the crushed grains in 5.5 gallons (21 L) of water at 155 °F (68 °C) for 30 minutes. Remove grains from the wort, add the malt extract and bring to a boil. Follow the remaining portion of the all-grain recipe.