July Club Shop Brew Belgian Witbier with Matt & Andy On Sunday July 31st, just in time to still call it July, Matt Myerhoff and Andy Ziskin let a shop brew-crew in brewing a Belgian Witbier with a little bit of a twist. In looking at Jamil's Brewing Classic Styles we noticed he preferred using fresh orange zest and chamomile tea in his recipe. To give our beer a little more unique character we decided to use fresh lime zest, leaves and sage mostly from Andy's garden. We had an excellent brew crew, thank you to Jay, Susie, Scot, Justin, Jeremy and Cullen. To pass time during the mash, Matt brought a projector and we watched a few beer related videos in the comfort of the air conditioned club house. Of course, there was plenty of really great Homebrew shared by all. We may have over sparged just a bit and missed our OG by a few points, but a great day was had by all. A very special thanks to Alex from Westlake Brewing for donating a huge pitch of yeast for our Brewers! Look for the beer to make an appearance at the September club meeting and the Oktoberfest party. Recipe for 40G Estimated OG was 1.051 / Actual OG 1.044
Brew Date:
Sage Lime Wit Beer
| Method: |
All Grain |
Style: |
Witbier |
| Boil Time: |
60 min |
Batch Size: |
40 gallons (fermentor volume)
|
| Boil Size: |
41.84 gallons |
Efficiency: |
70% (brew house)
|
| Boil Gravity: |
1.040 (recipe based estimate)
|
Hop Utilization Multiplier: |
1 |
Original Gravity: 1.042
Final Gravity: 1.010
ABV (standard): 4.15%
IBU (tinseth): 22.36
SRM (morey): 3.08
Mash pH: 5.75
Fermentables
| Amount |
Fermentable |
PPG |
°L |
Bill % |
| 32 lb |
Pilsen Malt 2-Row |
37 |
1.2 |
50% |
| 32 lb |
White Wheat |
38 |
2.4 |
50% |
Hops
| Amount |
Variety |
Type |
AA |
Use |
Time |
IBU |
| 9 oz |
Domestic Hallertau |
Pellet |
4.8 |
Boil |
60 min |
22.36 |
Mash Guidelines
| Amount |
Description |
Type |
Temp |
Time |
| 24 gal |
|
Strike |
152 F |
60 min |
| Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb |
Other Ingredients
| Amount |
Name |
Type |
Use |
Time |
| 4 oz |
Lime Zest |
Flavor |
Boil |
5 min |
| 0.5 oz |
Lime Leaves |
Flavor |
Boil |
5 min |
| 0.5 oz |
Sage |
Herb |
Boil |
5 min |
Yeast
| Wyeast - Belgian Witbier 3944 |
| Attenuation (avg): |
74% |
Flocculation: |
Med-Low |
| Optimum Temp: |
62 - 75 °F |
Starter: |
No |
| Fermentation Temp: |
- |
Pitch Rate: |
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P)
|
|
Priming
Target Water Profile: 35315
| Ca+2
|
Mg+2
|
Na+
|
Cl-
|
SO4-2
|
HCO3-
|
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
This recipe has been published online at: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1187250/sage-lime-wit-beer Generated by Brewer's Friend Date: 2021-08-23 03:52 UTC Recipe Last Updated: 2021-08-23 03:52 UTC
1 comment
Sounds great. If people who don’t have lime trees in their yard, what you recommend as a substitute? More lime zest?