Time for another nice summer beer that my wife likes 🙂 This is basically the Brewing Classic Styles recipe. I bought some really nice coriander from a local market and tried to get the ripest oranges I could (sweet looked better than valancia) and used a nice zester that I can get the zest with no pith.
Recipe Info
Recipe: wit 3v 1
Style: Witbier 24A BJCP 2015
Date: 06-08-2017
|
Recipe |
Guideline Min |
Guideline Max |
|
|
OG |
1.050 |
1.044 |
1.052 |
|
FG |
1.011 |
1.008 |
1.012 |
|
Color |
4.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
|
ABV |
5.1 |
4.5 |
5.5 |
|
IBU |
20.0 |
8.0 |
20.0 |
Brewery Info
Efficiency: 71 %
Attenuation: 78 %
Mash Info
Weight: 14.43 Lbs
Thickness: 1.25 Qt per Lb
Deadspace: 2.0 G
Strikewater: 6.51 G
Volume: 7.66 G
Temp: 122.0 F
Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.041
Predicted Mash Run-off: 5.21 G
Target Starting Boil Volume: 8.5 G
Boil Duration: 60 min
Evaporation Rate: 1.5 G per Hour
Final Boil Volume: 7.0 G
Fermentables
|
Weight |
% by Weight |
Name |
Yield |
SRM |
|
6.750 Lb |
47.0 % |
Pilsen (BestMälz) |
78.3 |
1.5 |
|
6.000 Lb |
42.0 % |
Flaked Wheat (Briess) |
70.0 |
2.0 |
|
1.380 Lb |
10.0 % |
Flaked Oats (Briess) |
70.0 |
2.5 |
|
0.300 Lb |
2.0 % |
Munich Dark (BestMälz) |
76.1 |
12.7 |
Hops
|
Weight |
Name |
AAU |
Time |
Use |
IBUs |
|
0.57 Oz |
Magnum |
12.0 |
60 mins |
Boil |
20.0 |
Yeast
|
Amount |
Name |
|
1.000 unit |
Belgian Wit Ale White Labs WLP400 |
Misc
|
Amount |
Name |
Time |
Use |
|
0.600 oz |
Coriander Seed |
10 mins |
Boil |
|
0.500 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Wyeast) |
10 mins |
Boil |
|
2.000 |
Bitter Orange Peel |
10 mins |
Boil |
Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.55
|
Ca |
Mg |
Na |
Cl |
So |
Bicarbonate |
|
|
Water |
7 |
3 |
21 |
30 |
24 |
30 |
|
Mash |
104 |
3 |
21 |
146 |
99 |
30 |
|
Sparge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Final |
96 |
3 |
20 |
135 |
92 |
28 |
|
Target |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mash Water
Total Water Treated: 6.500 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 6.500 G
Mash Water Adjustments
Gypsum: 3.3 g
Calcium Chloride: 5.9 g
Lactic Acid: 1.0 ml @ 88.000 %
Sparge Water
Leftover Mash Water Used: Yes
Total Water Treated: 0.000 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 0.000 G
Sparge Water Adjustments
Gypsum: 2.5 g
Calcium Chloride: 4.5 g
Notes
Mash
122 15 mins
Slow raise to 154 for 60 mins
Ferment 65 up to 72 for 1 week
Hold at 72 for last week
Carb to 2.8 vol
6/18/17 40g of DME in 400mL wyeast 3944
6/20/17 pretty normal 3V brew day.
+ended up with only 1oz of orange peel. 4 oranges not enough. maybe would need 8-10 to get to 2oz. that said the beer came out with a nice level of orange character so not sure I would change the amount.
+water seems to be getting back to normal. my pH was low for a couple of weeks which seems to be from some treatment they were doing to deal with some algae in our water holding lakes. much closer to prediction from my “Brewers Tool Belt” pH tool and Bru’N water.
+ended up getting pitched @62F which is a bit lower than desired but should be OK
6/21/17 1/2″ kreusen and steady bubbling
6/23/17 2″ kreusen steady bubbling
6/29/17 steady bubbling
7/3/17 no bubbling
7/4/17 racked to keg FG 1.012
very yeasty and a bit green w/ low alcohol. esters and coriander and orange are nice. no pithiness / bitterness detected. promising.
7/8/17 pulled sample. tasting really good.
7/9/17 put on 30psi@35F
7/10/17 moved to 13psi @35F to target 2.7ish volumes.
this beer turned out really well and did well in competition. i only entered it twice but both were really big comps and it score mid-30s both times and it finished 2nd in one of the comps.
comparison vs allagash white 7/12/17 (allagash is 3 months old
aroma: allagash has a nice herbal quality. background orange but coriander leads. not getting much malt. no hops. mine is very similar but mine has a bit more orange/tangerine and little less herby. same ballpark.
appearance: allagash is blond and hazy but a bit clearer than mine. low head with good retention. mine is same color. my head is better – bigger with better retention. mine is hazier.
flavor. allagash has a nice herbal quality. orange comes though a little more than in aroma. clean malt character. no hops. mine is really hard to tell apart. mine has a hair more orange but very very similar.
mouthfeel – allagash seems a hair drier. maybe a bit more bite. also a little more carb. allagash also has a bit more lingering coriander/herbal which i don’t like. dryness could just be higher carb.
overall: both are really nice beers. really really similar. maybe the most similar i’ve gotten to a beer i was targeting.