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Wit Biere

Wit Biere

Witbier • All Grain • 5 gal

buck1313

Time to brew for the Spring!

April 13, 2006 am 10:40am

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 4.25 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 3.25 lbs White Wheat Malt

    White Wheat Malt

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

  • 1.00 lbs English Wheat Malt

    English Wheat Malt

    Light flavor, creamy head. For wheat beers, stouts, doppelbocks and alt beers.

  • 0.40 lbs Wheat Flaked

    Wheat Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 0.75 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • 1.0 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 3.9 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Hersbrucker

    Mild to strong. 'Noble'.

  • .75 oz Tettnanger - 4.9 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • .5 oz Bitter and Sweet Curacao Peel - (omitted from calculations)

    Bitter and Sweet Curacao Peel

  • 1 oz Corriander - (omitted from calculations)

    Corriander

  • White Labs WLP410 Belgian Wit II Ale

    White Labs WLP410 Belgian Wit II Ale

    Less phenolic than WLP400, and more spicy. Will leave a bit more sweetness, and flocculation is higher than WLP400. Use to produce Belgian Wit, Spiced Ales, Wheat Ales, and Specialty Beers.

Notes

Corriander and orange peel added at 15 mins. Honey added after the boil. Original gravity= 1.043

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: 3.5 SRM 2 - 4
Alcohol: 5.3% ABV 4.5% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 24.6 IBU 10 - 20

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