Advice on a Wit please

[faeyd]

I have never tried brewing anything like this before folks... please comment (60 mins mash at 67 Celsius, 90 mins boil):

Amt Name Type # %/IBU
0.25 kg Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 1 3.9 %
2.50 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 38.8 %
2.50 kg Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 38.8 %
0.60 kg Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 4 9.3 %
0.60 kg Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 5 9.3 %
20.00 g Hallertauer [4.80 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 12.0 IBUs
12.00 g Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 4.6 IBUs
3.00 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 5.0 mins) Spice
1.0 pkg Belgian Witbier (Wyeast Labs #3944) Yeast
14.20 g Coriander Seed (Secondary 0.0 mins) Spice

Est Original Gravity: 1.054
Est Final Gravity: 1.014
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.3 %
Bitterness: 16.6 IBUs
Est Color: 4.2 SRM

[octoscott]

My recipe from a couple of weeks back below. Turned out smashing and a not overly complicated grain bill. I would think sticking to a single hop would be fine also.

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.000
Total Hops (g): 60.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 (°P): 11.9
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.72 %
Colour (SRM): 3.4 (EBC): 6.7
Bitterness (IBU): 18.7 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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2.500 kg Pilsner (50%)
2.500 kg Wheat Malt (50%)

Hop Bill
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40.0 g Hersbrucker Pellet (2.8% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1.7 g/L)
20.0 g Hersbrucker Pellet (2.8% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)

Misc Bill
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40.0 g Coriander Seed @ 15 Minutes (Boil)
10.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)
40.0 g Curacao orange @ 15 Minutes (Boil)
5.0g cracked black pepper @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 154°F for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 70°F with Mangrove Jacks M27 Belgian Ale Yeast

[faeyd]

Thanks Octo - that looks very nice to me

[Fido97]

I did one v similar a while back. Think a small amount of oats is a good addition to make and I used a combination of orange and lime peel - worked out nicely. Also I didn't have an rice hulls but the mash was absolutely fine. Any noble hops would go well I would have thought.

[faeyd]

Thanks Fido - good inputs... lime peel is very tempting !!! hmmmmm.