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Spotted Tongue Rye Wit

Spotted Tongue Rye Wit

Witbier • All Grain • 5 gal

Stan

50% barley, 25% wheat, 25% rye. A little dark, but hard to avoid using rye.

March 8, 2003 pm 09:12pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 5 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 1 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • 3 lbs Rye Malt

    Rye Malt

    Often used in German Ales and specialty beers

  • 3 lbs White Wheat Malt

    White Wheat Malt

    Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.

  • 0.5 lbs Barley Flaked

    Barley Flaked

    Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.

  • 0.5 oz Styrian Goldings - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • 0.25 oz Styrian Goldings - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • 0.25 oz Styrian Goldings - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • 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

Single decoction mash, 122 for 20 minutes, 45 minutes at 152.

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: 7.6 SRM 2 - 4
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 4.5% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 21.4 IBU 10 - 20

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