- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Safbrew T-58
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5,5
- Original Gravity
- 1.046
- Final Gravity
- 1.008
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 90
- IBU
- 16
- Color
- 3
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 21 days @ 65F
- Tasting Notes
- Refreshing, light and balanced.
Red Grapefruit Wit
Grain Bill
4,40 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2,0 SRM) Grain 46,91 %
4,40 lb Wheat, Flaked (1,6 SRM) Grain 46,91 %
0,33 lb Oats, Flaked (1,0 SRM) Grain 3,52 %
0,25 lb Candi Sugar, Clear (0,5 SRM) Sugar 2,67 %
Hops
1,00 oz Hallertauer [4,00 %] (60 min) Hops 16,3 IBU
Other
2,00 items Red Grapefruit Zest (Boil 5,0 min) Misc
Yeast
1 Pkgs SafBrew Specialty Ale (DCL Yeast #T-58) Yeast-Ale
Mash: 149F for 90 minutes. Carb @ 2,5 volumes.
Notes: I brewed this with the intention of having something on hand for guests and for my girlfriend who doesn't like malty, dark beers. The addition of grapefruit instead of the traditionnal bitter and sweet orange peel was a mistake, but it paid off. I didn't add coriander since she didn't care for it and the one from the supermarket had a vegetal/ham arma that I didn't care for.
Tasting Notes: Assertive citrus and wheat aroma that pairs nicely with the subdued spices the yeast brings to the table. Faint malt. Very light yellow color, cloudy in the glass, looks like a sparkling white wine with haze. Delicate carbonation that produces an ample head that vanishes rapidly, leaving a foamy ring and lacing. Taste is pretty much more of the nose: pleasant citrus, altough the tart and sweet red grapfruit character is more present, along with a bit of spices, vanilla and a mineral, dry finish. Again, the dryness reminds me of a good dry white wine, altough there is some of that wheat and malt sweetness to blanace it out. It is refreshing, light and elegant. We had a birthday party yesterday and the BMC crowd loved it.
Next time, I will ferment a bit higher though. There is not much yeast character in there and it could get some help in that department. Apart from it, it is a sure rebrew. My girlfriend liked it more than Blanche de chambly dued to very faint phenolic charatcer of the beer compared to the Unibroue offering. I concur, it's much easier to drink mine in quantity and the high attenuation helps in that regard. Not that it is better though, just different.
Grain Bill
4,40 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2,0 SRM) Grain 46,91 %
4,40 lb Wheat, Flaked (1,6 SRM) Grain 46,91 %
0,33 lb Oats, Flaked (1,0 SRM) Grain 3,52 %
0,25 lb Candi Sugar, Clear (0,5 SRM) Sugar 2,67 %
Hops
1,00 oz Hallertauer [4,00 %] (60 min) Hops 16,3 IBU
Other
2,00 items Red Grapefruit Zest (Boil 5,0 min) Misc
Yeast
1 Pkgs SafBrew Specialty Ale (DCL Yeast #T-58) Yeast-Ale
Mash: 149F for 90 minutes. Carb @ 2,5 volumes.
Notes: I brewed this with the intention of having something on hand for guests and for my girlfriend who doesn't like malty, dark beers. The addition of grapefruit instead of the traditionnal bitter and sweet orange peel was a mistake, but it paid off. I didn't add coriander since she didn't care for it and the one from the supermarket had a vegetal/ham arma that I didn't care for.
Tasting Notes: Assertive citrus and wheat aroma that pairs nicely with the subdued spices the yeast brings to the table. Faint malt. Very light yellow color, cloudy in the glass, looks like a sparkling white wine with haze. Delicate carbonation that produces an ample head that vanishes rapidly, leaving a foamy ring and lacing. Taste is pretty much more of the nose: pleasant citrus, altough the tart and sweet red grapfruit character is more present, along with a bit of spices, vanilla and a mineral, dry finish. Again, the dryness reminds me of a good dry white wine, altough there is some of that wheat and malt sweetness to blanace it out. It is refreshing, light and elegant. We had a birthday party yesterday and the BMC crowd loved it.
Next time, I will ferment a bit higher though. There is not much yeast character in there and it could get some help in that department. Apart from it, it is a sure rebrew. My girlfriend liked it more than Blanche de chambly dued to very faint phenolic charatcer of the beer compared to the Unibroue offering. I concur, it's much easier to drink mine in quantity and the high attenuation helps in that regard. Not that it is better though, just different.