Snowgaarden

[ceejam]

Well, with the weather being a bit snowy & having a 5 week old I decided to get my wheat beer on the go.

Cooper's wheat beer kit
Cooper's wheat LME
50g Saaz
50g Curaçao peel
33g Coriander seeds

I boiled the LME, Saaz& orange peel for 15 mins, crushed the coriander in my mortar & pestle & chucked them in for a two(ish) minute steep.

OG of 1042 @ 20L which is a wee bit lower than I expected, but should be fine. Some piccies

The boil

The coriander

And the inspiration for the name :)

 

[mmaguy41]

Looks good mate, that was one of my first kits, i found it went pretty clear and wasnt massively wheaty, i used 1kg of wheat dme. It was lovely though, great session beer, it all went in about 3 weeks

 

[Wendy1971]

looks great nice pics :thumb:

 

[LeedsBrewer]

looks good mate :thumb:

 

[ceejam]

Bottled this last night - 28 bottles & a Minikeg - most bottles I've done in one go and have to say I quite enjoyed it, once they were cleaned & ready to go!

Bottle tree and blast rinser make a big difference!

Final Gravity was 1.012 & the sample was rather tasty!

 

[LeedsBrewer]

I find that if you are organised, bottling can be an enjoyable experience. I stick some music on, open a bottle from a previous batch and crack on with them.

 

[mmaguy41]

I dont mind bottling, if im on my own i put a podcast on and the time flies

 

[ceejam]

I have to say this has turned out really rather well!

Lovely pint - Trying hard not to drink it all too quickly!