Belgian White Beer Brew Day with Pics

[rick_huggins]

My first go at one of these beers and the smell is driving me bonkers already.

Here's the recipe; typical 50/50

23l Length
2.552kg wheat malt
2.552kg Munich malt
35g of hallertau @3.0aa
10g of corriander seeds
10g of curacao peel
Wlp300 yeast

12.8 ebc, 10.8 ibu, 5.1 abv

The mash is on (30min in) so I thought I'd start the post off

This is my first attempt at a posh yeast & starter, but it seems to be bubbling away alright; should maybe have got it going on Thursday night but there you go.


Water treatment


I roasted the corriander as suggested by ADM then crushed it to join the curacao for the 10 min addition




Grist


My glamorous brewery assistant; who snaffled my protofloc tab!


Goodies good to go










Mash on

[rick_huggins]

90 mins later


First runnings


First recirc


Sparge


Collection


90 Mins to go

[adm]

Mmmm......looking good there Rick....in fact, i might have to go and see if my keg of weiss is ready to drink.....

[alabaster cheeks]

WOW thats dark and delicious

[WishboneBrewery]

Good stuff.

Will the dog be having a hot or cold break? Bet that fizzed a bit

[rick_huggins]

Corriader, curacao, protofloc and chiller added at 15mins to go.

Flame out, chiller on at 90mins


20 mins to mid 20's


First recirc


Transfer


Target SG 1052, actual 1052


Aeriated


Yeast pitched


Into the fermenting room


Tucked up in bed for 10 days


Hops and very little trub...dunno if the corriander had something to do with that or not; shouldn't matter about chill haize to much in a white beer anyway, LOL


A smooth day and good fun reporting it too, hope you enjoyed

[rick_huggins]

The dog didn't seem to bother about the tablet, he's ate worse!
I'm quite surprised how dark it came out considering it supposed to be a Wit...

Anyway, it smells great, really looking forward to this baby.

Thanks for all the advice again guys, most appreciated as usual.

Cheers

Rick

[simple one]

I'm quite surprised how dark it came out considering it supposed to be a Wit...

For a lighter wit I would stick to non malted wheat and a lager/pilsner malt. Looks tasty though.

[jubby]

That looks great. Nice photo's too.

My glamorous brewery assistant; who snaffled my protofloc tab!

You're in for a treat later then

[booldawg]

That looks great. Nice photo's too.

My glamorous brewery assistant; who snaffled my protofloc tab!

You're in for a treat later then

Staffies have the consitution of an Ox. I recall mine popping and eating all the balloons at Christmas and having multi coloured craps for the next 2 days.

Nice pics. I'm hoping to get a Wit on and didnt know the insider knowledge like roasting the coriander seeds etc.

[rick_huggins]

That looks great. Nice photo's too.

My glamorous brewery assistant; who snaffled my protofloc tab!

You're in for a treat later then

Staffies have the consitution of an Ox. I recall mine popping and eating all the balloons at Christmas and having multi coloured craps for the next 2 days.

Nice pics. I'm hoping to get a Wit on and didnt know the insider knowledge like roasting the coriander seeds etc.

Too funny!

Aye, your not wrong there; he's done a golf ball before now too; didn't crap for 4 days!

[haz66]

Looks like you had a good brew day there Rick, hope it turns out good for you,
I`ve just bottled my Hop Stock and Two Firkin Barrels today and it tasted, well, different.
cant wait til its conditioned so i can see if all those mixed hops worked or not, dont worry bud
i`ll save you a couple

[rick_huggins]

dont worry bud
i`ll save you a couple

At this rate I'll need a full weekend to sample your wares; I've a fair few tucked away for you too mucker

[rick_huggins]

All seems well after 17hrs, she's bubbling away like billeo; Happy days!

[rick_huggins]

I've lost about 2lt through the blow off tube, must have been a vigorous fermentation!

Any recommendations on a secondary ferm temp guys?