Belgian Wit with Citra Hops and Pink Peppercorns

kchomebrew · Jul 16, 2014

I've been tinkering with a wit recipe for quite some time and recently nailed down a good version under this link. I'm making another one this weekend and will be going a bit of a different direction. I'm adding in some pink peppercorns at flameout and would welcome suggestions on how much to use. I'm also adding in some flaked wheat and flaked oats. Never used pink peppercorns before, so would love to hear what everyone thinks it appropriate to use for a 10 gal. batch. Here it is:

10 gallon batch - 90% efficiency
used about 1.44 qt/lb ratio - 6.81 gal. mash water, 9.53 gal. sparge.
CaCl additions to sparge water - treat sparge water to 6.0pH

11*lb Belgian Pils - added during mash
5*lb Belgian Wheat Malt - added during mash
2*lb Flaked Wheat
1*lb Flaked Oats
.25*lb Acidulated Malt; Castle Malting
>>> Protein rest 15 min @ 122F, Mash at 152 85 min - sparge 168F - 90 min.

>>> Boil - 90m
added 1 tbsp of flour to the boil for haze formulation.
2*oz (66.7%) Tettnanger (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 90*m
.5*oz (16.7%) Saaz (5.0%) - added during boil, boiled 30*m
0.5*oz (16.7%) Saaz (5.0%) - added during boil, boiled 1*m
1 oz Indian Corriander seeds (crushed) - added flameout - 20 min steep
?? oz Pink Peppercorns - added flameout - 20 min steep
Zest of 5 oranges - added flameout - 20 min steep
.50 oz lavender or chamomile (whichever I can obtain in flower format) - added flameout - 20 min. steep

added 2 oz. of Citra hop or Galaxy hop pellets @ flameout and let steep for 20 min.

kchomebrew · Jul 19, 2014

Brewing this tomorrow and firmed up the recipe. I've read that 2tsp of crushed pink peppercorns are what most brewers add to a 5gal. batch. Since I'm doing 10 gal. and I want the pink peppercorn to really come through I'm going to do 5tsp. Here it is:

11*lb Belgian Pils - added during mash
5*lb White Wheat Malt - added during mash
2*lb Flaked Wheat
1*lb Flaked Oats
.25*lb Acidulated Malt
Mash at 152 85 min - sparge 168F - 90 min.

>>> Boil - 90m
added 1 tbsp of flour to the boil for haze formulation.
1 oz Tettnanger (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 90*m
0.5*oz Saaz (5.0%) - added during boil, boiled 30*m
0.5*oz Saaz (5.0%) - added during boil, boiled 5*m
2 tbsp of crushed Indian Corriander seeds (crushed) - added flameout - 20 min steep
5tsp of crushed Pink Peppercorns - added flameout - 20 min steep
Zest of 5 oranges - added flameout - 20 min steep

add 3 oz. of Galaxy hop pellets @ 180F and let steep for 20 min.

kchomebrew · Jul 20, 2014

Brew day underway.

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Brewitt · Jul 20, 2014

kchomebrew said:
Brew day underway.

Looks like a nice recipe (and a nice brewing system). Please report back.

kchomebrew · Jul 21, 2014

I accidentally used 4tbsp of crushed pink peppercorn instead of 4tsp. Interestingly enough, I think it's spiced perfectly this way. 4tsp wouldn't have had much flavor impact, so I'm glad I made this mistake. I also had one large grapefruit in the fridge so I zested the peel on that one and combined it with the orange peels.

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kchomebrew · Aug 7, 2014

Kegged yesterday. FG was 1.011. Excellent aroma and flavor. Tart but has fruitiness from the pink peppercorns and galaxy hops that work well. interested to see how this turns out. On CO2 right now. Will be ready by this weekend.