Hoegaarden Clone?

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Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by Uncle Joshua » Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:27 pm

Is there a kit what would get close to Hoegaarden?

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Re: Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by IPA » Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:56 am

Uncle Joshua wrote:
Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:27 pm
Is there a kit what would get close to Hoegaarden?
Not sure if there is a kit. But you would get very close using lager malt extract + wheat malt extract and 25 gr each of ground coriander and bitter orange peal.
Try this.

For 25 litres

2kg lager malt extract
2kg wheat malt extract
25 gr ground coriander seed
25 gr ground bitter orange peal

Boil for an hour with 25 gr Perle hops
and ferment with a Wit yeast
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Re: Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by IPA » Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:44 am

If that's seems a bit complicated here's a kit.

https://www.brouwland.com/en/our-produc ... elgian-wit
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Re: Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by Northern Brewer » Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:51 am

You might want to take a look through this massive thread on HBT about Blue Moon, which is not too dissimilar albeit made with a much cleaner US yeast, including contributions from people who worked at the brewery.

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Re: Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by Uncle Joshua » Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:41 am

Northern Brewer wrote:
Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:51 am
You might want to take a look through this massive thread on HBT about Blue Moon, which is not too dissimilar albeit made with a much cleaner US yeast, including contributions from people who worked at the brewery.
Cheers. I shouldn't have said clone, it's a kit I wanted.

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Re: Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by Northern Brewer » Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:55 pm

Well Blue Moon is popular enough that you could probably find a Blue Moon kit and then just replace the yeast with something more Belgian like the Lallemand Wit yeast. I see TMM have a Blue Moon clone kit here (MyKit000426 - but I don't think they're doing custom kits like that at the moment), or the Mangrove Jack Witbier is on offer with them at the moment, it should be in the ballpark. (no affiliation to TMM, you can probably find the MJ kit elsewhere but it seems to be a limited edition)

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Re: Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by Uncle Joshua » Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:21 am

Would a Muntons connoisseurs wheat beer kit do and what should I add to that?

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Re: Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by WalesAles » Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:34 am

Uncle Josh,
Have a look and laff at this thread.......
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viewtopic.php?f=4&t=72566

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Re: Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by Uncle Joshua » Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:01 am

I noticed you used to go to the Morley bottle swap, is that still going? I started that.

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Re: Hoegaarden Clone?

Post by Northern Brewer » Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:09 am

Uncle Joshua wrote:
Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:21 am
Would a Muntons connoisseurs wheat beer kit do and what should I add to that?
I have no direct experience of the Munton kit and I note the reviews are kinda mixed. If I was to start with that I'd probably use DME rather than sugar and use a better yeast such as Munich Classic. At least the MJ kit gives you a decent yeast.

It's not clear whether the Munton kit includes spices - and how much to use depends a lot on the exact ingredients you use, you'll need less dried orange peel than fresh for instance, and different brands have different amounts of flavour, so it will be a bit hit and miss to start with. That HBT thread spends a lot of time talking about different types of orange peel - this "final" recipe from someone who has brewed Blue Moon commercially goes for 15g of freshly-ground coriander at 10 minutes before the end of boil, and maybe 30g of (sweet) orange peel at 5 minutes - but it depends a lot on your ingredients.

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