jathorp
Member
This is my first recipe and my first post on this forum. (I'm a noob, but I wanted to thank everyone for the wealth of information. It's been a real help.)
My LHBS was out of a lot of ingredients, but I was determined to brew a wit today, nonetheless. I've posted my recipe below. I'm worried about using the Wyeast 3942 (Belgian wheat) instead of the Wyeast 3944 or the White Labs 400. Do y'all think My beer will remotely resemble a wit or will it be some wit/hefe bastard-stepchild?
Ingredients:
8 OZ torrified wheat
1.25 LBS white wheat
1.25 Belgian pilsner
4 LBS LME
1 LBS DME
1/3 OZ Coriander
1/3 OZ Bitter orange
1 OZ Cascade Hops
Wyeast 3942
50 minute boil:
- 1/2 OZ hops @ 30 mins.
- coriander and orange @ 15 mins.
- 1/2 OZ hops @ 3 mins.
OG -- 1.053
This is only my third batch. I pitched at 78F and my bucket is sitting in 69 F ambient air. I would have liked to pitch at closer to 70, but I did a poor job cooling my wort and I didn't think it would be a good idea to wait more than an hour before pitching.
I'm planning on leaving it in the primary for 14 days and then secondary for 7 more before bottling.
Thoughts, comments, suggestions?
My LHBS was out of a lot of ingredients, but I was determined to brew a wit today, nonetheless. I've posted my recipe below. I'm worried about using the Wyeast 3942 (Belgian wheat) instead of the Wyeast 3944 or the White Labs 400. Do y'all think My beer will remotely resemble a wit or will it be some wit/hefe bastard-stepchild?
Ingredients:
8 OZ torrified wheat
1.25 LBS white wheat
1.25 Belgian pilsner
4 LBS LME
1 LBS DME
1/3 OZ Coriander
1/3 OZ Bitter orange
1 OZ Cascade Hops
Wyeast 3942
50 minute boil:
- 1/2 OZ hops @ 30 mins.
- coriander and orange @ 15 mins.
- 1/2 OZ hops @ 3 mins.
OG -- 1.053
This is only my third batch. I pitched at 78F and my bucket is sitting in 69 F ambient air. I would have liked to pitch at closer to 70, but I did a poor job cooling my wort and I didn't think it would be a good idea to wait more than an hour before pitching.
I'm planning on leaving it in the primary for 14 days and then secondary for 7 more before bottling.
Thoughts, comments, suggestions?