Porridges Wheat

porridgewog · Post by **porridgewog** » Wednesday Jan 18, 2006 7:53 pm

Hi Guys,

Just about to put this one down, what do you think?

Brewiser Wheat kit 1.7kg
Morgans Master blend liquid wheat malt 1kg
Zest of a large orange
Ground Cardamom pods 10g
Dex 300g
Yeast as supplied with kit

Method
Boil up dex, zest and cardamom then strain in to the fermenter. Add kit and wheat malt and pitch yeast (rehydrated) at @20c

Cheers
Porridge

501 · Post by **501** » Thursday Jan 19, 2006 12:49 am

Cardamon, sheesh sounds like a vindaloo ?
hehe,
sounds nice though mate..
I though most were using Coriander in the witbiers.

p.s. anyone know about the comparison of wheat malts like this to ~
ldm, dex etc ??

cheers 501

porridgewog · Post by **porridgewog** » Thursday Jan 19, 2006 7:41 am

501 wrote:Cardamon, sheesh sounds like a vindaloo ?
hehe,

Yeah I know it sounds a bit strange but the Cardamom has a slightly spicey orange flavour which I thought might be nice. It may well end up tasting like curry but I just can't help but try it out, and who knows it may well be a winner (I hope!!!)

Cheers
Porridge

JaCk_SpArRoW · Post by **JaCk_SpArRoW** » Thursday Jan 19, 2006 7:43 am

Well good luck with it PW...it'd be nice to know how it turns out so be sure to post the results when you have them ey?

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Thursday Jan 19, 2006 9:43 am

porridgewog wrote:
501 wrote:Cardamon, sheesh sounds like a vindaloo ?
hehe,

Yeah I know it sounds a bit strange but the Cardamom has a slightly spicey orange flavour which I thought might be nice. It may well end up tasting like curry but I just can't help but try it out, and who knows it may well be a winner (I hope!!!)

Cheers
Porridge

Nothing like a good curry at the end of the night, PW is just getting in early, sounds like a strategic plan to me!

porridgewog · Post by **porridgewog** » Saturday Jan 21, 2006 5:03 pm

Well Guys,

It's in the fermenter and going good guns. The Cardamom and orange made the house smell great, even Mrs Porridge liked the smell (not at all like a curry house 501

) Any way I will let you know what the end result is like. I am quite keen on Wheat beer as I spent a few years in Germany drinking some very nice Weissen and would be keen to try out any other recipes that people had.

Cheers
Porridge

501 · Post by **501** » Sunday Jan 22, 2006 2:10 pm

sounds nice mate,
I wasn't hanging crap on it.
I love a curry and often cook thai / indian.

I am thinking of doing a 'WitTy' clone.
What do you think of adding Orange and Lime zest ?
might add some of the sour from those special oranges they use.

cheers 501

Wassa · Post by **Wassa** » Sunday Jan 22, 2006 2:30 pm

Sounds pretty crook to me, but then again I have NEVER liked wheat beers.

pharmaboy · Post by **pharmaboy** » Sunday Jan 22, 2006 5:09 pm

porridge,
you definately need to get yourself a wheat yeast if you like wheat beers!

If you dont have a HBS that stocks liquid yeasts near you, the next easiest is to buy a six pack of hoegaarden wit, drink 90% and culture the yeast ( will take a few days to come up to speed) - then do the same recipe and taste the difference!.

porridgewog · Post by **porridgewog** » Monday Jan 23, 2006 7:57 am

The orange and lime idea is on my list of things to do, and think that both cardamom + orange and the orange + lime would go very well with a curry.

Pharmaboy,

Local HBS doesn't stock liquid yeast so I suppose that I will just have to endure drinking the Hoegaarden

to get the starter that I need.

Cheers

Porridge