Tangerine Wheat

My wife found that she really likes the Lost City Tangerine Wheat, to the point where she'll get two cans to take home from the restaurant where we can get it.  She asked if I could make it, and I thought, why not try?  I looked around online and found a good bit of discussion about doing just that, and there were a lot of mixed input and opinion, and I thought, okay, I'll just dive in.

My plan is to use the Omega Voss Kveik yeast for the orange-citrus, and then I'll get about 1/2 oz of tangerine zest, soak it in vodka for 2 days, and then add that to a "dry hop" for two days before bottling.

Brew Day: 22 Aug 2019

Partial Mash:
8 oz crushed Munich
2 oz flaked wheat

Boil (20 min):
1 lb Bavarian Wheat DME

Hops: 14 g German Perle (@ 20 min)

Yeast: Voss Kveik

After pitching the yeast, I placed the fermenter on a warm (I'd plugged it in earlier in the day) warming plate, and wrapped it in a towel.  I did this to keep the temperature high, and I'll let it stay there through the weekend.

Addendum, 2 Sept: Grated zest off of 4 mandarin oranges to get 1 oz of zest.  Placed the zest in a sanitized container with just enough Titos vodka to cover the zest.  Will let this sit for a couple of days, and will then add the vodka to the fermenter, and add the zest as a 'dry hop'.

Also, I juiced all 12 mandarin oranges, and saved off the juice (~ 12 oz) in a sanitized container.  I placed the juice in the freezer, to kill any bugs.  I don't have a specific beer that I'm going to add this to at the moment, but there may be a juicy IPA in my very near future!

Addendum, 5 Sept: Drained vodka run-off into a clean fermenter; added zest to a hop bag, placed that in the fermenter, as well.  Racked the beer on to the zest and vodka.

Addendum, 9 Sept: Bottled tonight; got 8 good bottles and 1 re-purposed soda bottle.

Addendum, 23 Sept: Tasting night!  Beer poured with a deep amber color and substantial head of medium bubbles, which dissipated in short order.  My wife said that she got a full dose of tangerine in the aroma, full on in the nose, as well as good tangerine flavor in the beer.  She really likes this one, so it's a keeper!

Ginger Belgian

My wife REALLY likes this one, and I have the ingredients on hand, so I thought I'd get one fermenting...

Brew Day: 22 Aug 2019

Partial Mash:
8 oz crushed Munich
2 oz flaked wheat

Boil (20 min):
1 lb Pilsen DME
6 oz table sugar

Hops: 14 g German Perle (FWH)

*1 oz thinly sliced fresh ginger, in a hop bag, added to the last 10 min of the boil.

Yeast: BE-134

I followed all of usual processes.

Addendum, 5 Sept: Racked to secondary.

Addendum, 21 Oct: Bottled tonight; got 9 good bottles.