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Holy Wit

Holy Wit

Witbier • Partial Mash • 5 gal

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This is a great wit ale, except it is darker than usual. I would ad more spice and ginger next time.

December 17, 2011 pm 06:15pm

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5 gal)

  • 1.25 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 1.0 lbs German Wheat Malt Light

    German Wheat Malt Light

    Typical top fermented aroma, produces superb wheat beers.

  • 2 lbs Wheat Liquid; Northwestern

    Wheat Liquid; Northwestern

    Can be used in making Wheat Beer, Bavarian Weizen, Berliner Weiss, and Dunkel Weizen.

  • 3 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1.00 lbs Wheat Flaked

    Wheat Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • .5 oz Tettnanger - 3.9 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • .5 oz Saaz - 5.8 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • .5 oz Saaz - 5.8 AA% pellets; boiled 0 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • .25 oz Corriander crushed - (omitted from calculations)

    Corriander crushed

    Coriander is the seed of Coriandrum sativum, a plant in the parsley family. The seed is ground or crushed. Coriander has a mild, distinctive taste similar to a blend of lemon and sage.

  • .40 oz Orange Peel - (omitted from calculations)

    Orange Peel

    Has a fragrantt sweet odor and a subtle mild sweetness. One medium orange has about 3 tablespoons of grated peel.

  • White Labs WLP400 Belgian Wit Ale

    White Labs WLP400 Belgian Wit Ale

    Slightly phenolic and tart, this is the original yeast used to produce Wit in Belgium.

Notes

I also added a pinch of Persian rice spice and 0.25 oz of fresh ginger at the flame out. I had 1/2 gallon of the starter and the original gravity was actually 1.048 after pitching yeast starter.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: A - Witbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.051 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 6.5 SRM 2 - 4
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 4.5% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 19.6 IBU 10 - 20

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