NTOLERANCE
Well-Known Member
Anyone have a clone recipe for Bells Winter White Ale? Its one of the few beers I really enjoy in the winter thats lite.
How does this sound?
50% Pilsner
50% flaked wheat
1oz Belma FWH
1 oz Willamette 10 mins
Forbidden Fruit
Mash 150
OG 1.050
I plan to give this a go this weekend
Here is a quick update. When I tested the FG it was 1.020! I subsequently realized that my thermometer was not calibrated, and I must have mashed around 158... Lesson learned- I will always double check the thermometer- especially after it has been sitting outside in the wicked cold!
I got a starter going of TYB Dry Belgian and pitched that earlier this week and it went back to town fermenting. That strain has been an absolute animal for me.
Based on the taste of the sample, I think you need to use a weizen yeast to clone the winter white. My clone was more like a wit and less like a hefe in comparison with the real thing. Regardless, it is pretty tasty and I look forward to sampling this when it dries out more.
I am not sure that I can say much with any confidence because the end result was not at all what I intended. On my next attempt I will go with a similar grain bill and blend a hefe yeast with an American ale yeast and run it on the cooler side. My yeast profile was way off target...
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