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Gingerbread Christmas Wit By HomeBrewing.

com It's Christmas time and all those amazing ginger, vanilla and cinnamon smells are flying out of the oven, so we decided to have them fly out of the tap too. This is a witbier in the Belgian tradition, with a slight hint of orange peel, coriander and gingerbread spices in the finish. The gingerbread man was naughty this year, so skip the milk and give Santa cookies in a glass! Witbier, Wit or White Ales originated in late medieval Northern Europe, then 19th century Leuven, Belgium. The style was revived by Pierre Celis in the 1950s and has seen great success becoming a mainstream popular style again. The flavor of Witbiers is usually a dry creaminess with a soft acidic finish. The aroma is of a spicy yeast and spices including orange and coriander. The flavor and aroma create a nice milkshake texture, but dry with a touch of tart. Witbier is now brewed year-round thanks to Pierre Celis and traditionally enjoyed in warm weather We use a blend of malted and flaked wheat in this recipe, allowing the pilsner malt and malted wheat enzymes to completely convert the starches without the need for a decoction mash. Simple single infusion mashing for use with most modern well modified grains is all that is needed (about 95% of the time). The normal gravity range for a Wit is 1.042 -1.055 with an ABV range of 4.2 - 5.5%. Bitterness is low to medium on this beer around 15-22 IBUs with color 2-4L (pale straw to gold) and attenuation dry to medium. [See our brewing calculators to estimate your ABV, water and other factors.] The additions of gingerbread spices to the citrus and coriander flavors blend nicely to create a new unique christmas beer called the Naughty Gingerman. Think... gingerbread with orange/citrus flavored icing. Due to the large spice additions in this beer, it is best when aged for a few months to let the spices incorporate completely. We chose an experimental hop for this recipe called Sonnet Golding with low alpha acid (4%). This hop is a brand new baby hop similar to a Golding. As for the yeast, we recommend WL410 as it is less phenolic than WLP400, and more spicy. These yeasts will leave a bit more sweetness, and flocculation is higher than WLP400. Gingerbread Christmas Wit - All Grain 5 gallons Original gravity 6.1 gallons 60 minutes 11.5 pounds 70% Final gravity Alcohol (by volume) Bitterness (IBU) Color (SRM)

Batch size Boil size Boil time Grain weight Efficiency

1.057 1.013 5.7% 13 4.1L

Yeast 2 liquid packs White Labs WLP410 Belgian Wit II Ale Strike Target 152F Mashout Target 168F Sparge Target 170F

Mash 60 minutes, 8.1 gallons 4.3 gallons 163F 60 minutes (+0)

Grains/Extracts/Sugars 11.5 pounds Pilsner Malt 38ppg, 2L White Wheat (Flaked) 36ppg, 2L White Wheat Malt 38ppg, 2L Barley (Flaked) 32ppg, 2L Rice (Hulls) ppg, L Oats (Flaked) 32ppg, 2L Hops 1.5 ounces Sonnet Golding hops 4%, Pellet Additions 1.95 ounces Cinnamon Stick Flavor Orange peel (Bitter) Flavor Irish moss Fining Coriander Flavor Ginger Flavor Allspice Flavor Nutmeg Flavor Cinnamon Flavor 0.6 ounces 0.5 ounces 0.3 ounces 1.5 ounces 5 pounds 43.5% 2.25 pounds 19.6% 2.25 pounds 19.6% 1 pound 8.7% 0.5 pounds 4.3% 0.5 pounds 4.3%

3.8 gallons 174F Boil 60 minutes, 6.1 gallons

Sonnet Golding hops 4%, Pellet Sonnet Golding hops 4%, Pellet Irish moss Fining Orange peel (Bitter) Flavor Coriander Flavor Allspice Flavor Ginger Flavor Nutmeg Flavor Cinnamon Flavor Cinnamon Stick Flavor Ferment

0.5 ounces 60 minutes (+0) 1 ounce 15 minutes (+45) 0.3 ounces 15 minutes (+45) 0.5 ounces 10 minutes (+50) 0.25 ounces 10 minutes (+50) 0.1 ounces 5 minutes (+55) 0.1 ounces 5 minutes (+55) 0.05 ounces 5 minutes (+55) 0.05 ounces 5 minutes (+55) 0.6 ounces 5 minutes (+55)

0.25 ounces 0.1 ounces 0.1 ounces 0.05 ounces 0.05 ounces

14 days @ 67-74F Rack to secondary 7 days (+7)

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