Sugar Baby Summer Wheat Beer Kit - Extract

With Saaz and Cashmere hops and SafAle WB-06 yeast, the Sugar Baby Summer Wheat kit is a 5-gallon extract recipe with honey, caramel and fruity notes. You'll pour a gold beer of about 5.6-5.9% ABV and 19 IBUs, and your grains get crushed to order.

Description

Sugar Baby Summer Wheat uses wheat dry malt extract along with white wheat malt, honey malt, and caramel 20L malt to give your beer a light body with subtle honey and caramel notes. Saaz and Cashmere hops contribute mild bitterness along with flavor and aroma.

SafAle WB-06 yeast ferments your beer cleanly while the watermelon flavoring added during bottling delivers a fruity character to the finished beer.

You won't find your Label Peelers Sugar Baby Summer Wheat Original Beer Kit sitting on a shelf. Every grain bill is crushed to order. Your ingredients get packed fresh, and a flashy box isn't part of the price. It all comes down to fresh ingredients for a beer you'll be proud to pour.

Beer Specifications

• ABV: 5.6% - 5.9%
• Original Gravity: 1.048 - 1.054
• Final Gravity: 1.005 - 1.011
• IBUs: 19
• SRM: 6

Disclaimer: Treat these calculations as estimates.

Ingredients

Extracts

• 5 lbs. Wheat Dry Malt Extract

Specialty Malts (combined into one bag)

• 8 oz. White Wheat Malt
• 8 oz. Honey Malt
• 8 oz. Caramel 20L Malt

Hops (substitutions based on availability)

• 1 oz. Saaz Hops
• 1 oz. Cashmere Hops

Yeast (substitutions based on availability)

• Packet of Dry Yeast (SafAle WB-06)

Also Included

• 5 oz. Priming Sugar
• Yeast Energizer / Irish Moss Combo Packet
• Muslin Grain Bag
• 4 oz. Watermelon Flavoring (added during the bottling stage)

Instructions

Hop Schedule

• 60 minutes: 1 oz. Saaz Hops (Bittering)
• 5 minutes: 1 oz. Cashmere (Flavor / Aroma)

1. Fill your kettle with 2-3 gallons of water and heat it to 155°F.
2. Drop the grains into a grain bag and steep for 30 minutes in the hot water.
3. Remove the bag of grains, rinse (sparge) with warm water, and throw the grains away.
4. Mix in the malt extract and keep stirring until it fully dissolves.
5. Bring the wort up to a full rolling boil.
6. Add each hop addition as the hop schedule calls for.
7. Keep it boiling for 60 minutes, stirring now and then.
8. At 15 minutes left, add Yeast Energizer / Irish Moss Combo Packet.
9. Get the wort down to 70°F. Reach for an immersion chiller or set up an ice bath.
10. Siphon the wort into a sanitized fermenter and top up with clean, filtered water to the 5 gallon mark.
11. Seal the fermenter once the yeast is pitched.
12. Set it somewhere that holds 68-70°F and ferment for 10-14 days.

Bottle Conditioning

1. In a bottling bucket, combine the beer with 5 oz. priming sugar with 4 oz. Watermelon flavoring. Mix thoroughly so it's even, then bottle your beer.
2. Set the bottles in a cool, dark room for 2 weeks to carbonate. Enjoy!