Just Another Brew Day...(Pics)

[BierMuncher]

Looks just fine to me. There are enough adjuncts in this recipe that stuff is going to float. And it will not always look so nice.

 

[PriMarius]

BierMuncher - just to thank You for all of Your recipes and to let You know that with a bit tweaked, but generally this same Wit recipe I won gold medal on the 3rd Homebrew competition in Budapest Hungary held on March 15th between 28 Wits competing...

here is me bursting with happines

a bit tweaked recipe - for a batch of 42L (11Gal) lowered coriander from 60 to 50 grams - and added all spices at flame out - also, mashed for almost 2 hours as my gas miraculously ran out just as the strike water hit its temperature - so had to rush to buy the new propane tank... adjusted water to hit Bru'n water yellow malty specs... OG was a bit higher than called for as my Corona has a mind of its own sometimes - it ended up on 1,055... so the FG was also a bit higher at 1,015... Yeast was WY3944...
it was cooked a month prior to competition, on February 14th - I was planning on cooking that style anyhow so had one more reason when they announced the categories...

here is the recirculation video on that Wit as I was also testing my newly built HERMS - this was the second batch made on that system

[ame="http://youtu.be/wwpH2otKIkM"]Recirculation video[/ame]


thanx again and cheers
PriMarius

 

[cheesehed007]

Subbed, making this for my Blue Moon friends. Thanks BM!


Sent from my van, down by the river.

 

[icebob]

Sitting at the hotel and just noticed i read the whole frikkin thing! Will be brewing next week-end...

 

[two_hearted]

BierMuncher - just to thank You for all of Your recipes and to let You know that with a bit tweaked, but generally this same Wit recipe I won gold medal on the 3rd Homebrew competition in Budapest Hungary held on March 15th between 28 Wits competing...

here is me bursting with happines

a bit tweaked recipe - for a batch of 42L (11Gal) lowered coriander from 60 to 50 grams - and added all spices at flame out - also, mashed for almost 2 hours as my gas miraculously ran out just as the strike water hit its temperature - so had to rush to buy the new propane tank... adjusted water to hit Bru'n water yellow malty specs... OG was a bit higher than called for as my Corona has a mind of its own sometimes - it ended up on 1,055... so the FG was also a bit higher at 1,015... Yeast was WY3944...
it was cooked a month prior to competition, on February 14th - I was planning on cooking that style anyhow so had one more reason when they announced the categories...

here is the recirculation video on that Wit as I was also testing my newly built HERMS - this was the second batch made on that system

Recirculation video


thanx again and cheers
PriMarius

Wow, that's awesome! Great first post to the forums too. I agree, this is a great beer. My mother-in-law has gotten pretty hammered from it a few times because she loved it so much.

 

[MollyHatchet]

Just wanted to show a picture of how mine worked out. Only issue I had was a slight over calculation on the water volume. And I used four tea bags instead of two. This has been in the keg for 15 days, great flavor just as you would expect. Wife wants this on tap for the summer, so I am going to order enough for 10 gallons. Thanks BierMuncher, and CHEERS!!

PS: after 7 years of extract brewing I finally mad the plunge. This is my second all grain, my first was BM's Cream of three crops which came out VERY nice, thanks again for the great recipes BierMuncher!!.....


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[gregorybriscoe]

Should I use a stir plate for this one? I'm using wyeast forbidden fruit. Doing a 5 gallon all grain (first) batch.

 

[MollyHatchet]

No need for a starter, the gravity is not that high.


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[gregorybriscoe]

just did my first all grain with this recipe. Can say that it went well and... took much longer but it was fun. SG is at 1.044. Target was 1.048 First time using a hydrometer too. is that far off?

 

[gregorybriscoe]

bottled and ready to condition! OG: 1.044 FG: 1.011. Finished at 4.3% ABV. Used Wyeast forbidden fruit.

 

[icebob]

starter on stir plate (wlp400) will crush grain tonight and fire up the burners in the morning!

 

[gregorybriscoe]

Nice! Mine's been in the bottle since monday and I am itching real bad to check on the progress

 

[gregorybriscoe]

Just tasted this after 1 week in a bottle. Woh, I think it's ready. And it's good. I can't believe how quickly it went from grain to glass... 3 weeks! Mine came in at 4.2%

 

[icebob]

just finished kegging it, in the keezer and now the worst part.... wait

 

[icebob]

48hrs on the gas. Frikkin good yard working refresher! definitely taste the pepper. As usual, another winner BM.

 

[CorwinGraves]

Just finished brewing this and noticed the wort has a fairly strong orange taste. This makes sense given the 3 oz. of orange peel for the 5-gal batch, but hoping it fades a bit. Any comments on this from anyone?

Incidentally, my O.G. came in at just 1.040, which isn't a huge miss, but it still sucks.

 

[opticflashback]

SUb'd

I brewed this the other day, and it smelled awesome.

Only a few changes to the boil. I used:

5Lbs Belgian Pilsner
5Lbs Unmalted White Wheat (Soft White Winter Wheat berries)
.5Lbs Flaked Wheat
WLP400 - no starter (it was a new vial)

My wife mills her own flour to make bread, so we have a lot of the wheat berries on hand. I used the same spice schedule as the original post, for a 5 gallon batch. The smell from the chamomile/orange zest combo was phenomenal. Since the hops are very subdued I used what I had on hand that I thought would be a nice pairing. I added .5 ounces of Horizon at the start of the boil.

I ended up with an OG of 1.045 and it is currently bubbling away in my primary. The only thing I forgot to do was add in the flour to 'lock in' the cloudy appearance. I hope to have an update, and pictures, soon. Thanks, BierMuncher.




P.S. - One thing I will say about the wheat berries, they are very hard for my mill to work through. My power drill was struggling. LOL. I may use my wife's NutriMill next time. Then I will surely get that cloudy appearance.

 

[BMWillis]

Just got home from the shop after picking up some ingredients to brew a mini-mash version of this I've been tinkering around with for a while, but they didn't have any of the liquid yeast strains that people have been using. I ended up grabbing a smack pack of 3942 (Belgian Wheat), and after reading a little about it, I'm not sure if its the right pick for this one. Should I order some Belgian Wit, or roll with the Wheat?

 

[bolus14]

I would order the Wit. I have brewed a couple Wit recipes but used different Belgian yeasts and they have been good, but not what I would call a Wit, more like blondes in my opinion. It's one of those styles that really needs the right yeast to do it justice.

 

[BMWillis]

Just called up the other shop in town and they have a pack of the Wit on hold for me to pick up tomorrow.

Thanks for the heads up!


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[opticflashback]

Got this kegged up the other day. The flavors are an awesome mix of summer. The citrus really comes front and center after a few days. I used WLP-400 and was really happy that my FG was 1.009. The cloudiness is there, which I was really worried about, because I forgot to add my cup o' flower in the boil.

My wife is not happy with the scent of WLP-400, it is not like other wheat based beers.

Here are some pictures of my final product.

 

[BMWillis]

Just got this one kegged and all carbonated up, this stuff is delicious!

Super easy to convert it into a mini mash, and the pay off is awesome. Can't wait to try the real deal all-grain version.

 

[icebob]

Just kegged my second batch of this! this time I just add 1/2 of pepper... we'll see how it goes, first keg only last 2 weeks!!!

 

[jbeerman]

Just sampled this recipe as I grabbed a sample to test gravity. All I can say is WOW nice light taste of citrus followed up by some pepper bite ate the end. 1.010 after 13 days. Used WLP 400 and got about 13 gallons out of the boil kettle. Also added about an ounce of Ginger too. So I will test again in a few more days and then get some into a keg and some into bottles. I forgot the flower so it may clear a little much for the style but the awesome taste makes up for that.

 

[Zoltanar]

Hi all.
Small noob question.
In the recipe, it is stated: ([edit] refering to post #15)
8# 2-row
9# Flaked Wheat
2# White Wheat Malt

Would that be
8 lbs 2-row
9 lbs Flaked Wheat
2 lbs White Wheat Malt

Thanks!
Zolt

 

[bolus14]

Yes, # is shorthand for lbs in the US

 

[Zoltanar]

Great thanks bolus14.
I'll try that one next week on my next brew day!