Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Cherry Wit #22

Sup.
Using a Briess recipe i ganked from a magazine, I made a Belgian-inspired wit.
I made a one half gallon starter of White Labs WPL400 (Belgian Wit).
Then brewed this extract based should be great in the hot summer sun.

Cherry Wit

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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3.4 0.25 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.033 2
10.2 0.75 lbs. Munich Malt(light) America 1.033 10
5.1 0.38 lbs. Briess Caramel 60L America 1.034 60
67.8 5.00 lbs. Briess LME- Weizen America 1.035 4
13.6 1.00 lbs. Pale Malt(6-row) America 1.035 2

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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0.33 oz. Perle Pellet 8.00 13.0 60 min.

Extras

Amount Name Type Time
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64.00 Oz Cherry Fruit 4 Days (in secondary)
0.05 Oz Irish Moss Fining 15 Min.(boil)

Notes:
Will add cherries on 5/16, then let finish. Primary only.

UPDATE:
Gonna let the beer finish in primary until 5/26. Then add cherries.

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