'Lar'-gaarden 2017: Belgian Witbier

[@ctcollinthib]

I haven't brewed in almost 2 years, and I have a bag of grain waiting for me. This will be the next brew I go. Can't wait!

[@SeaJayBelfast]

Larry, you've inspired me to try another wit bier after my recent one turned out shite. Thank you!

[@rickhall517930]

I'm in Colombia. I haven't had a legit Belgian Wit in 2 years. I'm crying watching this video.

[@duraazuz4554]

Hello Larry, very glad to get your recipe, what is the batch size of your witbier

[@thomasfrank1227]

Looks awesome. I'm about to make one myself and was searching for videos. Thanks for the info. I like the idea of adding the tea, I hadn't thought about that prior to watching your video. Cheers, Tom, from New Jersey.

[@TheDanasher]

Larry, thank you for the video. I've been watching for probably half a year now and just brewed the Largaarden last Friday. The brew went flawless. After a day and a half, I had an extremely aggressive fermentation and had to have an overflow hose for my carboy since the crousen was going crazy. Looking forward to bottling in another week and trying it that week after. Thanks again for your inspiration. You really make it easy for the home brewer with your detailed videos and AWESOME spreadsheets!

[@shadowrayz]

Another great video, Larry! Now you have me drooling over it. Downloaded and it may be my next brew. Cheers!

[@brodarte]

I would like to thank you for such awesome videos! I am new to this whole home brewing adventure and have found your videos easy to follow, entertaining and most importantly highly informative! Helps take away the fear of messing up. Also enjoy the “engineering element” of your approach. My first two all grain brews have been a result of your videos. Keep those videos coming! Warm greetings from Mexico City!

[@paulmcmillan2885]

Hey Larry, made this yesterday. Og was 1.058 and everything went well. Can't wait to try it in a month! Thanks for the recipe and keep the videos coming!

[@mackerelmadness68]

Brewed this beer in summer here in Australia Larry and I have just kegged and carbonated it. Thanks for the recipe, it's really a nice refreshing beer

[@alexbennett5724]

The best homebrew channel on youtube hands down. Good work larry ya legend

[@RkobCm]

Dude, you are the best. Great explanation at every step.

[@mickfury1800]

Looking forward to brewing this soon Larry - cheers from Melbourne, Aus

[@BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

Me too. I’m overdue to brew this again.

[@michaelquinn5099]

Larry: I made this beer back in late February. I faithfully followed your recipe, except for yeast. I went with a Safbrew WB-06. Results...OUTSTANDING! Friends report (in blind taste tests) they prefer your recipe to canned Hoegaarden. THANK YOU!

[@michaelquinn5099]

...and another point...I had access to champagne bottles, and bottled in those. Using a 29mm cap, I was able to bottle in record time, as each bottle holds .75l, and I even had a few magnum 1.5l bottles! It's fun to have just one beer!

[@NGeese]

Seems like a super solid recipe. My first attempt at a Belgian Wit is violently fermenting as I write this, and I'm hopeful for it as well. Great summer beer. Cheers!

[@jpsanch33]

Larry! I am going to brew this with my brother from Chicago here in Monterey County, CA. Cheers!

[@adamhenrichsen3794]

Thanks for the video Larry! I didn't know about the tea, thanks for the tip. I'll try this recipe for my next Witbier.

[@jgdmlw]

Great video. Explained so well and thoroughly.

[@BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidmcneil9832]

Larry, I brewed this for my first ever batch. I turned out great! Awesome recipe. Enjoy your channel.

[@marcarch3872]

Cheers Larry! You are really awesome. I have learned a lot with your videos. Thank you very much

[@davesquires1976]

My first taste tonight of your largaarden, very young but still amazing thankyou

[@palmtree5544]

Looks like a Blue Moon Clone with the tea added. Nice.

[@daddynutz024]

Great video thanks for the information about adding tea I'm going to try that. Don't worry about the repeat episode every home brewer upgrades his recipe nice job.

[@franciscoperez5426]

This recipe was a big hit with my friends. I have to brew it more often! Thanks Larry!

[@Niallacus]

Im brewing Version 2 of this today Larry. My first one was without the chamomile and it was one of the best beers ive brewed. Today im using the chamomile to see how it goes. Cheers for the very helpful and insightful videos

[@thesaint8400]

How did the Camomile one work out?

[@MrSreese65]

have you tried orange blossom honey addition at the 5 minute boil addition? adds a little more fermentable sugar and leaves a little bit of flavor, kind of a tiki wheat beer style.

[@BeerByTheNumbers]

Haven't brewed with tea yet but I do always like a good tea infused beer. I better give it a shot. Cheers!

[@akcender]

How do you manage to keep all that added material out of the fermenter?

[@MrRhino12667]

Brewed this 3 weeks ago as my first all grain batch. Kegged it and noticed not much head. I now notice you do not have much of one in your video. I bought a Hoegaarden and did a side by side and I must say.. dang close. Mine is a little 'light" in body and no head compared to Hoegaarden. But color is spot on.. still great tasing thanks Larry.

[@argslash]

Nice video! I was wondering if you could show how do you use the rice hulls and maybe focus a bit more on their function during the mash. Thanks a lot man!!

[@mittelfruh]

Nice one Larry, thx for posting. I'm about to make a Wit within the next week, as I haven't done one for a few yrs now. Will try Fermentis T-58 dried yeast this time. Believe it or not, I've never tasted Chamomile tea. I will try some to see if I can taste the difference. Cheerz

[@robmetzger9955]

Looks great Larry! I have a similar recipe, but I use Indian Coriander. It has a more citrusy/lemony flavor than regular coriander.

[@brewing8094]

Hoegaarden is one of my favourite beers, very easy to drink and nice Belgium food to complement the beer. 1kg of mussels per person cooked in white wine and a little water and celery, onion, shallots,garlic parsley.Sliced lemon to squeeze on cooked mussel. large golden fries with garlic aioli enjoy. The Zot is another wheat beer.

[@ThomasOnGuitar]

Gonna brew this clone. One of my favorite wheat beers.

[@ameybhavsar3161]

What is the batch size... sorry for noob question..!

[@iamfs1971]

Looks delicious and a pretty simple recipe. One that I'm going to try in my budding home brew hobby.

[@markyman2]

Great video Larry, That beer looks lush thanks for the tips as always.

[@clubroot3383]

Great video, these beers are the backbone of modern styles such as hazy NEIPA, the Belgians didn’t have the pungent hops that are available now, so they had to rely on other ingredients such as orange peel and coriander.

[@BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

I love my coriander. Don’t take that away from me. I’ll keep using that until I die. lol

[@AdamMiller1491]

12:00 min mark, is that 1st & 2nd drain step water still supposed to be at strike temp? Great tutorials and recipe spreadsheet, btw.

[@MrEvanfriend]

You're making me want to drink a Belgian Wit right now, even though it's not a style I'm overly fond of.

[@Mugwart1]

Brilliant video, Larry. I don't know whether to try this one or your Zombie Dust for my next brew day! :)

[@unsaltedlife5998]

This is a awesome beer, as you said I could also drink this every day too. But I do still have to go to work, funny how work is a big interruption of my day.

[@Helcarexe26]

Another great video of your work!

[@billydixon6472]

Can this recipe be done with brew in a bag? Looks great.

[@rfox2014]

This was great Larry thank you!!

[@BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

You’re welcome

[@danielrowe2174]

Makes me want to brew up a Witbier for the July time. Hows the flavor profile of the 3944 W Yeast? I thought about using it. I've use to Safale WB-06 and liked it alot. Does the 3944 have a clove profile to it, not really bit on that taste.

[@EagleDefenseVideo]

Now that you've made the new style mash tun with the slotted manifold instead of the drilled one, do you still find a need to add rice hulls to the mash? Someone below mentioned they swear they can taste a difference with them and I sort of agree.

[@alexvuong5298]

Great video, have you try brewing it in SS brewtech or SpikeBrew?

[@marka1142]

You may have done this off camera Larry, but when you put the co2 in the keg after filling, you're supposed to use the bleed valve to get the oxygen out. You only want beer and c02 in that keg.

[@JoseGuillen422]

Larry! I’m interested in making this but I make biab 3 gal batches. How many tea bags would you recommend ?

[@FiggyABQ]

Great vid Larry. Question....why 90 min mash?

[@chadcarpenter9742]

Great vid larry! Bro wherever you move to I'll have to make sure that's where I move too!..ha

[@TheWeecow]

Beginners question: I have a lauter tun, I see that yours is isolated and keeps the heat inside longer. I have one that isn't isolated but does close, does this affect the sugar conversion much?

[@jakekohl4513]

Great video Larry! Thanks

[@makiboo]

1 pint plz. I wanna try it now!

[@timtimmelim]

Bottled this beer today, awesome! Still not carbed or conditioned but its EXACTLY like hoegaarden. Thank you Larry! When will your next brew video be uploaded and what beer?

[@jdmlong]

I copied your circulation chiller idea, except I only got a 300gpm pump, and my copper tube is smaller than the one on your chiller, so it doesn't come out the outlet side very fast, but it seems to work. Certainly less wasted water.

[@jdmlong]

Oh yeah, I meant GPH, not GPM... derrrr. Also I can't get it to pump up-hill. I still boil on the stove, and bring the pot out to a table in my garage at chill time, and I had to move my ice bucket up to the same table to get it to work, but still. Also I didn't realize you were doing your boiling in an 8-gallon pot... maybe I'll fire up my first all-grain sooner than I planned.

[@jdmlong]

Me too, but I can put off the pain of the purchase for a few more months! Anyway, great videos. Keep 'em coming.

[@Rust_Buckett]

Hey Larry! I’m going to make Witbier and I like to use chamomile but I want it to taste as little as possible in beer. How much did you taste chamomile in your beer?

[@jalawlis1990]

great video! do you have a recipe for 4gallon? This is 7.5 and I do not need that much beer, haha.

[@davesquires1976]

Thanks Larry great video... I'm doing this as my first all grain but they gave sent me the Hallertau hops not as pellets and dried. Is this a problem?

[@davesquires1976]

@@BEERNBBQBYLARRY thanks same amount and time?

[@NORVAheelhook]

Have you tried brewing a franziskaner clone? Bavarian wheat bier?

[@travisjansen7413]

I'm making this bad boy tomorrow. Can't wait.

[@travisjansen7413]

Do you keep the orange peel, coriander, and tea in it throughout Fermentation or do you dump it on transfer?

[@RyanFairchild]

I know this video is a bit older, what are your thoughts on skipping the orange peel and going with say a 15 min Amarillo addition and a 5 day Amarillo dry hop right toward the end of fermentation. Great video as always.

[@RyanFairchild]

BEER-N-BBQ by Larry was looking at pulling that orange flavor with hops instead of adjuncts.

[@tdaychom3152]

I was making a wit beer last month from recipe from a book that i brought and then I came across your channel and very interested to try your recipe on my up coming batch but i also wanted to do like a hoegarrden rosee' so could you give me some advice of how can i will achieve that from your recipe. Thank you . Btw your vid is great i watch all of it very Educational and entertaining.

[@jaymckay4086]

Looking to revamp my bit recipe, some good ideas here for me. Cheers Larry!!

[@stevenmancilla6936]

Hey Larry, have a question the flaked wheat and oats have to be malted or they are not malted grains ? Hope your answer please.

[@hc8714]

Made this last month. Mine is not close to Hoegaarden at all, too yellow and a little more bitter (but probably my fault having too many sediment). Nowadays HG is very pale and more close to swiss cheese yellow to be fair. But it is a nice Belgian Witbier! Thanks Larry!

[@emilboier6862]

Hi Larry! Love your videos! I want to make a batch of this beer this weekend and I only have W pilsner malt on hand. I can't get any pale malt at the moment. How much is this going to impact colour and flavour? Thanks!

[@emilboier6862]

@@BEERNBBQBYLARRY the beer is ready for drinking... Holy crap, it turned out amazing. I made it with pilsner and pale ale 50/50 instead of pale malt. Love the recipe, and I will brew it again and again for shure. Thank you my good sir!

[@alexweedon1601]

I'm making this recipe BIAB. Right now. Can wait to drink it.

[@cmlally]

Larry, what do you use for your source water?

[@dexskittles5533]

Hey! have you ever purchased anything from chicago brew werks? thanks!

[@MrRhino12667]

What burner is that Larry ?

[@timtimmelim]

Gonna brew this this weekend. Using WLP400 for yeast and will be bottle conditioned. If it's a success I'll try it again with 1 teaspoon crushed peppercorns at flameout. Cheers!

[@johnweller]

great video. when going from BK to fermenter, are you filtering out the seed/tea/hops/orange peel or are you just pouring it all in and letting it settle into the trub?

[@ashleyvolz5455]

Larry...Where do I begin. Did your hefeweizen, phenomenal. Did this and still great. I did get concerned I had a crappy mash so I put like 4c of sugar in before boil....ended up with a 1.060 gravity. Fermented down and kegged at 30psi for 48 hrs. phenomenal..Lil dry and heavier (6.3%) but that was user error. Put some more 5-5.5gal all-grain batches on! Maybe a raspberry wheat or a summer shandy clone for the season? Been dying to see it.

[@BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

Lawn mower beer season is almost here. Will be time for plenty of such brews. On a side note, if you want 5.5 gallon batches from a different sized recipe, it is very easy to scale those recipes to that size especially if using brewing tools like my spreadsheet or other brewing software.

[@mblakeborough]

Have you ever made s saison beer or have ever wanted to?

[@mblakeborough]

@@BEERNBBQBYLARRY gotcha.

[@mblakeborough]

Are there any beers that you haven't made in your years of brewing that you haven't done yet?

[@giancarlodipierro3762]

Hi. Just a question. My grist is very similar. After strating with a 1052 OG, That fell down to 1020 and definitwly stopped, being stuck after almost 3 weeks. M21 was the yeast. I don't know what to do...What was wrong? Temperature around 22° C...thanks. G

[@BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

Could be yeast health issue from not enough diffused oxygen, lack of yeast nutrient, or not enough living yeast pitched.

[@giancarlodipierro3762]

I had to reluctantly open the ferm and whirl again. It started again fermenting. Today 1010. Thanks a lot. Also the taste is not bad

[@BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

@@giancarlodipierro3762 definitely a yeast health issue if resuspending the yeast worked. Next time aerating the wort better should help as well as ensuring a good amount of healthy yeast.

[@MrJmeisternixon]

This looks absolutely sensational

[@MrJmeisternixon]

In addition to the above comment of how great this beer looks, it just so happens that my buddy and i were looking for a new wit to make....sometimes the stars just align :)

[@MrJmeisternixon]

I've actually never brewed a witbier before so it will be my first run around, I typically tend to stay towards stouts. My buddy has brewed a few witbiers before. So needless to say I am super stoked to give this a run. And with Chamomile tea in there just sounds fantastic.

[@MrJmeisternixon]

Do you know of any place that sells Irish grains ?

[@nicolasaguilera6350]

Hi great video! Do you know a beer called Lamoral D'egmont? Could you make a clone of it? It's the best beer I tried but it isn't available in my country, and I'd love to brew it with your help!

[@bigjplay]

Just bought all the ingredients to give this a try. Just to double check, this is for a five gallon batch right?

[@bigjplay]

Never mind! I read the Spread-Sheet and found the info! Your Spread-Sheets are very well done!

[@BadMex1]

New sub here nice channel and thanks for all the info you give people on here I'm just starting this hobby this was second batch first one is on bottle conditioning and ill be tasting it tomorrow crossing my fingers it tastes good lol btw i had a question for you my belgian white first reading was 1.030 i don't know if that means i screw up bad or maybe the reading was off a little since i did it after i topped it the carboy to 5 gallons with water new to this and still learning thanks!

[@rhysezfpv]

You inspired me to make Beer Bro! Whats the capacity of your Orange Cooler Thanks!

[@rhysezfpv]

@@BEERNBBQBYLARRY Ive been watching your videos everyday after work for the past 2 weeks. Gearing up for my first 19L batch of Hefeweisen. With your guidance off course. I have experience in wine vinting.

[@ForgetU]

Good job... Love your channel. !

[@ksmith9887]

Great video!

[@dimitri6000]

You don't step mash at around 130 degrees for a beta glucanase rest before raising the temp to around 150? Either way, the beer looks great!

[@dimitri6000]

Yeah, and from my experience, it's pretty challenging to do a proper step mash with a propane burner. I did it twice using a good amount of flaked oats for an IPA but the temperatures can vary and I once overshot the saccharification rest temp range I was looking for after the beta rest. But I think it's definitely worth trying out! I noticed more of the creamy mouthfeel in both batches.

[@timtheflyguy]

Kind of off topic, how do I get your spreadsheet to work on my iPad?

[@timtheflyguy]

BEER-N-BBQ by Larry thanks Larry, I’m definitely going to make this recipe this weekend! Love all your videos!

[@Craigs-corner]

Sub'd....nice video, Larry. My wife really likes Hoegaarden; I think I'll try this BIAB.

[@orgadj1]

Hello Larry Im new around here and in brewing as well. is it ok to use Aluminum kettle for brewing? I always heard that plastic turns bad when using with hot water...... how it goes with the mash?

[@orgadj1]

@@BEERNBBQBYLARRY Hi, i didnt mean to boil the water it plastic. I meant that i don't want to put any hot/warm water in it. As fur as i now, hot water Release bed material from plastic.

[@jdmlong]

I did this recipe about 8 days ago, except my homebrew shop didn't have the yeast so I used a dry, I think it was WB-06. Fun first all-grain brew day. I thought I was in trouble right at the first vorlauf, but it was nothing a long toothpick couldn't fix. I also forgot to take any gravity readings whatsoever. Can't wait to taste this thing. I have noticed that it kind of looks like the cloudiness is starting to drop out in the fermenter (I moved it into a secondary yesterday). One thing I can say for sure is that there's no chance this one is going to taste the same as all of my extract pale ales and IPA's. I was getting a little bored of having everything come out practically the same.

[@jdmlong]

Good to know. I'll probably just bottle next weekend then. (I ain't got no kegging gear).

[@jdmlong]

It came out pretty damn good. Not that I know what it's supposed to taste like but it goes down easy. The color doesn't seem like it's quite there, but I'll take it. First all-grain brew is drinkable! Thanks!

[@grwood15]

What's the verdict on the catalyst? Have you had any problems with residual yeast/trub staying in the beer and making it into the keg?

[@grwood15]

BEER-N-BBQ by Larry thanks for the info and your honest opinion on it! I am still interested in getting one so if your decide to get rid of it let me know I may be interested in buying it off you

[@robhopper5729]

what do you use to make your recipe list?

[@sachdevarachit]

Great video Larry. Good recipie. One quick question. While bottling a wit bier is adding sugar advisable for carbonation.? I am researching on it and getting a lot of mixed opinions. Wanted to know your take on it. Cheers from India. :)

[@sachdevarachit]

@@BEERNBBQBYLARRY Hi Lary. Thanks for the reply. I want to naturally carbonate it using sugar. Wanted to know how much sugar I use in 300 ml beer bottles.

[@termenzor]

Great video Larry. I had a thought about the tea. Do you reckon maybe adding it at flame out would affect the flavor much? I ask because for the most part when tea gets added to water that is too hot, it tends to get bitter.

[@termenzor]

BEER-N-BBQ by Larry The beer looks fantastic, keep up the good work

[@pollopollo3531]

Think this inspired me to make this as my first witbier

[@pollopollo3531]

BEER-N-BBQ by Larry Good I'm in Florida

[@julienamand4472]

When you say "it is not a Belgian Witbier style beer, you're making something else" at 4:25, keep in mind that Belgian styles are quite loose and not very restricting, so there's nothing wrong doing it, it would just be your own interpretation of the style. In the USA Blue Moon makes it, and in Belgium, I come to think to "La Botteresse" but I'm sure there are other. By the way, what we understand now as Witbier is basicly a clone the Hoegaarden by Pierre Celis (and later ABInbev), the original style was quite different, notably slightly sour due to mix fermentations in open vessels.

[@andrewbrumana3226]

I just brewed this yesterday. (My 2nd all-grain batch!) It's in the fermenter, bubbling away! Two questions: 1) Since it's a witbier, I'm assuming there's no secondary? 2) Regarding priming - If I'm reading your spreadsheet correctly, you're shooting for 2.45 volumes of CO(2), is this correct?

[@christianrokohl4690]

Great videos Larry! Just a quick question, why don‘t you ever talk about the waterprofile of your water used for brewing? All the best from Berlin, Germany!

[@christianrokohl4690]

We adjust by adding acids etc. for every different beerstyle here.. I guess we literally overthinking things here in Germany.. typical :)

[@d.p6324]

Gday Larry. Quick question.. Do you put all the orange peals etc into the fermenter as well or strain them out beforehand ? Keep up the good work. Really appreciate the informative sessions. Cheers!

[@d.p6324]

Thanks for the reply..

[@ctcollinthib]

I'm brewing this tomorrow!

[@Rocky-hw9dv]

sorry but i'm confused. i took your recipe spread sheet and changed my equipment in the brewhouse. doesn't it convert automaticly the ingredients to the batch size. thank you

[@Rocky-hw9dv]

BEER-N-BBQ by Larry OK to figure it out. Thanks so much for your help

[@Rocky-hw9dv]

BEER-N-BBQ by Larry OK got it thank thank you