Round 2

Continuing on with my Wheat Beer pilots I make some blind changes to the next batch.  Since the last one is still fermenting, I have no reference for where to make changes, so I am just making minor adjustments to make a different beer to compare to.  I am going to use some new techniques for hopping this one, since I think the last one is going to be on the bitter side.

Wheat
Style: American Wheat
Malt: American 2-Row, Munich, Wheat
Hops: Sorachi Ace
ABV: ~ 4.2%
Playlist: Bill Simmons NCAA Tournament Preview Mega-Podcast

I have been using the Sorachi Ace hops quite a bit lately because they are relatively new (new to me at least) and I want to try out what sort of beer they could work in.  In some ways this is similar to my Citra hop experiment a year ago where I figured the Citra characteristics could work well in a Wheat Beer.  People enjoy a lemon or orange in their wheat beers (I personally don't do this, but I wont stop anyone, to each his own) so I am trying to get the lemon flavor from the Sorachi Ace into the beer so the fruit can be left out.

While I am brewing I am planning on writing a few posts that will run later in the week that don't deal with recipe development.  It is sort of getting boring for me and I am sure boring for a reader who doesn't even get the chance to try any (at least not yet).