Wit/Saison recipe critique

[feralpigeon]

Hi folks,
This will be my first time doing a real partial grain brew (just been using specialty grains up to this point). GF wanted a wit, I wanted a saison, this was the compromise. Would love to get some feedback before brewing this weekend, thanks in advance!

Recipe Specifics:

Batch Size (Gal): 2.75 boil, 3 gal in fermenter
Anticipated OG: 1.057
Anticipated SRM: 5.35
Anticipated IBU: 32.34
Wort Boil Time: 45 Minutes


Grain/Sugars:

4 oz flaked wheat
4 oz Belgian aromatic
2 oz flaked oats
2 oz rice hulls
2 lb pils DME
1 lb light DME
.5 lb wheat DME
4 oz orange blossom honey (added with 5 minutes left in boil)


Hops/Spices:

1 oz East Kent Goldings @45 min
.5 oz Saaz @15
.5 oz Sazz @ 5 min
.5 tsp bitter orange peel @5
.5 tsp fresh ground corriander @5
.5 tsp fresh ground black pepper @5

Yeast TBD (depends on what the LHBS has, last I checked they had a couple farmhouse style yeasts that I'll probably pick from)

Mash (2qt/lb=1.5 qt h20):
Saccharification rest: 150*, 60 min
Mash-out: 200*, 10 min
Sparge: 170*

Planning on adding a pound of DME at inital boil then rest @15 min.

Will probably let it work for about a month, then add another .5 tsp each of orange, corriander, and pepper to the fermenter for a week before bottling.

 

[dwhite60]

Why the rice hulls? You don't need them unless you're doing an all grain mash with a lot of wheat. Even then they're questionable. I've used 40% wheat malt and never had a stuck sparge.

Honey is interesting.

Spices sound good.

Give it a shot.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[brewbama]

I always soak rice hulls before using them. They're thirsty little bits and will drink your wort if you let them. ...but I rarely use them.

I use a Brew Bag fine mesh filter in my MLT and never have stuck sparges.

 

[feralpigeon]

Thought the oats were also a big contributor to sticking so I was thinking I'd play it safe, but if you think I'll be fine without that's one more thing to cross off the shopping list

 

[daggers_nz]

Yah those oats won't cause you any issues, only at >20% the grist they will start to gum up your mash

 

[shanecb]

Yeah, they aren't necessarily necessary for this recipe. But it won't hurt at all to use them. If you tend to have stuck mashes go for it!

Cool recipe! Let us know how it turns out.