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Jason's Special Wit

Jason's Special Wit

Witbier • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal

jhaggard29

A little darker than I would like.

January 7, 2004 am 11:56am

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5.5 gal)

  • 1.5 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

    Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • 3.5 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.

  • 1.25 lbs Wheat Flaked

    Wheat Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • .25 lbs Oats Flaked

    Oats Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 0.5 oz East Kent Goldings - 4.3 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 0.6 oz Goldings - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • 0.6 oz Czech Saaz - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 1 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • 1 tsp Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

  • 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

Add .5lb of barley, oat or rice hulls to mash along with .25oz each of bitter and sweet orange peel, 3/4 tsp. of crushed coriander and 1/8 tsp. of crushed cumin. At 2 mins, add .5oz each of sweet and bitter orange peel and 1/2 tsp of crused coriander, 1/8 tsp of crushed cumin.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: A - Witbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.044 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.009 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 8.5 SRM 2 - 4
Alcohol: 4.6% ABV 4.5% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 12.4 IBU 10 - 20

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