My first recipe!

[ajr2820]

This is my first recipe I have done on my own. It is meant to sort of mimic a Blue Moon. This is one of my wife's favorites. I brewed last night and the airlock was bubbling away when I left for work this morning. Do you think I will end up with what I had planned? I would love to read your comments. Anything you would have done differently?

Beeratti's Witbier Style: Belgian White (Wit)
Type: Extract w/grain Size: 5 gallons
Color: 5 HCU (~4 SRM)
Bitterness: 12 IBU
OG: 1.053 FG: 1.008
Alcohol: 5.8% v/v (4.5% w/w)
Grain: 2.0 lb. Raw wheat
Steep: Steep the grains at 155°F for 45 minutes in 1 gallon of water. After steeping wash the grain bag with 1 gallon of 170°F water making the volume in the brew pot 2 gallons.
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.132 2 gallons
2.0 lb. Light dry malt extract
3.3 lb. Wheat extract
Add bitter orange peel to the boil with 15 minutes remaining. Add 1 Tsp. of coriander when the boil is completed.
Hops: 1.0 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 60 min.)
1.0 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 20 min.)
Yeast: Safbrew 06 - Wheat
Log: Brew date 8/2/11
Carbonation: 2.4 volumes Keg: 12.2 psi @ 42°F

 

[wonderbread23]

FYI - Raw wheat needs to be mashed with 2-row. On its own it doesn't have any enzymes to convert. Steeping it will just add a bunch of starch to your beer.

 

[ajr2820]

OK...so what will it do to the final product?

 

[wonderbread23]

OK...so what will it do to the final product?

It'll be cloudy (a good thing), but also could affect the flavor --- making it a bit starchy. Also, if your sanitation isn't top notch, there are a lot of critters out there that like starch and could spoil the beer. Basically instead of getting fermentable sugar from the wheat, you're only gonna get starch.

 

[ajr2820]

It will have this effect even though I also have 3.3lbs of wheat LME and 2lbs of light DME?