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Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 12:28 pm
by mr x
Up next, lime/coconut, augmented with lemongrass and loomi. I used the zest of 2 limes, the juice of one, one can of coconut water (unsweetened, and pulp strained), a hunk of lemongrass, and a half teaspoon of ground loomi.
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 2:12 pm
by jeffsmith
Man, these two threads are making me want to skip brewing a Pale Ale and brew a huge batch of wheat beer…
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 5:39 pm
by JohnnyMac
That's cool. Wanna taste that one......
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 10:19 pm
by Dirt Chicken
Sounds awesome Mr.X!!! is that all going into the boil, or are you going to cook it and add it later ? I'd like to try it if possible, sounds good!!
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 10:23 pm
by jeffsmith
So will the coconut water be used to prime the keg?
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 11:55 pm
by mr x
No cooking, it's all gone in the keg. That Coconut water is sugar free, so it's not for priming.
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 8:25 am
by jeffsmith
mr x wrote:No cooking, it's all gone in the keg. That Coconut water is sugar free, so it's not for priming.
Shoulda looked closer at the label I guess.
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 8:31 am
by mr x
Well, I think it still has sugar (maybe 12 grams or so), it's just none extra added. The issue is the metasodium bisulphate added. I wasn't sure it would be dilute enough not to kill the yeast in the keg, so i went with no sugar added in a fully charged keg. Yesterday at Pete's, I came across coconut water with no additives or sugar whatsoever, i would have used that instead, as it was in a bigger can.
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 9:09 pm
by KMcK
You put the lime in the coconut and drank 'em all up?
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:06 pm
by mr x
That's the plan.
:):)
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 11:18 am
by BrooklandBrewer
Sounds like a great recipe! I made a honey wheat beer recently that turned out well. Very subtle honey profile, which I was going for. What do you think about a honey lime beer? Or a honey lemon-lime beer? Or honey vanilla-lime beer? Honey Vanilla-lime is a bit of a stretch but again the honey profile is barely noticeable and the other two flavour profiles should come through. The zest two limes in the secondary is a good place to start you think? 20 questions I know haha. Thanks!
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 11:28 am
by mr x
I'm not so big on honey beers. The flavour vaporizes. Maybe honey malt would fix that. As far as how much lime to use, I'll have a better feel next week when I try that beer
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 4:22 pm
by BBrianBoogie
Just had a flashback to 6 months of Firkin Fridays....oh the humanity....
Re: Triple Threat Wheat V1.2 (lime and coconut)
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 6:14 pm
by BrooklandBrewer
mr x wrote:I'm not so big on honey beers. The flavour vaporizes. Maybe honey malt would fix that. As far as how much lime to use, I'll have a better feel next week when I try that beer
I used honey malt instead of real honey. It works much better. I used 8oz I think. Any more than 12oz causes a very sweet beer which is not desirable. I'm going to make it again in about 2 weeks. Thinking honey lime for now. It may change though.