Celis White - 8

owner: Michael Erwin | started: 04/30/2008 | last updated: 07/13/2008
Recipe: Celis White | status: Finished

4/30/2008 - This one has some interesting ingredients. Prepped a 1.5qt yeast starter last night. Reusing the Wyeast 3787. Not a witbier yeast, but at least it's Belgian. And it really performed last time around.

5/1/2008 - Flaked oats steeped 30 min in grain bag, drained. 6.6# Muntons wheat extract, no sugar. 1oz Mt Hood for 60, 2tsp Irish moss for 15. Coriander crushed, both orange peels, all that for 10. 1oz Mt Hood for 5. 10 min steep. Cooled to 95F. Poured into fermenter with 3gal cold water. Pitched at 73F.

OG: 1.052
At 76% app atten, expect SG: 1.013

BTW, with the orange peel chunks and the thickening of the oats, the wort looked a lot like vomit! :)

5/2/2008 - Fermentation started pretty early last evening. Things are really popping away right now. I think I have a pretty high pitch rate; I remember thinking (as I was pouring in the yeast) "wow that seems like a lot of yeast." I need a better way to estimate how much yeast I'm pitching.

5/8/2008 - Fermentation was active for about two days, and pretty dormant the last five. Moved to secondary. Was in a hurry and forgot to check SG. Oh well. RDW-HAHB.

5/15/2008 - Wow! I love this brew! Lots of orange flavor from both types of peel, the coriander is more subtle. Finished at 1.014, a tad higher than expected, but okay. Bottle-conditioning as we speak.

SG: 1.014
ABV: 5.0%
App Atten: 73%

5/26/2008 - Whoa! This beer is awesome! Tremendous orange flavor, with a dry, bitterness that I attribute to the coriander. Slice an orange, drop it in, and enjoy!