Originally posted by danno I've brewed this several times, it's very nice... I'm going todo it again as soon as it warms up a bit... (you know, maybe March or so...)
White Pepper Wit
2.00 Oz Sweet Orange Peel Spice 10 Min.(boil)
Danno, did you mean Bitter Curaco Orange peel or the sweet orange peel? Most other recipes for Wit have Bitter Curaco Orange.
Originally posted by danno definitely sweet, it balances the pepper. if you want to skip the pepper, then you could use bitter, but I really like the results this way...
I used the following in my wit and felt it could have used more spice:
5 gal batch
.75 oz Coriander
0.5 oz Sweet Orange Peel
0.5 oz Bitter Orange Peel
15 black peppercorns
If I did a wit again, I'd probably want to experiment with some other spices to get more of a herbal aroma. My local brewpub makes one with basil leaves that kicks ass, I also know of another craft brewery that uses lime leaves, and a home brewer that adds a bit of marijuana.
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Primary: Belgian Dark Strong
Secondary: Flanders Red 10, Flanders Red 08/09
Bottle Conditioning: Cyser
Kegged: DIPA
Drinking: Witbier, IPA, Flanders Red 08/09, Vanilla Brown Ale, Black DIPA, Imperial Chocolate Brown Ale, Cascade/Centennial IPA, Imperial Witbier, English Barleywine, Historical Imperial Stout, Belgian Dark Strong, US Barleywine
What I am trying to replicate is the Sam Adams Winter Wheat. It has more body and a little more spiciness than the Hoegarden. I thought to use a little cascase at flameout to get some of the citrusy flavors along with the orange peel. I am adding some (0.5 lb) of Crystal 20 for body. Lime leaves is another good idea, but they have such a distinctive flavor that I am not sure I want to try it at first.
El Beero: Here's my best (only!) attempt at a DT clone
7 oz german light munich malt
5 oz Belgian biscuit
3 oz Belgian aromatic
9 lbs. ultra light LME
1 lbs. Candi Sugar Clear
1.5 oz. Styrian Goldings boiled 60 minutes.
0.25 oz. Czech Saaz boiled 30 minutes
0.25 oz Czech Saaz boiled 15 minutes
0.25 oz Czech Saaz boiled 5 minutes
Yeast: White Labs WLP 530 Belgian Abbey
- 0.40 Oz Corriander Seed Spice @ 10 min
- 0.14 Oz Ginger Root Spice (dried and ground) @ 10 min
- 0.14 Oz Grains of Paradise @ 10 min
OG 1.076
FG 1.018
This is a hybrid of two or three extract clone recipes I have found on the net. I did not have the grains of paradise on brew day, so I made a snap decision to sub. 0.1 oz of wild Chinese pepper, and 1/8 tsp of ground cardamom. It smelled yummy! I had to use a brew-belt heater to keep the fermenter above 74.
I just racked this to secondary today after 9 days in the primary and snuck a sample. It is darker than DT, and had a distinct alcohol flavor, sort of winey. But the spice profile was pretty close. I can't wait til this mellows out. I hope to bottle next week and I will add a little US-56 to help the tired belgian yeasties along with carbonating.
This is my first attempt at this style.
Update: It's been sitting in a dark, cool place for several weeks now, and it is by far, my favorite extract beer I've ever made. It is not, however, a Delerium Tremens clone. It's too sweet, too dark, and too spicy. I'd probably call it a dubbel. Very tasty... a house favorite! I did an all grain version which is in the primary now, using pilsener malt. I have high hopes. If I were to attempt this again with extract, I would use all pilsner, maybe a little torrified wheat.
Last edited by Saint-Thomas : 04-13-2007 at 10:22 AM.
Originally posted by Vienna Lager Mashed at 153 degrees for 70 mins.
SG - 1.050
Let us know where this finishes gravity wise, I'm curious what a higher mash temp will do.
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Primary: Belgian Dark Strong
Secondary: Flanders Red 10, Flanders Red 08/09
Bottle Conditioning: Cyser
Kegged: DIPA
Drinking: Witbier, IPA, Flanders Red 08/09, Vanilla Brown Ale, Black DIPA, Imperial Chocolate Brown Ale, Cascade/Centennial IPA, Imperial Witbier, English Barleywine, Historical Imperial Stout, Belgian Dark Strong, US Barleywine
Transferred to secondary yesterday and SG was 1.014. This morning the sleeve was up in the air lock so there will be some minor activity. Expect to end up around 1.010 for FG.
here's one... I had a dream about this and somehow ended up with the ingredients to brew it one day without any planning at all. Was even better since I was going to a group brew and it required little equipment, small amount of ingredients and even less attention I wanted an Amarillo hopped session ale with a big spicy belgian yeast character in the nose.
Entered as a 16E Belgian Specialty (Belgian Session Ale) in a recent competition and it scored 42 of 50
OG 1.042
FG 1.009
4.3% ABV
10lbs 2 row - thin mashed at 149 for 60 mins - batch sparged to collect 5.5 gallons
1oz of leftover NZ Pacifica 6% AA for 60 mins (about 20 IBUs)
1oz Amarillo 9.3% AA at 10 mins (about 7 IBUs)
ferment with Belgian Ardennes (LaChouffe) for a week - I started mine about 64 and let it rise naturally after a day, maybe got to 75
I titled this one Holy Shit Balls as those were the first words uttered at the first whiff. pretty much exactly what I wanted...
hope somebody enjoys it!
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I wanted an Amarillo hopped session ale with a big spicy belgian yeast character in the nose.
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