suggestions on a belgian white

[nos33]

I bought a belgian white kit from my LHBS and it has been sitting in primary for 2 weeks and secondary for 1 week and have a 1 gallon glass jug just sitting there empty. What types of ingredients can i put in the i gallon jug with my beer to give it some other types of flavor? I plan on bottling 4 gallons of it and want to try something with the other gallon kind of like an experiment.

It was brewed with coriander and bitter orange peel and the 2 step hops. I have 1 oz of wormwood, 1 oz of star anise and 1 oz of licorice root. If I were to play with some of these herbs, how much of each should I try?

 

[maxamuus]

Wow another home brewer in Orem? I thought i had to be the only one. If you smell hot wort on a summer day on the breeze from the north that would be me.

Not sure about the flavors you mentioned but i brewed a Wiess beer a couple brews ago and added a pound of Orange blossom honey it added a nice flavor to it. Winco on 8th North sells fresh honey in their bulk section.

 

[Homercidal]

I have no idea what wormwood or star anise tastes like, but I'd be curious to see what a little bit of licorice would taste like in a Wit. I think that would take it away from the spicy citrus character for sure.

 

[nos33]

wormwood is a very bitter herb and star anise is similar to licorice. yeah there are a few of us in Orem. A friend around the corner actually does it as well.

 

[ChickenBeer]

Nothing! your violating reinheitsgebot. Just kidding, have you thought about imparting any kind of nutty flavor to it?

 

[nos33]

nutty...... good idea but which nut to add. It will already taste like a blue moon (hopefully) but what would be a good addition to a blue moon

 

[elkdog]

Jamil's recipe uses chamomile, which sounds nice.

Me, I'm waiting for warmer weather so I can put ginger in a beer.