Midnight Wit
This unique beer style displays an ebony color in a traditional Belgian White beer. The yeast and spice flavors remain forefront with a crisp finish imparted by Midnight Wheat Malt.
Type: Ale
Style: Dark Ale
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Recipe Type: Extract with grain
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Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | Comment | Malt Style |
| 3.3 lbs | CBW® Pilsen Light LME | Extract, LME | |
| 2 lbs | Wheat Malt, Red | Wheat | |
| 1.5 lbs | Flaked Wheat | Flakes | |
| 0.5 lb | Midnight Wheat Malt | Bitterless Black | |
| 0.5 oz | Sterling Hops (7% AA) | Boil 60 minutes | |
| 0.5 oz | Sterling Hops (7% AA) | Boil 10 minutes | |
| 5 gm | Bitter Orange Peel | Boil 10 minutes | |
| 2 gm | Coriander | Fresh ground, Boil 1 minute | |
| 1 vial | WLP410 Belgian Wit II Ale Yeast | ||
| 1 capsule | Servomyces Yeast Nutrient | Boil 10 minutes |
Procedures
- Steep grains in water at 150-158ºF for 60 minutes
- Remove grains
- Remove from heat
- Add extract and first hop addition
- Boil 50 minutes
- Add Servomyces, second hop addition and orange peel
- Boil for 9 minutes
- Add coriander
- Boil for 1 minute
- Cool to 72ºF
- Transfer to primary fermenter
- Fill to desired level with cold water
- Oxygenate and pitch yeast
Primary Fermentation: 14 days at 70ºF
Secondary Fermentation:
Fermentation Notes:
Original Gravity: 1.040
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol by Weight: 3.2%
Alcohol by Volume: 4%
IBU: 17
Color: 22 SRM
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