Hoegaarden clone

fbi365 · May 2, 2008

final gravity for either of the clones posted on this thread???

FSR402 · May 2, 2008

Janx said:
Heat 1 gallon of water to 155. Add:

8 oz. Flaked Wheat
8 oz. Belgium Aromatic Malt
4 oz. Flaked Oats
4 oz. Rice or Oat Hulls

Remove pot from heat and steep at 150 for 30 minutes. Strain grain water into brew pot and sparge with 1 gallon of 150 degree water. Bring water to a boil, remove from heat and add:

5.5 lb Wheat Dry Malt Extract
1 oz East Kent Goldings (4.3 alpha)

Add water to bring total volume to 2.5 gallons. Boil 45 minutes, then add:

1/2 oz East Kent Goldings
1/4 oz. Belgian Bitter Orange Peel
3/4 tsp crushed Coriander seeds
1/8 tsp crushed Cumin seeds

Boil 13 minutes then add:

1/2 oz Czech Saaz
1/2 Belgian Bitter Orange Peel
1/2 tsp crushed Coriander seeds
1/8 tsp crushed Cumin seeds

Boil 2 more minutes. Chill. Strain wort. Add water to bring to 5 1/8 gallons. Pitch yeast below 80 degrees.

Wyeast Forbidden Fruit (3463)
or, second choice
Wyeast Belgian Witbier (3944)

This recipe is from _Beer Captured_ by Tess and Mark Szamatulski. I have not tried it. It's a cool book that I just got. Lots of interesting clone recipes of Belgians.

If you make it, let us know how it goes. Cheers!

Leave out the cumin sead....... Trust me, I have 10 gallons of that beer sitting kegs hoping that crap fades out..

fbi365 · May 3, 2008

yeah, I thought cumin seemed like an odd flavor. Cumin is one of the dominant spices in Chili. Chili-beer, nasty. I used the cumin, but couldn't really detect the flavor at bottling, but I also have a cold. What was your Final Grav. FSR402?

FSR402 · May 5, 2008

fbi365 said:
yeah, I thought cumin seemed like an odd flavor. Cumin is one of the dominant spices in Chili. Chili-beer, nasty. I used the cumin, but couldn't really detect the flavor at bottling, but I also have a cold. What was your Final Grav. FSR402?

My OG was 1.050 and FG was 1.010

fbi365 · May 26, 2008

The extract version of this recipe came out pretty good, although I wouldn't say it tasted anything like hoegaarden. This recipe comes out with a very strong citrus taste. If you want my advice, tone down on the orange peel.