Wit Biere
Witbier • All Grain • 5 gal
Time to brew for the Spring!
April 13, 2006 am 10:40am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 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 |
