wit beer

[dooksh]

i will brew a wit soon .and i am using unmalted whole wheat.
should i crash the wheat or leave it whole?

thanks

 

[DeathBrewer]

i'm assuming you will need to crush it. you will also need to do a cereal mash.

 

[dooksh]

thanks i will try

 

[mccarthy]

leave the wheat alone, not that it matters though it pretty much just falls between the rollers on the barley crusher.

 

[dooksh]

thanks. can i use fresh oranges?

 

[adamjab19]

yeah just use the zest of them.

 

[mccarthy]

depends on where you put them, ive seen recipies where people boil them but i was told to specifically use dried orange peels and place them in a mason jar with a cup of vodka and the coriander to sit for the entire fermentation and then add to the mix when bottling.

 

[lordbeermestrength]

...place them in a mason jar with a cup of vodka and the coriander to sit for the entire fermentation and then add to the mix when bottling.

Just be sure you use high quality vodka, or at least middle of the road. I did this with McCormicks in a chocolate stout (cacao nibs/vanilla) and a pumpkin spice (pumpkin spices) and it was NAS-T. Left some harsh flavors. They died out a little over time but still I would just add it to the secondary, or in the last 5 mins of the boil.

 

[dooksh]

thanks. i think i will boil them for the last ten minutes of the boil

 

[alz28]

If you are using whole wheat and not flaked wheat then yes crush the wheat. When I do my Wit I crush my whole wheat and it crushes just as good as my barley. I get some flour and broken up chunks. No need for a protine rest with the crushed whole wheat just mash at normal 150-155 temps. I used 7 lbs. 14 oz standard wheat malt and 7 lbs 14 oz Belgian pils malt on my last 10 gallon batch and got a 1.052 at 89% eff. I use corriander from the bulk spice section at my local grocers market and buy bitter orange peels but the pound from Northern Brew.

 

[dooksh]

thanks alz28 ,i dont have dried bitter orange peels but i do have some fresh
ones . so i think i will use those instead(maybe boil them a little longer)

 

[alz28]

thanks alz28 ,i dont have dried bitter orange peels but i do have some fresh
ones . so i think i will use those instead(maybe boil them a little longer)

I did a post on buying bitter orange peel by the pound and several people said they use orange peels from fresh oranges. Click on my user name and see if you can find the thread. I think it was titled.....Bulk Orange Peels......

 

[Bobby_M]

Both Jamil and Mosher suggest that the dried stuff is horribly inferior to fresh zest so I'd lean that way if possible. I made a nice wit with the dry stuff, but I'm going fresh next time. A pound of flaked oats also does well in a wit for a creamy mouthfeel.