Mortimer

Source: Alex Enkerli
Recipe added: 09/20/01
Email: aenkerli@indiana.edu

I was surprised by how fast this one fermented out, especially given the amount of flakes involved. The resulting beer is, in my humble opinion, fairly good as a refreshing yet complex Wit.

Specifics

Recipe type: All Grain
Batch Size: 23 l
Starting Gravity: 1.052
Finishing Gravity: 1.010
Time in Boil: 70 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 4 days at 17劍
Secondary Fermentation: 5 days at 17劍

Ingredients:

2 kg Gambrinus Pale Malt
1,5 kg Wheat flakes
1 kg Oat flakes
250 g Rye flakes
1 oz. Mt. Hood leaves (60 minutes boil)
1 quart White Labs Belgian Wit (from previous batch)
30 g Finely crushed coriander seeds (5 g at 15 minutes to end of boil, 5 g in primary, 20 g in secondary)
2 teaspoons Curacao extract (in primary)
175 ml Dextrose (priming)

Procedure:

12 l strike water at 47劍 for 45 minutes rest at 43劍, 45 minutes at 50劍, 30 minutes at 64劍, 90 minutes at 67劍, and 10 minutes at 77劍. Sparge with 25 l of 70劍 water for 45 minutes (resulting extract: more than 6 gallons at 1.049).

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