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Celis What?
This is a recipe for a Celis White clone. I used about 10 different recipes to come up with this one. I am worried that the color will
be too dark, as I used a LME instead of a VLME. Also, the wheat extract I used was actually wheat malt extract, 60% wheat and 40% barley. Although the recipator gives an SG of 1.052, in reality it ended up 1.044-1.046. I don't really know the efficiency of the flaked wheat was. I am guessing ~70%, but could easily be wrong. Also, I probably needed more hops, but since hops aren't a major part of this style, hopefully won't be a big deal.
| Brewer: | Scott | Email: | sseibel@esiral.com | |||||
| Beer: | Celis What? | Style: | Belgian White (Wit) | |||||
| Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 6 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.052 | FG: | 1.013 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.0% v/v (3.9% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | 2 lb. Flaked wheat | |||||||
| Mash: | 70% efficiency | |||||||
| Mashed the flaked wheat in ~2 gallons of water at ~155° F for 30 min. Sparged with ~1 gallon of water. Ended with ~2 gallons wort. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 90 minutes | SG 1.113 | 2.5 gallons | |||||
| 3 lb. 3 oz. Light malt extract 3 lb. 3 oz. Wheat extract |
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| Added ~1 tsp. of water crystals at beginning of boil. Added 1.5 Tbl (0.75 oz) of crushed coriander seed, 0.75 oz of bitter orange peel, and 1.5 oz of Hallertauer at 15 minutes left. Added 0.5 Tbl (0.25 oz)of crushed cardomon, 0.5 oz of sweet orange peel, and 0.5 oz of Hallertauer at 5 minutes left. Left hops/spices in wort for ~15 minutes while cooling. Hops, orange peel, and spices were placed in cheesecloth bags for easy removal. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 2 oz. Hallertauer (3.5% AA, 15 min.) | |||||||
| Yeast: | Wyeast 3944 | |||||||
| Log: | Started fermentation on Saturday, 7:00 PM, 8 June 2002. Temperatures during fermentation were warm, ranging from ~70-90° F. I bottled this on Saturday, 22 June 2002. The FG was 1.013. The color is an 8, if you use the scale on the recipe page. I ended up bottling about 4.75 gallons out of about 5.5 total. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | Carbonated with ~3/4 cup corn sugar. | |||||||
| Tasting: | This beer turned out quite well. The spiciness that was very noticable at bottling mellowed quite a bit. The cardomon is the main driver of flavor, but the mix of bitter and sweet orange peel worked out very well. The beer tastes best with a slice of lime, IMO, given that it is darker than the style calls for. A success, IMO, though next time I will up the hops a little bit and drop down the cardomon slightly, in addition to using a VLME. | |||||||
Recipe posted 08/05/02.
