Brew pub-quality beer at home for a fraction of the price. This Witbier recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Belgian Wit, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

Witbier is the Belgian white ale that Pierre Celis brought back from near extinction in the 1960s, reviving an old Leuven tradition at his Hoegaarden brewery. It is brewed with a large share of unmalted wheat, which gives it a pale, milky haze and a soft body, and it is spiced rather than heavily hopped. Coriander and orange are the usual additions, though brewers have always played with the blend. The beer finishes light, tart, and faintly citrusy.

This version, a collaboration with Mean Brews, calls for chamomile and grains of paradise, spices you add yourself to dial in the aroma. A gentle Saaz hopping keeps the focus on the wheat and the spice.

What's In The Kit

Your Witbier recipe kit includes everything below, portioned and ready to brew. All you add is water.

Fermentables

• 4 lbs 8.0 oz · Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
• 2 lbs 8.0 oz · Wheat Malt, Bel
• 2 lbs 8.0 oz · Wheat, Flaked
• 10.0 oz · Oats, Flaked
• 1.0 oz · Munich I (Weyermann) → we include Munich Malt
• 3.0 oz · Candi Sugar, Clear

Hops

• 1 oz · Saaz (Boil, 60.0 min)

Yeast

• Belgian Wit II (White Labs WLP410) → we include SafAle BE-256 (Belgian Abbey)

Other Additions

• 2.00 oz · Fresh Orange Peel, Sweet
• 1.00 oz · Chamomile (not included, add your own)
• 1.00 oz · Coriander Seed
• 0.25 oz · Seeds of Paradise (not included, add your own)

Water treatment salts and any specialty extras are noted with the recipe.

Recipe At A Glance

A Note On Substitutions

This kit includes Munich Malt in place of the recipe's Munich I (Weyermann). We stock dry yeast only, so SafAle BE-256 (Belgian Abbey) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's Belgian Wit II (White Labs WLP410). Not included, add your own: 1.00 oz Chamomile; 0.25 oz Seeds of Paradise.