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White Wedding Grand Cru

So my friends Dave and Carly are getting married.
I need a gift for them. They both REALLY love wit bier.
So this is what I made.
The labels are second to none. I changed the cover of the
origional "White Wedding" 45" to suit my purposes.
Oh yeah...the beer in the bottles is real good too.

Brewer: Bryan Email: skablazr@unix.temple.edu
URL: http://astro.temple.edu/skablazr/skablazers
Beer: White Wedding Grand Cru Style: Belgian White (Wit)
Type: Extract w/grain Size: 2.5 gallons
Color:
3 HCU (~4 SRM)
Bitterness: 12 IBU
OG: 1.061 FG: 1.010
Alcohol: 6.6% v/v (5.2% w/w)
Grain: .35 lb. Flaked wheat
Steep: I put the flaked wheat in a grain bag and raised the temperature
of the 3/4 of a gallon of water to near boiling over a period of
30 minutes. I then put the bag of grains in a strainer and poured the
remaining 1/4 of the water for the boil over them...blah blah blah.
(I emptied the bag to use for the corriander and orange peel later)
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.153 1 gallons
4 lb. Wheat extract
During the last fifteen minutes of the boil I added .5 ounce of
crushed corriander and .5 ounce of dried orange peel.
Hops: 1 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker (3.5% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker (3.5% AA, 5 min.)
.25 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker (aroma)
Yeast: I prefer to use WYeast Belgian wheat over their Wit yeast because...
well...I like it better.
Log: It sat in the primary for 12 days or so at around 70°.
Then I bottled it.
Carbonation: 2.4 volumes Corn Sugar: 2.35 oz. for 2.35 gallons @ 70°F
Tasting: Son of a bitch!
I really wish I had made a large batch of this, but my other stuff
was occupied. I saved only one bottle for myself but I think I'm
going to have to make it two.

Recipe posted 06/09/98.