I would just make a brew with some unmalted wheat, pils, possibly some flaked wheat and/or oats. Hop once at 90' or 60' to get around 10-13 IBUs, throw some corriander and bitter orange peel in at flame out and ferment upper 60s/low 70s with WY3944. Also, Saccharomyces has a good Traditional Wit recipe here - you even commented, but I don't think you brewed it.
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I would just make a brew with some unmalted wheat, pils, possibly some flaked wheat and/or oats. Hop once at 90' or 60' to get around 10-13 IBUs, throw some corriander and bitter orange peel in at flame out and ferment upper 60s/low 70s with WY3944. Also, Saccharomyces has a good Traditional Wit recipe here - you even commented, but I don't think you brewed it.
Thanks. I have not tried his yet, but will try to persuade Saccharomyces for a beer swap. I appreciate the advice.
Thanks. I have not tried his yet, but will try to persuade Saccharomyces for a beer swap. I appreciate the advice.
Right now I have the Tejas Wit for summer... I'd say if you took that recipe and knocked down the gravity a bit (1.045 or so), kept the orange peel the same and went with 1/2oz of Coriander rather than my 3/4 oz you would be pretty close to Blanche de Bruxelles. Though there is something in that brew I haven't figured out yet, something with the spices... There is definitely something in there that makes that beer stand out from the crowd.
What do the flaked oats do for the beer? Are they pretty standard for this sort of beer? And the pale and pils combo...just your preference I'm guessing?
The ingredients on the bottle say wheat, barley, and sugar. This has the potential to be an extremely inexpensive beer at 4.5% it seems. It even specifies that the wheat is in fact unmalted, and that it accounts for 40% of the bill....though i'm not sure how that would be figured in with the sugar. My estimate grain bill at 4.5% for 5 gal
3 lb unmalted wheat
4 lb belgian pils
.5 lb sugar
This beer has very low bitterness, so like Pseudo Chef said 10 -13 ibu.
I've got .5 oz Hallertau at 60, 1 oz Saaz at 30, and .5 hallertau at 10 or 5...they both have similar AA content, so they would be pretty interchangable throughout. about 14 ibu.
Haven't thought much on what to do with the spices...not sure how much orange to use, but about 1 tsp of crushed corriander at the 10 minute point has been my rule in the past.
I just had Blanche De Bruxelles today for maybe the 3rd time, and boy it hit the spot after a hard bike ride. I think I'm gonna ride myself on over to pick up grains for this now as a matter of fact.
Last edited by Amanofbeer; 03-31-2011 at 03:22 AM.
Need a recipe for Blanche de Bruxells
Anyone have recipe? 
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