Recipe Type: Extract
Yeast: Belgian Wit
Yeast Starter: Yes
Batch Size (Gallons): 5 gallons
Original Gravity: 1.043
Final Gravity: 1.010?
Boiling Time (Minutes): 70
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 10 days
Additional Fermentation: 3-5 days to clear
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 10-14 days

Cherry Witbeer

5 gallons, extract and specialty grain
Expected OG = 1.043

Ingredients:
3 lbs. unhopped weizen extract syrup (about half wheat, half barley)
2 lbs. unhopped extra-light dry malt extract
1 oz. Saaz hop pellets
1/3 lb. flaked wheat
1/3 lb. flaked oats
0.5 lb. cara-pils
Belgian wit yeast
2 lbs. Frozen sweet cherries

Step by Step:

Brew Day
1. Steep grains at 155° in 1 gallon of water for 45 minutes
2. Begin to boil 5 gallons of water
3. Add steep water to brew pot and bring to a boil
4. Add extract @ 60 minutes
5. Add .5 oz saaz @ 45 minutes
6. Add .5 oz saaz @ 5 minutes
7. Add cooled wort to primary and pitch starter

Post Brew Day
1. Ferment at 65° F for seven to 10 days
2. Rack onto pasteurized cherry slurry in secondary for 10 to 14 days
3. Rack to tertiary fermenter for 3-5 days
4. Keg