Just tried Blue Moon Belgian White. I had a record of being disappointed with wheat beers. But this one is really good. Thanks for the tip off on this one.
Hello! I am diamondzen, but couldn't get my password reset. Anyhow, does anyone have any experience with this WLP400 yeast? This stuff has been fermenting for over two weeks, and keeps on ticking away! I transfered to secondary and it pickup again! One week in primary, and one week in secondary. I plan on keeping in secondary one or two more weeks.
Descriptions: A northwest rendition of a begiam white beer
6.6 pounds of Coopers Wheat Malt Extract
1 pound of clear belgiam candi sugar
.5 ounces of bitter orange peel (2 min)
.5 ounces of tettnanger hops (10 min)
2 ounces of styrian golding hops (30min)
.75 ounces of corriander seed (2 min)
1 pkg of white labs wit yeast
0.75 cups of corn sugar (priming)
Instruction
1) bring three gallons of water to boil for 5 minutes. This will precipitate out any chlorine in the water. Remove from heat.
2) Mix in Coopers Light malt extract, reapply heat, bring to a gentle boil.
3) Add Styrian Golding hops and boil for 30 minutes
4) With 10 minutes remaining in the boil, add tettnanger hopsand candi sugar. With 2 min remaining in the boil add orange peel and coraiander seed (crushed).
5) After boil, agressively cool to room temparature and add yeast.
6) Ferment at 68-75 F
Again, another awsome recipe, but a pound of specialty grains (Wheat) will give these recipes much more character.
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First time poster here. I've been extract brewing for over ten years, but just really getting back into the game now.
The wife likes Blue Moon so used Wild's recipe, but used WLP400 for my yeast instead. Anybody else use this yeast for this style of beer?
-DZ
It's a great yeast. I'm a fool for Belgian beers, as is my wife, so I pretty much only brew Belgians of sorts. As I said in my other posts on this thread, I use pretty much the same recipes with the addition of a pound of specialty grains (Wheat).
I'm currently fermenting a Belgian Wit with the WLP400 yeast strain that has been bubbling away for a week and 2 days so far, with no sign of stopping! My guess is it will stop by the middle of this coming week, where I'll rack to secondary at the end of next week, and bottle the following week.
It's a crazy yeast!
I'm a little so...
Just an FYI, if you're looking for an extract recipe to 'clone' a Blue Moon, it's not gonna happen. They will always come out darker (much darker) than a Blue Moon looks. They will always taste richer as well, so if you like the lightness in color and taste of the BLue Moon you're not going to achieve it with extract, unfortunately.
When I brewed my 1st Belgian, getting a 'Blue Moon' beer was my goal as well, however, I was pleasantly suprised with the results of the Belgian Wit I made, and so, have continued to make rich, hardy, full-bodied, exotic Belgian brews using extract and specialty grains.
I think you'll dig it too. These recipes can easily be twisted into Belgian Dubbels, and Trippels too!
5gB
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Primary 1: The Astronomer: An Imperial Stout Primary 2: NA Secondary 1: Potion #6: An Irish Stout Bottled/Conditioning:
- Vander Maass German Wheat
- Mad Tiger: Honey IPA Bottled/Drinking:
- Vander Maass German Wheat
- Mad Tiger: Honey IPA Up Next:
- undecided
Hello! I am diamondzen, but couldn't get my password reset. Anyhow, does anyone have any experience with this WLP400 yeast? This stuff has been fermenting for over two weeks, and keeps on ticking away! I transfered to secondary and it pickup again! One week in primary, and one week in secondary. I plan on keeping in secondary one or two more weeks.
Let it roll, my man, let it roll
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Primary 1: The Astronomer: An Imperial Stout Primary 2: NA Secondary 1: Potion #6: An Irish Stout Bottled/Conditioning:
- Vander Maass German Wheat
- Mad Tiger: Honey IPA Bottled/Drinking:
- Vander Maass German Wheat
- Mad Tiger: Honey IPA Up Next:
- undecided
Just an FYI, if you're looking for an extract recipe to 'clone' a Blue Moon, it's not gonna happen. They will always come out darker (much darker) than a Blue Moon looks. They will always taste richer as well, so if you like the lightness in color and taste of the BLue Moon you're not going to achieve it with extract, unfortunately.
When I brewed my 1st Belgian, getting a 'Blue Moon' beer was my goal as well, however, I was pleasantly suprised with the results of the Belgian Wit I made, and so, have continued to make rich, hardy, full-bodied, exotic Belgian brews using extract and specialty grains.
I think you'll dig it too. These recipes can easily be twisted into Belgian Dubbels, and Trippels too!
5gB
As to the color issue, look up "late extract addition" techniques. There's no need for extract to be boiled a full hour; you can add most of it to the boil in the last twenty minutes and it will be sanitized (you don't need to worry about getting a hot break with extract, most was removed during the manufacturing process).
As a side note, hops utilization is higher with less extract in the boil during the beginning, and with these kinds of beers you've got to be REALLY careful about that.
What this will do is lighten up the beer considerably. It may still have "too much" flavor, but at least you'll have something that LOOKS more appropriate.
Here's one I brewed and it got the nod of approval from two Blue Moon lovers already.
6lbs Munton's Wheat DME
1lb honey.
1/2oz Cascade bittering, 1/2oz Cascade Flavor
1oz sweet orange peel (I used fresh zest but either way)
Bittering added at boil, wait 45 minutes. Add flavor hops, honey and extract and boil 15 minutes. Boil orange peel separately in 2 cups water, cool and add to fermenter.
Edit: forgot to mention I used Danstar's Windsor dry yeast to least a little sweetness.
From the post at the top how do you know Blue moon has been americanized and what the H%LL IS Americanized for the populos ? Are you from Belgum and just "know " all this stuff, not trying to be rude just seems a bit strange how you would be so confident in the flavor of that beer, Is this so different that it stands out beyond all others? I have had Blue moon and I thought it was ok. I'm not really into the fruit slices in my beer thing but it is just fine to do also. I du no just rambing here.
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