Grumpy's recipe looks fairly complimicated. I'm actually a bit of a Hoegaarden wit fan, but my budget doesn't match my palate (and I can't boil 10 litres in my pasta pot), so I give you PoMo's Budget Wit :
Ingredients:
1.7Kg ESB Wheat Malt can.
1.7Kg Light LME
300g wheat malt (grain)
15g corriander seed
grated rind of one orange
50g Cascade Pellets
25g Saaz Pellets (aroma)
Method:
Steep 300g of wheat malt @ 70C for 20 mins in 500ml water.
Strain into 2L or 3L of boiling water, depending on your boiler's size.
Add Liquid Wheat Malt, LME and 25g Cascade Pellets and return to boil.
At 40 mins add crushed corriander seed, orange rind and 25g Cascade pellets.
At 59 mins add the Saaz Pellets and remove from heat.
Chill and prepare your wort as usual.
Now you should ideally pitch a Beligian Witbeir yeast, but as I'm a cheapy, I'll be putting the batch onto the trub of an American Pale Ale which used Whitelabs WPL001 California Ale... the temperature range (19-23) suits my basement better than a Belgian yeast anyway. Anyway, I'll be putting this batch down next Monday and I will post results once I have some
