HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Blue Moon Clone
Author: homebrew62
Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: Witbier
Boil Time: 75 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.034
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.046
Final Gravity: 1.009
ABV (standard): 4.78%
IBU (tinseth): 14.1
SRM (morey): 3.62
FERMENTABLES:
5 lb – American – Pilsner (47.6%)
3 lb – Flaked Wheat (28.6%)
1 lb – Flaked Oats (9.5%)
1 lb – American – White Wheat (9.5%)
0.5 lb – Rice Hulls (4.8%)
HOPS:
0.5 oz – Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 5.5, Use: Boil for 45 min, IBU: 10.11
0.5 oz – Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 5.5, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 3.99
MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Temp: 155 F, Time: 60 min, Amount: 3.75 gal
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.75 qt/lb
OTHER INGREDIENTS:
0.25 oz – Sweet Orange Peel, Time: 10 min, Type: Spice, Use: Boil
0.25 oz – Bitter Orange Peel, Time: 10 min, Type: Spice, Use: Boil
0.5 oz – Coriander, Time: 10 min, Type: Spice, Use: Boil
YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale – American Ale Yeast US-05
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 81%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 54 – 77 F
NOTES:
To prepare my strike water, I boiled 4 gallons of water for about 3 minutes.
I let this cool to 180 degrees and then added it to my empty mash tun.
Next, I let that cool to about 165 degrees and added my 10 1/2 lbs. of grain. I let that mash for one hour.
I sparged that water and it rendered two gallons–not much, as I need about 7.5 gallons for the boiling pot!
So, I mashed a second time with 6 gallons of 170 degree water. I let that mash for about 30 – 45 minutes.
I ran that off and added it to the other run-off and it totaled about 7.5 gallons perfectly.
Boiled for 75 minutes. Made 5.5 gallons. OG: 1.042. Not sure why my OG was that low.–but the aroma was awesome!
Allowed to sit in primary fermentation for three weeks. Tasted awesome!
