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Gravity's Wit

Gravity's Wit

Witbier • All Grain • 6.5 gal

Gravity Thrills

October 11, 2002 am 11:41am

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Ingredients (All Grain6.5 gal)

  • 4.5 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • .5 lbs Acidulated Malt

    Acidulated Malt

    High lactic acid. For lambics, sour mash beers, Irish stout, pilsners and wheats.

  • 4 lbs Wheat Flaked

    Wheat Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 1 lbs Oats Flaked

    Oats Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 1 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Saaz

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

  • 2 oz coriander - (omitted from calculations)

    coriander

  • 1 oz bitter orange - (omitted from calculations)

    bitter orange

  • 4 oz flour - (omitted from calculations)

    flour

  • Wyeast 3766 Cider

    Wyeast 3766 Cider

    Crisp dry fermenting yeast with big, fruity finish. Creates a nice balance for all types of apples, pears and other fruit or fermentables. Allows fruit character to dominate the profile.

Notes

The flaked wheat is hard red winter variety. Use 0.5 lbs rice hulls in mash to aid in runoff. 1/4 oz coriander and 1/8 oz orange peel goes into kettle last 5 minutes, the rest goes into mash tun. An additional 1 oz saaz pellets (not included in ingredients above)also goes into mash tun, to replace the late kettle aroma addition. 20 minute protein rest at 122 in 10.5 QUARTS of water. add (up to) 2.5 QUARTS (1 quart at a time, stirred in well and temp checked) 200F water to bring up to conversion temp @152F. Hold for 90 minutes. Sparge as usual. The "handful" (1/2 cup) of wheat flour goes into the kettle last 20 minutes.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: A - Witbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.043 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.008 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 3.0 SRM 2 - 4
Alcohol: 4.5% ABV 4.5% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 20.1 IBU 10 - 20

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