My Attempt of a Wit

[james1988]

Evening chaps and chapesses,

I've ordered some yeast and grain to get a brew on, on Friday. The recipe is as follows:
WLP550 Belgian Ale Yeast
2.0Kg Pilsner Malt
2.0Kg Flaked Wheat
1.0Kg Munich Malt
0.500g Rolled Oats

Saaz 30g 90 Mins

In the past I made a Hoegaarden Clone that replaced the Munich Malt with Wheat Malt so I'm interested in tasting the difference. I'm quite new to running up my own recipes so it's all a bit of fun to see what 'interesting' beers I could come up with. I'm even thinking of replacing the Saaz with some Bramling Cross for a complete twist of the style and just to see how it turns out. Any thoughts?

Although I like to stay true to styles, it can't hurt having a bit of fun.

Will likely add coriander and oranges to flavour. I'm open to suggestions on the flavouring too.

James

*Edit*
What about adding a lime to make things interesting?

 

[pittsy]

Looks a good recipe , will you be doing any step mashes for the wheat . Have you brewed a wit before using wlp550 , i like to use wlp400 , very nice results . What sort of amounts are you thinking about regarding spice , hope it goes well

 

[james1988]

To be honest, I don't really know how to do a stepped mash as I'm using a converted coolbox.

I'm thinking 10g of crush coriander seeds, 2 Oranges and 1 Lime to start with.

As for the yeast, it's only recently I've started using liquid yeasts. In the past I've used Safbrew WB-06 which has provided more than ample results but now I'm going through a phase where I want to use liquid yeast for everything. :lol:

James