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Porridges Wheat
Posted: Wednesday Jan 18, 2006 7:53 pm
by porridgewog
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
Posted: Thursday Jan 19, 2006 12:49 am
by 501
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
Posted: Thursday Jan 19, 2006 7:41 am
by porridgewog
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
Posted: Thursday Jan 19, 2006 7:43 am
by JaCk_SpArRoW
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?
Posted: Thursday Jan 19, 2006 9:43 am
by grabman
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!
Posted: Saturday Jan 21, 2006 5:03 pm
by porridgewog
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
Posted: Sunday Jan 22, 2006 2:10 pm
by 501
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
Posted: Sunday Jan 22, 2006 2:30 pm
by Wassa
Sounds pretty crook to me, but then again I have NEVER liked wheat beers.
Posted: Sunday Jan 22, 2006 5:09 pm
by pharmaboy
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!.
Posted: Monday Jan 23, 2006 7:57 am
by porridgewog
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