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pvandenh
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Pete's Wit
Wheat - Belgian White (Wit)Kit & Kilo
Brewer's Notes
Started with 1.5kg Wheat Extract (Can). Lightly broke up coriander seeds with mortar+pestle. Added to boiling water with peel of 1 orange (slightly chopped up). Boiled for 20 mins. Added Wheat malt (dry) and dissolved. Cracked wheat (500g) put in seperate saucepan with boiling water for 20 mins. Both then strained into fermenter and allowed to cool (covered). Fermenter filled with water to 16L, and wheat yeast added. Fermentation started within 3 hours. After finished, was kegged (into 13L keg), and allow to rest with about 100g castor sugar for 2 weeks (to give beer some eppervecence). Gassed and chilled for 1 week. Had at a party with a few 'Witbier' drinkers, and we emptied it fast and converted a few others at the same time. Now calls for another to be made and have most people at party now seriously looking at starting to homebrew. Only thing was the actual alcohol content ended up closer 6%, so would maybe reduce some of the malt next time (or add a bit more water). Yummy and a real good Witbier (cloudy and very light colored)
Malt & Fermentables
| % | KG | Fermentable |
|---|---|---|
 | 0.5 kg | JWM Roasted Wheat |
 | 1.5 kg | Coopers LME - Wheat |
| 1 kg | Briess DME- Weizen |
Yeast
 | 25 ml | Brewtek CL-0900 - Belgian Wheat |
Misc
 | 20 g | Orange Peel |
| 3 g | Corriander |
16L Batch Size
Brew Details
- Original Gravity 1.059 (calc)
- Final Gravity 1.016 (calc)
- Bitterness 0 IBU
- Efficiency 75%
- Alcohol 5.59%
- Colour 110 EBC
Fermentation
- Primary 7 days
- Secondary 7 days
- Conditioning 1 days
