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White Cherry
The tartness of the cherries complements the malt sweetness and spiciness of the yeast in this reddish hued, Belgian inspired, summer fruit beer.
Type: Ale
Style: Wheat
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Recipe Type: Extract with grain
Recipe Contributed By: Briess Technical Services Team
Ingredients
Quantity Ingredient Comment Malt Style 5 lbs CBW® Bavarian Wheat LME Extract, LME 1 lb Brewers Malt Base 6 oz Caramel Malt 60L Caramel, Crystal 12 oz Bonlander® Munich Malt Kilned, Munich 4 oz Carapils® Malt Dextrine 2 qts Knudsen's Organic Just Tart Cherry Juice Substitute 4 lbs pitted frozen tart cherries 1 tsp Irish Moss Boil 15 minutes 0.33 oz Perle Hops (9% AA) Boil 60 minutes 1 vial WLP410 Belgian Wit II Ale Yeast
Procedures
- Perform mini-mash with 4 gallons of water and grains
- Steep at 158ºF for 45 minutes
- Add extract
- Bring to a boil
- Add bittering hops and continue to boil
- Add Irish Moss as indicated
- Remove from heat
- Cool to 72ºF
- Transfer to primary fermenter
- Fill to desired level with cold water
- Oxygenate and pitch yeast
- After 4-5 days of primary fermentation puree cherries in a sanitized blender of food processor and add to fermenter (Use cherries that are ripe or slightly over ripe)
- Use cherries that are ripe or slightly over ripe
Primary Fermentation: 14 days at 70ºF
Secondary Fermentation: 10 days at 35ºF
Fermentation Notes: Bottle condition
Original Gravity: 1.042
Final Gravity: 1.008
Alcohol by Weight: 3.6%
Alcohol by Volume: 4.5%
IBU: 12
Color: 10+reddish SRM
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