| By coldbeer on May 15th 2010, 1:37 pm | Permalink |
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Outstanding success with the Killer Bee Wheat. I've never been a big Heffe fan but I do like to brew good beer and I like to see people enjoying my beer. Recently I modified the Killer Bee Wheat, I'm now calling it "Killer Bee Agave Heffe" and have received the my biggest accolated ever. Here is what I did - instead of 3 lbs of honey, I used 1 lb of honey and 2 lbs of Agave Syrup. I also added zest of lime (from one large lime) in the last 10 minutes of the boil (I know, a bit cheesy going for the whole Tequila effect...but it worked). So following the instructions, I added 1lb of honey and 1lb of agave syrup during the boil. Then when I moved to the secondary fermenter, I added another lb of agave with the gal of water. I hate to bottle, I'm way to lazy, so when I moved to my the keg I added 1 lb of priming sugar and let sit for a week before putting under gas in the kegerator. Its a sweat beer with very definite heffe characteristics. But there are some very subtle differences with the agave and if you try real hard to can pick up just a hint of the lime. |
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