stepcg6
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Malt Extract:
Wheat 6 lbs.
Candi Sugar 0.5 lbs.
Grain Bill:
CaraPils 7 oz
Belgian Aromatic 1 oz
Hopping Schedule:
#1 Saaz (4.2%) 1.0 oz 60 min
#2 Saaz 0.5 oz 5 min
#3 Coriander 0.7 oz 5 min
#4 Bitter Orange Peel 0.5 oz 5 min
Starting Gravity:
1.048
Fermentation Temp:
65-75 degrees F.
Yeast:
or White Labs WLP400 Belgian Wit Beer
Made a yeast starter, had GREAT fermentation (even needed my first blowoff valve), and let this sit for 20 days in the primary before kegging.
The head is great, carbonation is fine now that it has sat in the keg under pressure for almost 2 weeks. The flavor is good...a little less robust than I would have liked, but you can smell the yeast really well, as well as the orange and coriander.
The problem is the body. The beer is a bit thin...and carbonation falls flat pretty quickly. There is little body to the beer overall. I'm wondering...is the recipe just too simple and not enough to get the body a little bigger? Could the water be a problem? I use LA tap water...I'm wondering if its just not good for lighter beers, or maybe there just wasnt enough hops to cover up how thin the beer was.
It was an extract recipe, boiling about 3 gallons and topping up with distilled water. I'm moving to all grain next batch so this will be my last extract, but I'm always looking on how to improve my brewing technique.
Wheat 6 lbs.
Candi Sugar 0.5 lbs.
Grain Bill:
CaraPils 7 oz
Belgian Aromatic 1 oz
Hopping Schedule:
#1 Saaz (4.2%) 1.0 oz 60 min
#2 Saaz 0.5 oz 5 min
#3 Coriander 0.7 oz 5 min
#4 Bitter Orange Peel 0.5 oz 5 min
Starting Gravity:
1.048
Fermentation Temp:
65-75 degrees F.
Yeast:
or White Labs WLP400 Belgian Wit Beer
Made a yeast starter, had GREAT fermentation (even needed my first blowoff valve), and let this sit for 20 days in the primary before kegging.
The head is great, carbonation is fine now that it has sat in the keg under pressure for almost 2 weeks. The flavor is good...a little less robust than I would have liked, but you can smell the yeast really well, as well as the orange and coriander.
The problem is the body. The beer is a bit thin...and carbonation falls flat pretty quickly. There is little body to the beer overall. I'm wondering...is the recipe just too simple and not enough to get the body a little bigger? Could the water be a problem? I use LA tap water...I'm wondering if its just not good for lighter beers, or maybe there just wasnt enough hops to cover up how thin the beer was.
It was an extract recipe, boiling about 3 gallons and topping up with distilled water. I'm moving to all grain next batch so this will be my last extract, but I'm always looking on how to improve my brewing technique.