
Jason's Special Wit
Witbier • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal
A little darker than I would like.
January 7, 2004 am 11:56am
Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5.5 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 | |||
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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 | ![]() |