wheat in pale ale

[baphomite51]

hey, been a while since i was here havent brewed since december but im looking for a bita advice with this recipe, its a pale ale, im just wondering what, if any characteristics 10% wheat would add to the beer im mainly adding it cause i have it and i wanna use it and hoping it will improve head retention. any other comments on the recipe are welcome got great help with my last recipes here.
cheers

Recipe: Simarilla IPA
Brewer:
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 27.60 l
Post Boil Volume: 23.00 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l   
Bottling Volume: 22.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 7.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 45.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 70.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
3.00 kg               Pearl Malt (2.5 SRM)                     Grain         1        50.8 %       
1.70 kg               Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM)           Grain         2        28.8 %       
0.60 kg               Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM)                Grain         3        10.2 %       
0.59 kg               Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM)             Grain         4        10.0 %       
0.02 kg               Carafa I (406.1 SRM)                     Grain         5        0.3 %         
1.00 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)        Fining        6        -             
20.00 g               Amarillo Gold [10.90 %] - Boil 10.0 min  Hop           7        9.1 IBUs     
20.00 g               Simcoe [9.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min          Hop           8        7.6 IBUs     
10.00 g               Citra [14.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min          Hop           9        5.5 IBUs     
25.00 g               Amarillo Gold [10.90 %] - Boil 5.0 min   Hop           10       6.3 IBUs     
25.00 g               Citra [14.40 %] - Boil 5.0 min           Hop           11       7.6 IBUs     
25.00 g               Simcoe [9.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min           Hop           12       5.2 IBUs     
25.00 g               Amarillo Gold [10.90 %] - Boil 1.0 min   Hop           13       1.4 IBUs     
25.00 g               Citra [14.40 %] - Boil 1.0 min           Hop           14       1.6 IBUs     
25.00 g               Simcoe [9.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min           Hop           15       1.1 IBUs     
1.7 pkg               Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast         16       -             
30.00 g               Amarillo Gold [10.90 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Da Hop           17       0.0 IBUs     
30.00 g               Simcoe [9.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days       Hop           18       0.0 IBUs     
20.00 g               Citra [14.40 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days       Hop           19       0.0 IBUs     


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 5.91 kg
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Saccharification  Add 26.21 l of water at 71.9 C          66.7 C        75 min       
Mash Out          Heat to 75.6 C over 7 min   

[LordEoin]

I don't think you'll have any problems at 10%

[irish_goat]

I normally use about 10% for the same reasons. Recipe sounds lovely.

[Tom]

Are you sure you have enough hops?!

Looking good. I might give your grain bill a go myself, if you don't mind. Is the 20g Carafa just for colour?

[baphomite51]

the more the better my friend 

but ye the carafa is just for a bit of colour, added with the munich im hoping for a slight orange tinge to it should look delicious 

ill keep you posted

[Will_D]

You will loose a hugh amount of liquid to all thos hops!

[LordEoin]

I usually squeeze the hop bags and get most of it back

[baphomite51]

ye i was gonna say i plan to give em a bit of a squeeze as i will be using muslin bags, is there any danger of getting off flavours from this like tannins from squeezing a grain bag??

[baphomite51]

had an interesting day today. so i planned to do a BIAB partial mash. so first cock up was my mash volume calculation, when i was adding the grain i ran out of space so had to hold back 450g of grain due to not enough room in my kettle feckin beer smith  . then when i finished my mash i read the hydrometer wrong (bit rusty tis been a while) for my pre-boil gravity and added in too much water thinkin i was diluting the wort so then becuase i added too much water i had to boil it off for like an hour and a half. in the end i figured it all out and iv got 21 litres sitting in the fermentor at the correct gravity  . despite all the miss haps it was an enjoyable day i took it very easy not rushing around the place like i usually do saying that it took me about 7 hours start to finish  . looking forward to trying this one ill keep ya's posted.

[Will_D]

Relax, This sounds like a recipe for a GREAT beer!

[DEMPSEY]

+1 often the best fooked up brew day makes a great beer

[baphomite51]

the smell coming from this is amazing its like a punch of sweet tropical fruits wen i open the fermentor  . OG came out at 1.059 and i checked it on friday night and it was at 1.024-22 seems a little slow to me wat ya think? im using US-05 at around 16-20 degrees C, am i being impatient?

[DEMPSEY]

As long as it is still bubbling away leave it be. 16C ferment will keep it slow moving but that's OK too .

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

Thats a lot of hops. Your house must smell like a sweet shop!

I regularly use a lot of wheat, and Munich in my beers. You will have no issue with them, but the wheatiness can come through in the flavour and mouth feel (thats a good thing), and that amount of Munich will defo come through, it should balance out your base malt, which i think has a very neutral flavour.

[baphomite51]

So had a check and a taste today it's good and bad news! Sadly it seems to be stuck for some odd reason it won't go below 1.022 my mash temps were fine as far as I know, hope my thermometer isn't off :/. However I had a taste and WOW! Iv heard of people referring to grapefruit wen tasting beers and I never got it but this is just like a grapefruit to the face, it seems well balanced not overly sweet or thick in the mouth with a nice breadyness to it on the finish if it stays like this I'll be happy. Still need to dry hop too. Think I'll check my thermometer