American Wheat Update 2

10 gal of American Wheat is now currently bubbling away at 64 degrees. Smooth brew day yesterday and while we planned for 70% efficiency, we were closer to 80%. Since the beer has a higher OG than originally planned, we also increased the bittering hops by half an ounce to help compensate. Looks like the planning efficiency numbers will have to be changed in BeerSmith.

Now, will this beer be ready in 20 days?

American Wheat Update

Here's the situation:

No Hallertauer hops in inventory. Scheduled delivery on Thursday.

25 days (from today) the beer needs to be ready.


Here's the plan:

Brew on Sunday, skip the split batch idea, and hope the beer is ready to drink in 20 days.

Yikes!

American Wheat

Going to whip up a quick easy drinking American Wheat in a week or two for an event early next month. Never brewed one before but am hoping that this one will be what LN likes. We know at this point it's certainly not the traditional hefeweizens she digs.

Currently thinking of using noble (not citrus) hops. Not sure of the hop schedule or yeast strains. I wanted to split the batch and use either a neutral yeast or american hefeweizen yeast as well as a traditional german hefeweizen yeast. Here's what I've got thus far.

Comments? Suggestions?

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: American Wheat (6D.1)
Brewer: Dan
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (0.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 10.00 gal
Boil Size: 11.85 gal
Estimated OG: 1.043 SG
Estimated Color: 3.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 18.2 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
1.00 lb Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 5.88 %
8.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 47.06 %
8.00 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 47.06 %
3.00 oz Hallertauer [3.50 %] (60 min) Hops 18.2 IBU
1.00 oz Hallertauer [3.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
2.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Hefeweizen Ale (White Labs #WLP320Yeast-Wheat


Mash Schedule: Temperature Mash, 1 Step, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 17.00 lb
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Temperature Mash, 1 Step, Light Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Saccharification Add 29.75 qt of water and heat to 152.0 F
10 min Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 10 min 168.0 F


Fermentation temps:

wlp320 - 65
wlp300 - 67