Cardamon Wit Recipe
Inspired by the ingredients from Iron Brewer (batch 2 Round 1) I brewed this Organic Wit with Cardamon. I’m extremely happy with this beer, especially for a first run. First, it was extremely well received at the Get Real New York Belgian Ale fest. Then this beer was one of the 3 runner-ups in the New Brew Thursday / Bison Brewing homebrew competition. And finally a Bronze metal at the 15th Annual NJ State Fair Homebrew Competition for cat 21A (spiced). Not bad for a first time recipe with such a potent ingredient like Cardamon. Check out the recipe below. If you use this recipe, please leave a comment and let us know what you thought of it.
Yeast Starter
Transferring from mash to boil
Fresh Ginger
Fresh Orange Peel
Coriander Seeds
Into the fermentor
then out of the fermentor (the airlock was found 8' away and krausen on the ceiling)
| Cardamon Wit |
| Type: All Grain | |
| Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal |
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| Boil Size: 6.22 gal | |
| Boil Time: 60 min | |
| Final Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal | |
| Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 | |
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| Prepare for Brewing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Create a yeast starter with 0.30 gal of wort | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clean and Prepare Brewing Equipment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Water Needed: 7.82 gal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mash or Steep Grains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mash Ingredients
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Mash Steps
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| Boil Wort | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estimated pre-boil gravity is 1.042 SG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boil Ingredients
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| Estimated Post Boil Vol: 5.72 gal and Est Post Boil Gravity: 1.048 SG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cool and Prepare Fermentation | |||||||||||
| Cool wort to fermentation temperature | |||||||||||
| Transfer wort to fermenter | |||||||||||
| Add water to achieve final volume of 5.00 gal | |||||||||||
Fermentation Ingredients
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| Measure Actual Original Gravity _______ (Target: 1.048 SG) | |||||||||||
| Measure Actual Batch Volume _______ (Target: 5.00 gal) | |||||||||||
| Fermentation | |||||||||||
| Primary Fermentation (6.00 days at 67.0 F ending at 67.0 F) | |||||||||||
| Secondary Fermentation (14.00 days at 67.0 F ending at 67.0 F) | |||||||||||
| Dry Hop and Prepare for Bottling/Kegging | |||||||||||
| Measure Final Gravity: _________ (Estimate: 1.008 SG) | |||||||||||
| Date Bottled/Kegged: Carbonation: Bottle with 3.93 oz Corn Sugar | |||||||||||
| Age beer for 30.00 days at 65.0 F | |||||||||||
| Drink and enjoy! | |||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| For Bison Brewery: Grains and Hops from Seven Bridges, Spices from Amazon, Fresh ginger and orange from Whole Foods. | |||||||||||
I will definitely try this recipe! I have brewed with cardamon with good results (adds great character to an oatmeal stout in the dead of winter) but have not tried it in a wheat malt recipe or combined with ginger. Nice! The krausen explosion is an added bonus.
Jason, I too love the spice; this recipe was awesome. While the spice is intense, it also tends to fade quickly. I like your stout idea. Let me know how your beer turns out if you make this. Cheers!
Nice. I never had an air lock flying that far away.