Description:

I twisted the American Wheat Beer style just slightly and came up with a very tasty beer.

The resulting beer has the floral nose that is one of the chief characteristics of the #1968 yeast. Indeed, with the low hopping in a wheat beer, the yeast nose comes through very clearly. I would perhaps add a bit more late-addition hops, but my wife is very happy with the taste -- although she would prefer an increase in the carbonation. The color came out a touch darker than what I had hoped -- more of a dirty straw color -- but compared against a standard pilsener, it's not that much darker.

All in all, the Anglo-American Wheat is a nice summer beer that allows an assertive yeast to show its stuff.

Ingredients:

• 5 lbs wheat malt
• 1 lb British pale ale malt
• 0.5 oz Cascade whole hops (alpha acid = 5.5%) 60 min
• 0.5 oz Cascade 10 min
• 0.5 oz Cascade steep
• Wyeast #1968 (London ESB)

Procedure:

Source: Mark Peacock