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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

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

duly noted, 'no crystal'

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.