I've been passive about the forums up until now and finally sought out a membership so that I put forth my own questions!
I've been looking up tons of information about the type of beer im about to brew but still cant find some small things and its probably because im so green that im just skimming over it or that it should be so common that i dont see it.
I want to brew a blue moon style beer and yes ive actually read a lot of the forums on here about the blue moon clone! That being said i dont have the exact ingredients and i kind of want to diverge for the exactness that is Blue Moon.
I want a lighter style Blue moon so that maybe my girlfriend can enjoy it as much as i will.
Goal: Lighter Blue Moon With Blueberry flavoring
I went to my local brew store and they hooked me up with everything i needed to make a Belgian White.
-Wheat malt extract
-Flaked Wheat
-Vienna Malt
-Perle Hops
-Styrian Golding Hops
-Dried orange peel
-coriander seed
- Yeast=Wyeast 3944 Belgian Wit
Questions i have are:
-Is this Wheat malt 50/50 Barley wheat? At first glance i thought it was all wheat but now because it says malt im assuming it has barley. I know for the beer i want it should be about 50/50.
-To lighten it up could i use the rice syrup solids i have? Or is this going to give it some type of weird taste?
-Should i skip the orange peel? How is the blueberry flavor going to affect the citrus flavor?(im using a blueberry syrup i got from local brew store.
-The yeast im using is Belgian Wit because thats what they told me to get but after rereading the blue moon clone post it says to use an ale yeast.
So what kind of affect does the Belgian wit yeast have on the beer? Ive never really messed around with yeasts -_-
Other info
-Im making a 2 gallon batch to see how it tastes before amping it up to 5 gallons
-Overall goal is for a really good blue moon/wit style beer thats slightly lighter with a taste of blueberries. I also plan on tossing some blueberries when serving for some extra wow factor.
I've been looking up tons of information about the type of beer im about to brew but still cant find some small things and its probably because im so green that im just skimming over it or that it should be so common that i dont see it.
I want to brew a blue moon style beer and yes ive actually read a lot of the forums on here about the blue moon clone! That being said i dont have the exact ingredients and i kind of want to diverge for the exactness that is Blue Moon.
I want a lighter style Blue moon so that maybe my girlfriend can enjoy it as much as i will.
Goal: Lighter Blue Moon With Blueberry flavoring
I went to my local brew store and they hooked me up with everything i needed to make a Belgian White.
-Wheat malt extract
-Flaked Wheat
-Vienna Malt
-Perle Hops
-Styrian Golding Hops
-Dried orange peel
-coriander seed
- Yeast=Wyeast 3944 Belgian Wit
Questions i have are:
-Is this Wheat malt 50/50 Barley wheat? At first glance i thought it was all wheat but now because it says malt im assuming it has barley. I know for the beer i want it should be about 50/50.
-To lighten it up could i use the rice syrup solids i have? Or is this going to give it some type of weird taste?
-Should i skip the orange peel? How is the blueberry flavor going to affect the citrus flavor?(im using a blueberry syrup i got from local brew store.
-The yeast im using is Belgian Wit because thats what they told me to get but after rereading the blue moon clone post it says to use an ale yeast.
So what kind of affect does the Belgian wit yeast have on the beer? Ive never really messed around with yeasts -_-
Other info
-Im making a 2 gallon batch to see how it tastes before amping it up to 5 gallons
-Overall goal is for a really good blue moon/wit style beer thats slightly lighter with a taste of blueberries. I also plan on tossing some blueberries when serving for some extra wow factor.