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How to Brew Your Best Watermelon Wheat Beer

Craft Beer & Brewing Course

How to Brew Your Best Watermelon Wheat Beer

In this course you'll learn how to add watermelon to a tasty wheat base beer, select the right yeast strain, compensate for added sugars, and more!

7 chapters · 16 lessons · 27m

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In this course you'll learn how to add watermelon to a tasty wheat base beer, select the right yeast strain, compensate for added sugars, and more!

Your instructor

Paul Smikovecus

Paul Smikovecus

Brewer

Course contents

7 chapters, 16 lessons, 27m of video

Chapter 1

About the Course

  • About Paul3:47
  • Forming Your Recipe1:48

Chapter 2

Brewing Water

  • Selecting a Water Filter0:58
  • Brewing Water
  • Using Your Water Filter as a Hop Randall0:41

Chapter 3

Measuring Your Gravity

  • Target Gravity2:00
  • Watermelon Wheat Beer Recipe

Chapter 4

Adding the Watermelon

  • Preparing Your Watermelon1:45
  • Adding the Watermelon to Your Carboy6:18
  • How Much Watermelon2:08

Chapter 5

Choosing Your Yeast Strain

  • Choosing Your Yeast Strain Video2:47

Chapter 6

Transferring Your Wort

  • Transfer to the Secondary3:29
  • Finishing the Transfer0:54
  • Dialing in your Recipe

Chapter 7

Wrapping Up

  • Wrapping Up0:48
  • The Video Production

What students say

5.0 from 3 reviews
  • Very good job outlining the major considerations in brewing a fruit juice American wheat-style of beer. I found the water chemistry section helpful. Would have liked to hear a little more about the pros and cons of introducing the fruit at different stages of the brewing process.
    Gary Forney
  • Fun class, great presenter!
    JEREMY GALEOTA
  • great presentation, informative and funny
    Ken fowler