Multiple - Blue Balls Belgian Wit (Blue Moon Clone) - Page 25

**CidahMastah** · 05-19-2011, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by scoundrel

Ya with three small kids I'm in kinda a limbo state. I brew extract when I need to brew fast and AG when I have time and want to brew something special (like Blue Moon). One day when my kids are old enough to be indentured servants, I'll get my sweat shop in place and start rolling out many AG batches

Glad I could help and your cider pics are impressive!

Ha - hear you on the kids. What is the sense in having them unless they become your little helpers! haha (don't have kids yet but it is gonna happen soon I think)

Thanks! Like many things - I go big or go home and the cider was no different. it is great having a huge pressing day, and then having fresh and hard cider that lasts you all year. I believe we are going to do the cider event again this year - it was good fun (and free labor).

**CidahMastah** · 05-19-2011, 05:37 PM

Alright this one is getting brewed in a 10G batch... finally... this weekend.

I was planning on goosing the grain bill up to 10.5lbs for the flaked wheat and the pale malt each instead of 9lbs (up 1.5 lbs each or total of +3lbs to the grain bill). Basically this would put my starting gravity at 1.051. I don't think this would change anything except boost the abv - any thoughts contrary to that?

**scoundrel** · 05-19-2011, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CidahMastah

Alright this one is getting brewed in a 10G batch... finally... this weekend.

I was planning on goosing the grain bill up to 10.5lbs for the flaked wheat and the pale malt each instead of 9lbs (up 1.5 lbs each or total of +3lbs to the grain bill). Basically this would put my starting gravity at 1.051. I don't think this would change anything except boost the abv - any thoughts contrary to that?

Nope. That's exactly what I did. The starting gravity ended up at 1.052. It's damn close to the real deal and it doesn't taste strong. The only thing I'd personally change in the future is the coriander seed to .50 oz instead of .75 oz.

**CidahMastah** · 05-19-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by scoundrel

Nope. That's exactly what I did. The starting gravity ended up at 1.052. It's damn close to the real deal and it doesn't taste strong. The only thing I'd personally change in the future is the coriander seed to .50 oz instead of .75 oz.

thanks for the tip. The only thing I am contemplating right now is... should I add 1-2 lb of oats for my double batch, or wait for next time. Was reading on their site that BMoon has oats in it.

**CidahMastah** · 05-20-2011, 03:51 PM

Alright - I am splitting the middle here:
Deltas are:
1. 10lbs Pale (+1lb)
2. 10lbs Flaked wheat (+1lb)
3. 1lb Oats (regular rolled) (new addition)
Estimated S.G. 1.051

Will report back!

**scoundrel** · 05-22-2011, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CidahMastah

Alright - I am splitting the middle here:
Deltas are:
1. 10lbs Pale (+1lb)
2. 10lbs Flaked wheat (+1lb)
3. 1lb Oats (regular rolled) (new addition)
Estimated S.G. 1.051

Will report back!

Please do. I noticed from the blue moon web site that they use milled wheat and flaked oats. I'm very interested in your results since I think I may add oats to the next batch!!

montbardbrewing · 05-27-2011, 02:08 AM

Just got some ingredients for this today. Brew shop didn't have enough flaked wheat so I got:

2# flaked wheat
1# torrified wheat
3# wheat malt
5# marris otter pale

1 oz EKG

WLP400

Wonder how it will turn out given the mix of wheats.

NinjaMedic · 05-29-2011, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BierMuncher

This should be a good base:
3.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM)
2.00 lb Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM)

1.49 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (60 min)

0.75 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
0.75 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 10.0 min) Misc

1 Pkgs Belgian Witbier (Wyeast #3944 or White Labs WLP400) Definitely want a Belgian Wit yeast though.

Mash your flaked wheat at 155 degrees for 60-75 minutes (the longer will up the efficiency and ABV%)

Strain the wheat grains out and bring wort to boil, add extracts and you know the rest...

Does "flaked wheat" need to be crushed prior to mashing? How do I go about using fresh orange peel? I saw someone mentioned a "zester" but I've never used one before. I'm going by DeathBrewer's Easy Partial Mash directions that call for about 30 min mash time, since this is twice as long how should I keep the mash temp constant? Just add boiled water or does it matter?

I'm brewing PM for the first time with this recipe, currently I've only done two batches of extract+hops and had no intention of jumping to partial mash any time soon. However I'm brewing a witbier for my best friend's wedding and from everything I've read extract only just doesn't cut it so bear with my questions please. Thanks!

jhenderson27 · 06-06-2011, 03:12 AM

Brewed this tonight. Mashed low by error of my own. Ended up up mashing for 2 hours just in case. Came out with a 1.038 as stated. Id expect a tad dryer but shpuld be just fine. Thanks for the recipe from my gf!

**CidahMastah** · 06-09-2011, 04:58 PM

Just kegged this last night. Curious if anyone had any recommendations for conditioning on this one. Are you drinking at 4-5 weeks or so? Does this one peak pretty quick and taper off?

Any personal experience with this one is appreciated. I won't have room for it in the kegerator for at least another week or so, but wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything

Thanks!