
Mock Top
Weizen/Weissbier • Partial Mash • 5 gal
Haven't tried it yet. Just ordered the ingredients.
May 4, 2012 pm 06:25pm
Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5 gal)
- 2.5 lbs
White Wheat Malt
White Wheat Malt
Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.
- 3.0 lbs
Dry Wheat; Muntons
Dry Wheat; Muntons
Made with a preponderance of wheat malt (55%) for the production of wheat or Weiss beers. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- 1.5 lbs
Pale Liquid; Alexanders
Pale Liquid; Alexanders
Reportedly lightest colored malt extract available.
- 0.5 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- .5 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
- 1.0 oz
Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
- 2 ea
Orange zest - zest of two oranges (10 minutes) (omitted from calculations)
Orange zest
Has a fragrantt sweet odor and a subtle mild sweetness. One medium orange has about 3 tablespoons of grated peel.
- 6 oz
Orange juice - fresh squeezed from the oranges (30 minutes) (omitted from calculations)
Orange juice
Adds sweet tangy citrus flavor.
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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
Adjuncts: zest of two oranges (10 minutes) 6 oz of fresh squeezed orange juice (30 minutes)
Style (BJCP)
Category: 15 - German Wheat and Rye Beer
Subcategory: A - Weizen/Weissbier
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.053 | 1.044 - 1.052 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 1.010 - 1.014 | ![]() |
Color: | 7.2 SRM | 2 - 8 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 5.3% ABV | 4.3% - 5.6% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 9.3 IBU | 8 - 15 | ![]() |