I just ordered supplies and I will be brewing the recipe below next week. It's a partial mash recipe.
If you wanted to make it more hoegoarden like, I'd say drop the stryian and tradition hops, aromatic, crystal, flaked oats and sweet orange peel. Add a pound of white wheat, use an ounce of Saaz hops @60, and then use .75oz coriander and .5oz bitter orange peel. There are a lot of hoegarden clone recipes out there though that I'm sure would be more accurate than that.
I feel like there are two categories of belgian whites, or witbiers. There are some that are hazy, are really lemony/citrusy, but really light and you can still see through them. Then there are others that are still light, but hazy enough to be opaque, and rather than being overpowered by lemon flavor, are more fruity rather than citrusy. Of course there are varying degrees between the two, but these are the extremes. Maybe the opaque version is really a Belgian Wheat and not a Belgian White? Or maybe, it's an American Wheat? I don't know. Anyway, I'm hoping my recipe turns out opaque with a hazy straw, almost orange color.
Batch Size: 5.25 gallons
Boil Size: 3 gallons
Est. Efficiency: 65%
ESTIMATED STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.054
Final Gravity: 1.014
ABV (standard): 5.23%
IBU (tinseth): 13.65
SRM (morey): 4.55
FERMENTABLES:
3 lb - Dry Malt Extract - Wheat (33.3%)
2.5 lb - Pilsner (27.8%)
1 lb - Dry Malt Extract - Pilsen (11.1%)
1 lb - Flaked Oats (11.1%)
1 lb - Flaked Wheat (11.1%)
4 oz - Caramel / Crystal 10L (2.8%)
4 oz - Belgian - Aromatic (2.8%)
HOPS:
0.5 oz - German Tradition (AA 6.5) for 60 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil
0.5 oz - Styrian Goldings (AA 3) for 60 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil
0.25 oz - German Tradition (AA 6.5) for 10 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil
0.25 oz - Styrian Goldings (AA 3) for 10 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil
MASH STEPS:
1) Temperature, Temp: 153 F, Time: 60 min, Amount: 6.5 qt
2) Sparge, Temp: 170 F, Amount: 6.5 qt
OTHER INGREDIENTS:
0.75 oz - Bitter Orange Peel, Time: 10 min, Type: Spice, Use: Boil
0.5 oz - Coriander, Time: 10 min, Type: Spice, Use: Boil
0.25 oz - Sweet Orange Peel, Time: 10 min, Type: Spice, Use: Boil
YEAST:
Wyeast - Belgian Witbier 3944