Had my first go at making a witbier on Sunday.
Was going to try the kiwheat beer from Home Brew Beer book but found I had some Hull Melon hops and Lidl had some nice melons in
So stuck with the fruity theme but went melon instead of kiwi.
Batch size: 4ltr
Total grain: 1kg
Total hops: 9g
Original Gravity (OG): 1.042
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (hopefully)
Colour (SRM): 2.7
Bitterness (IBU): 24.8
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 67
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
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0.5 kg Belgian Pilsner (50%)
0.5 kg Belgian Wheat malt (50%)
Hop Bill
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5g Hull melon 5.6% @ 60 minutes
4g Hull Melon 5.6% @ 5 minutes
Misc Bill
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3g Coriander seed @ 5 minutes.
Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with Safbrew WB-06
Will ferment for 4-5 days then add the juice of 500 grams of watermelon straight into the primary, which should hopefully kick start the fermenting again?
Am not 100% sure how I'll check the abv on this :hmm:
First time I've done BIAB and it's brought my efficiency down a fair bit, fine for this recipe as I didn't want too high an OG as am adding the melon later on which should increase the abv.
Was going to try the kiwheat beer from Home Brew Beer book but found I had some Hull Melon hops and Lidl had some nice melons in
So stuck with the fruity theme but went melon instead of kiwi.
Batch size: 4ltr
Total grain: 1kg
Total hops: 9g
Original Gravity (OG): 1.042
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (hopefully)
Colour (SRM): 2.7
Bitterness (IBU): 24.8
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 67
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
----------------
0.5 kg Belgian Pilsner (50%)
0.5 kg Belgian Wheat malt (50%)
Hop Bill
----------------
5g Hull melon 5.6% @ 60 minutes
4g Hull Melon 5.6% @ 5 minutes
Misc Bill
----------------
3g Coriander seed @ 5 minutes.
Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with Safbrew WB-06
Will ferment for 4-5 days then add the juice of 500 grams of watermelon straight into the primary, which should hopefully kick start the fermenting again?
Am not 100% sure how I'll check the abv on this :hmm:
First time I've done BIAB and it's brought my efficiency down a fair bit, fine for this recipe as I didn't want too high an OG as am adding the melon later on which should increase the abv.
