Witbier Austin Homebrew's Blue Moon Clone (AG)

theck · Jul 13, 2014

I have some Wyeast 1388 Belgian Strong Ale yeast from another brew how would it be in this recipe?

BigCountry79 · Aug 14, 2014

Am I missing a water amount addition when mashing? 17 quarts of water is a little over 4 gallons. How much more water needs to be added to carry me through the boil? Apoligies if the question was already asked.

pwnshop · Mar 30, 2015

does anyone think WB-06 will work for this recipe? I am racking a raspberry wheat to secondary in a day or two and was planning on washing the yeast. I thought I could use that yeast for a batch of this?

muskokawildman · Feb 22, 2016

Thie is my second time making a Blue Moon Clone and the first using this recipe.

I made this recipe on Saturday. I followed the instructions as printed except used 4 Lbs of the Wheat flakes instead of 3 and added 1/3 cup of orange marmalade at flame out. I also zested 5 oranges, 1 red grapefruit and part of a lemon. As the zest was wet I am not sure of its dry weight.

My OG was 1/052 and it smelled delightful. There is exactly 6 gallons in the fermenter.

I checked it this morning and it is bubbling up through the bubbler. My basement is 63 - 65 degrees. I plan on transferring it to a secondary fermenter later this week when it calms down. I also plan on washing the yeast and hopefully yeilding 4 mason jars of re-usable yeast. As I buy all of my other ingredients in bulk the next time I make this it should be less than $10.

Looking forward to drinking this in the spring as it warms up! I love Blue Moon.

Rally_Cry · Feb 23, 2016

How did the primary smell? I made a Blue Moon Clone in October. The finished product is quite nice... but the smell during primary almost made me move.

Cheers!

muskokawildman · Feb 24, 2016

Smells OK? It is in the basement. Very active fermentation from the Belgian wit ale yeast. I have changed the bubbler several times. Transferring to secondary tomorrow then bottling in 10 days or so.......