Summer Imperial Wit?

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Brewkowski

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I was thinking of doing a summer wheat and I've seen a few recipes for Imperial or Double Wits that looked really good. I'm not keeping to exact standards, but I like alot of the qualities that comes with a wit. I haven't put this in BeerSmith yet, but here is what I was thinking.

Partial Mash 5 Gal

3.3 lb Weizen LME Late Addition
3.3 lb Pilsner LME
8 oz Flaked Wheat
6 oz Flaked Oats
8 oz Rice Hulls
8 oz Torrified Wheat
6 oz Vienna Malt (for the orangish hue?)
8 oz Honey Malt
1 lb White Wheat (or maybe Red)
1 lb Rice Syrup Solids
2 oz of Amarillo Hops (1oz, .5oz, .5oz )
3 Pummelo and Tangerine Peels
1 Tbls Coriander crushed
Wyeast 3942 Wit

I was going for a grapefruity summer ale with some wit character to it. Maybe Centennial or Simcoe would be better?
 
why so much "stuff"?
6oz of vienna isn't going to be enough base malt to convert all of that
 
Too many adjuncts huh? I was hoping to use more wheat grains for better flavor instead of using 6.6 lbs of wheat/barley LME. This is my first attempt at PM wheat beer. So without adding more base malt, I won't get anything except flavor out of all those adjuncts right? This would get me the same result as steeping basically?
 
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