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I Love Good Wit 2

I Love Good Wit 2

Witbier • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Al Boyce

by Al Boyce Try #2 at a Witbier

March 5, 2004 pm 05:25pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 4.5 lbs Moravian Well-Modified Pale

    Moravian Well-Modified Pale

    Suitable for ales or lagers. It can be used with a single temperature infusion mash schedule.

  • 1 lbs Oats Flaked

    Oats Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 1 lbs Wheat Flaked

    Wheat Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 4 lbs Wheat Raw

    Wheat Raw

    Contributes glyco-proteins to enhance foam stability.

  • 1 lbs White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.

  • 1 oz Tettnanger - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • 1.25 oz Bitter Curacao/Bitter Orange (Peel) - Curacao Orange Peel - 20 min (omitted from calculations)

    Bitter Curacao/Bitter Orange (Peel)

    Used in Belgian Wit beers. Add to last 5 minutes of boil.

  • 2 tsp Corriander crushed - Crushed Coriander - mash-out (omitted from calculations)

    Corriander crushed

    Coriander is the seed of Coriandrum sativum, a plant in the parsley family. The seed is ground or crushed. Coriander has a mild, distinctive taste similar to a blend of lemon and sage.

  • 1 tsp Phosphoric Acid 10% - Phosphoric Acid to sparge (omitted from calculations)

    Phosphoric Acid 10%

    Used to reduce sparge or mash water pH. Our phosphoric acid is diluted (1 oz of 75% phosphoric and 7 oz spring water) for easy measurement. 10% Solution. One 8 oz bottle will acidify many gallons of sparge water.

  • 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

Use Raw Unmalted Red Winter Wheat Mash in at 148 Raise temp to 148 for 60 min. Raise temp to 158 for 15 min. Mash out at 168 for 5 min. Boil 90 min Primary 1 week at 65 F.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: A - Witbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.052 1.044 - 1.052
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 3.7 SRM 2 - 4
Alcohol: 5.5% ABV 4.5% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 18.8 IBU 10 - 20

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