I wasn't real happy with the first cherry wheat,it was good,but not what I was looking for.I made some alterations to this one and I think it will be much better.
Step mash all grains at 100f for 10min.Raise to 125f for 20min.Raise to 135f for 30min.Raise to 155 for 30min.Raise to 168f for 10 min. Sparge untill you get 4 gallons of liquor.Keep running the liquor through the grain bed for about 45min. to extract all or most of the sugars.Boil this for 60 min adding 1/2 oz. of the hop blend at the beggining of the boil. With 20 min. left add another 1/2 oz. along with the irish moss.With 2 min. left add the remaining hops.Cool to 80 and pitch yeast starter.Ferment for one week.After a week thaw,crush,and steep the cherries fo 1 1/2 hours. Rack the wort into a glass carboy and add the cherries this will start to ferment again for about another week.When this is done rack into a secondary with the polyclar for one week.Then bottle with corn sugar and condition as you normally would.
