white ale

trying to come up with something close to sam adams white ale

Brewer:	Big B		Email:	-
Beer:	white ale		Style:	Belgian White (Wit)
Type:	All grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	5 HCU (~5 SRM)		Bitterness:	21 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	5.4% v/v (4.2% w/w)
Water:	filtered tap water
Grain:	5 lb. American 2-row 4 lb. Wheat malt 1 lb. American Munich
Mash:	70% efficiency
	single infusion mash at 152 with 3.5 gallons, sparge with 170 with 3 gallons 1/2 hour minimum
Boil:	90 minutes	SG 1.040	6.5 gallons
	all are added with 15 minutes left in the boil .5 oz of lemon and orange zest .5 oz of dried plum .5 tsp crushed grains of paradise .5 tsp coriander .25 tsp anise 1tsp vanila 1/8 tsp rose hips 1/8 tsp hibiscus 1/8 tsp tamarind
Hops:	.5 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 45 min.) .5 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Tettnanger (aroma)
Yeast:	a mix of wlp400 and wlp060 with a large starter

Recipe posted 02/23/09.