Finished My First Wit With Biab Method

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I finally decided to go with a 15L batch to make things easier
These are the ingredients.

1.50kg Organic Pale Ale Malt
1.50kg Torrified Wheat
.18kg Flaked oats

28.35g Fuggles Hops at 60min
.60g Crushed Coriander seed

1 pkg Belgian Witbier (Wyeast Labs 3944)

I added .9kg of Raw hard wheat for good measure but I don't think I got any SG points out of it since I avoided the multi-step mash and didn't crush the grains. Did a protein rest at 54.4C for 20 min then 65.6C for 75 min. No mashout.

Everything went pretty smooth and from my calculations I got about 65% efficiency though I missed my target gravity by .02 points. I squeezed the bag as hard as I could. Also couldn't find any last minute bitter orange peel so I had to do without it. I put enough hops in to be on the high side (20 IBU) for the style to compensate. I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[Bribie G]

So did you use a stockpot to hold the bag? Did you use heat during the mash or insulate it? Would be interested to find out how it turns out.

 

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So did you use a stockpot to hold the bag? Did you use heat during the mash or insulate it? Would be interested to find out how it turns out.

I used a big aluminum stockpot and once I reached my target temp I covered the pot and the temp held. I used an aeration stone for about 5 hours last night. Fermentation is underway with my airlock bubbling once a second.