Well, I was thinking of what to do with my Morgan’s Golden Sheaf Wheat Beer kit and I was thinking, why not a Hoegaarden clone? I mean, it’s wheat beer as well. Not too sure what Morgan adds to their beer kit, but if I could get the approximate amount of spices, it could work well. Basically it’s wheat beer plus coriander seeds and orange peel. I already have coriander seeds so I just need to heat them up and crack them (easy enough) and get a grater and grate some orange zest.

The original recipe calls for Bitter Dried Orange Peel, but I think that the orange zest will do just fine. Plus I have some small amount of Saaz hops which should make the beer even tastier! Well, I know that this recipe will not taste exactly like the Hoegaarden original beers, but it should come close. And most definitely, the colour will not be there, since I am using mainly extract which will make the beer darker. Hoegaarden is called White beer for a reason! But other than that, I believe that the taste should at least assemble the Horgaarden beer which we all love and enjoy.

The recipe are as follows:

1. Morgan’s Golden Sheaf Wheat Beer Kit (1.7kg)
2. Morgan’s Liquid Wheat Malt Extract (Master Blend) 1kg
3. Cooper’s Brew Enhancer 2 (Dextrose, Malto-dextrin & Light Dry Malt Extract)
4. Saaz Hops (5g), 10 mins
5. Orange Zest (Fresh) 3g, 10 mins
6. Coriander Seeds (Heated and cracked) 5g, 10 mins
7. Nottingham Ale Yeast
8. Yeast nutrients

As you can see I didn’t use a Wheat beer yeast. Well, I don’t have any and I guess since I am doing this tomorrow, I don’t have the time to get the necessary yeast. And even if I have a Wheat yeast, it won’t really help because for the Hoegaarden, they use a different type of yeast. I believe that Wyeast has a strain which is a very close match to the Hoegaarden variety.

I read that there are people who use cumin seeds as well. Not too sure about that as I didn’t taste any cumin taste in my Hoegaarden. How about you?