Cherry-Honey-Weiss

Classification: fruit beer, cherry wheat beer, honey, fall-grain

Source: Frank Dobner (fjdobner@ihlpb.att.com) Issue #924, 7/16/92

The batch does not taste bad although the cherry taste is none to prominent.

Ingredients:

6 pounds, 2 Row English Pale Malt
4 pounds, Malted Wheat
Gypsum (for adjusting PH)
Irish Moss (Clarity)
10--1/2 pounds, Cherries
1 pound, Honey
1 ounce, Saaz Hops - Boiling
1/4 ounce, Saaz Hops - Finishing
yeast

Procedure:

I mashed using 10 quarts at 140 F strike heat for a protein rest at 130 F. Then added an additional 5 quarts at 200 F to bring to a starch conversion at 150 F raised to 158 F, with a mash-out at 168 F. Sparged with 5 gallons of water at 168 F recovering over 7 gallons. Boiled for two hours. Chilled down to about 70 F, pitched yeast.

Specifics:

O.G.: 1.040