Crystal addition to 'hoegarrden' style

[hyjak]

Hello fellow brewers,
i am just working out my next brew and am going for an hoegarrden style wheat beer.
When talking to the home brew store i was steered towards the following:

Morgans Golden Sheaf Wheat kit
500gms dex
500gms LDM
250gm wheat malt
15gms coriander
zest of 2-3 oranges

Now they said it is how they make their own beer, sometimes swapping the Morgans for a Black Rock Wheat kit.
I was thinking of upping the wheat malt to 300-350gm, the coriander to 25-30gms adding maybe 250-300gm crystal malt and dry hopping 25gms of Saaz a week into the ferment.
Thoughts?

I have read the recipe on here and i quite like the look of it but i'm just keeping the first try of this simple.
Appreciate any feedback you have.
Cheers,
jez

[timmy]

Hi,

I'd steer clear of the crystal additions if I were you. It's totally out of style and I reckon would ruin the flavour (not to mention the colour).

The best suggestion I could give is to use a proper wit yeast if you can get it. I've used the Wyeast one (#3944) and it comes out very nice.

Cheers,

Tim

[hyjak]

duly noted, 'no crystal'

[Bizier]

Yeah, I agree with the crystal, it is a pretty dry beer.

If you are feeling adventurous, I would say a partial mash using raw wheat (even flour) and rolled oats with some Galaxy malt or similar base malt.

The yeast will give you a big improvement.