Witbier Isseus...
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 4:00 pm
So I brewed a witbier a few weeks ago and just racked it into the keg today. I tasted it and it doesn't taste, like it is contaminated, but it isn't great either. It was in primary fermentation for 10 days at 21C, then I racked it into secondary where it stayed for 14 days, it may have gotten a warm as 24C for a day or two. I pitched it with a fresh pack of forbidden fruit, it acted the way it should and the gravity is exactly where it's suppose to be. The strange thing is that it cleared after a week in secondary, which I thought was funny. The taste is hard to describe, it's heavier then I feel it should be and it's missing most of the yeast flavour as expected. There is also much less spice then I had calculated. Anyway, here is the recipe. Any comments?
Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.64 lb Wheat Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 44.75 %
1.76 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 29.83 %
1.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 25.42 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer [6.90 %] (60 min) Hops 25.3 IBU
0.50 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.00 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Forbidden Fruit (Wyeast Labs #3463) Yeast-Wheat
Measured Original Gravity: 1.051 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Dave
Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.64 lb Wheat Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 44.75 %
1.76 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 29.83 %
1.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 25.42 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer [6.90 %] (60 min) Hops 25.3 IBU
0.50 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.00 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Forbidden Fruit (Wyeast Labs #3463) Yeast-Wheat
Measured Original Gravity: 1.051 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Dave