Homebrew Recipe: Belgian Honey Wit (Extract)

Simply Beer — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:41:05 +0000

The Wit or Witbier is a classic summer time ale, great session beer with hints of coriander and orange. I wanted to take that a step further and I added japanese bamboo honey to the recipe.

“Japanese knotweed flowers are valued by some beekeepers as an important source of nectar for honeybees, at a time of year when little else is flowering. Japanese knotweed yields a monofloral honey, usually called bamboo honey by northeastern U.S. beekeepers, like a mild-flavored version of buckwheat honey. This honey is a very dark honey and also has a pleasant sweet taste to it.” *

Amount	Item	Type % or IBU
6.00 lb	Wheat Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract	92.31%
0.50 lb	Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain	7.69%
1.0 oz	Liberty [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops	13.6 IBU
1.0 oz	Hallertau Select [1.50 %] (5 min) Hops	0.9 IBU
0.50 oz	Coriander Seed (Boil 10.0 min)
0.75 oz	Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 5.0 min)
0.5 lbs	Japanese Bamboo Honey (Boil 0.0 min)
1pkg	Wyeast Belgian Wit #3944

Schedule:

Steep grains at 155° for 30 minutes
bring to boil while adding LME
60 minutes add 1oz Liberty Hops
10 minutes add Orange & Corriander
5 minutes add Hallertau Select Hops
Flameout (o minutes) add honey
combine wort and water in sanitized container to make 5 gallons
cool to 70-75°
take Hydrometer reading (expected OG 1.052)
add yeast

Primary 10-14 days

Secondary 20 days

Prime & Bottle or Keg for another 3-4 weeks

Drink and Enjoy!

* (source ebeehoney.com)

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Homebrew Recipe: Belgian Honey Wit (Extract)

* (source ebeehoney.com)