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brew of "Blood Orange Hefeweizen"

brewed on 2009-02-23 22:00 UTC by djensen47 from recipe Blood Orange Hefeweizen
5.00gl | Extract | German Wheat And Rye Beer | 1.046 | 15 IBU | 2 SRM

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Page 96 of Extreme Brewing by Sam Calagione.
efficiency: 109.52% | abv: 4.05% | attenuation: 65.22%

journal

date step volume temp gravity
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notes
2009-02-20 07:31 UTC make starter 1.25 l 65 f
2009-02-23 23:19 UTC boil, start 12.00 gl 210 f Brought 6.85 lbs of liquid wheat extract to a boil.
2009-02-23 23:24 UTC boil, addition Added 0.5 oz Liberty hops 4.5% AA
2009-02-23 23:54 UTC steep 2.00 q 160 f Zest from 2 blood oranges. Fruit sections from 4 blood oranges. Cut the orange sections into small pieces. Heated to 160˚F held to 5 minutes covered and cooled until pitching time.
2009-02-24 00:04 UTC boil, addition Added 0.7 oz really old Czech Saaz hops 3.2% AA.
2009-02-24 00:14 UTC boil, addition Added 0.5 oz Liberty hops 4.5% AA
2009-02-24 00:24 UTC boil, end Inserted wort chiller for 18 minutes to cool to < 80˚F
2009-02-24 00:42 UTC pitch 22.00 q 1.046 11.75 qt wort gravity 1.076 @ 70˚F<br/> 1.25 qt starter 5.00 qt water 3.00 qt blood orange fruit 1.00 qt water OG: 1.045 Assuming starter is the same as the wort and the fruit is water. I should have given the wort a good mix and sampled the gravity after that. Had to boil and cool water with wort chiller.
2009-02-24 09:00 UTC primary fermentation 71 f The beer already had a small layer of foam on the top.
2009-02-25 09:00 UTC primary fermentation 71 f The head was much larger today.
2009-02-26 09:00 UTC primary fermentation 68 f
2009-02-26 23:00 UTC primary fermentation 66 f
2009-03-04 09:00 UTC gravity sample 1.017 Used the beer/wine thief.
2009-03-08 11:45 UTC secondary fermentation 1.017
2009-03-08 11:50 UTC addition Added the juice of 2 more blood oranges and the rind or one blood orange. The juice and rind were boiled for a few minutes and then cooled before adding.
2009-03-29 17:11 UTC kegged 1.016 The date for this is not exact.