
Sweet Cajun Wit
Witbier • Extract • 5 gal
A great spring ale!
February 23, 2014 am 11:49am
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 1 lbs
White Wheat; Rahr
White Wheat; Rahr
Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.
- 6 lbs
Blond Liquid; Brewferm
Blond Liquid; Brewferm
Highly concentrated (80 %) liquid, unhopped extract of barley malt. Made from the best malts. 1,5 litre can.
- 0.5 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 0.5 lbs
Oats Flaked
Oats Flaked
Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.
- 0.5 oz
Hersbrucker - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Hersbrucker
Drier, spicier than Hallertauer. Most important aroma variety in Germany.
- 0.5 oz
Hersbrucker - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Hersbrucker
Drier, spicier than Hallertauer. Most important aroma variety in Germany.
- 1 oz
Hersbrucker - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min
Hersbrucker
Drier, spicier than Hallertauer. Most important aroma variety in Germany.
- 0.25 oz
Corriander seeds - Cracked, 10' boil (omitted from calculations)
Corriander seeds
Coriander is the seed of Coriandrum sativum, a plant in the parsley family. The seed is globular and almost round, brown to yellow red, and 1/5 inch in diameter with alternating straight and wavy ridges. Coriander has a mild, distinctive taste similar to a blend of lemon and sage.
- 1 oz
Bitter Curacao/Bitter Orange (Peel) - 10' boil (omitted from calculations)
Bitter Curacao/Bitter Orange (Peel)
Used in Belgian Wit beers. Add to last 5 minutes of boil.
-
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale™
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale™
A mildly malty and slightly fruity fermentation profile; not as tart and dry as 1098 and much more flocculant. Clears well without filtration.
Notes
Should be a great one now that I'm down in NOLA! As with almost all liquid extract, the color won't be quite light enough for the style.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale
Subcategory: A - Witbier
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.052 | 1.044 - 1.052 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.008 - 1.012 | ![]() |
Color: | 6.8 SRM | 2 - 4 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 5.2% ABV | 4.5% - 5.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 13.0 IBU | 10 - 20 | ![]() |