Hoegarden Wit Clone

In the Nov. 2000 issue of Brew Your Own (the All Things Belgian issue) they give a recipe for Hoegaarden Wit:

Ingredients for 5 gallons:

2 lbs. pale malt

2 lbs. malted wheat

1 lb flaked wheat

1 lb flaked oats

2 lbs. unhopped wheat dry malt extract

3 AAU East Kent Goldings hops (0.75 oz. at 4% AA)

2 AAU Saaz hops (0.5 oz. at 4% AA)

1/8 oz. lightly crushed coriander seed

1/4 oz. dried Curaco orange peel, shredded

Belgian witbier yeast slurry (White Labs WLP400 or Wyeast 3944)

All-Grain Option

Replace DME with an extra 1.5 lbs. ea. of pale malt and malted wheat

All-Extract Option

Omit pale and wheat malts, steep flaked grains at 150F for 30 mins remove grains, increase DME to 5 lbs

Mash @ 163F to start 9 qts water (152F for 90 mins)

Sparge w/ 12 qts @ 170F

Add DME, boil Add E. Kent Goldings hops, boil 45 min Add Saaz hops, boil 15 min Remove from heat, remove hops if possible Add coriander and orange peel, steep 30 min Cool to 70F add enough water to make 5.25 gal

Pitch yeast

Ferment at 65F for 2 weeks

Rack to secondary cool to 45F for 3-4 weeks

Prime with DME, bottle and age 3-4 weeks at 45 - 50F