# Cherry Wheat Ale

A wheat ale based on the Courant Noir recipe, but with cherries instead of
blackcurrant.

## Ingredients

### Fermentables

| Name                                    | Amount      |
|---------------------------------------- |------------ |
| Canada Malting Superior Pale Ale Malt   | 2.0 kg      |
| Canada Malting White Wheat Malt         | 2.0 kg      |
| Canada Malting Munich Malt              | 1.0 kg      |

### Hops

| Name            | Amount  | Alpha   | Form      | Use           |
|---------------- |-------- | ------- | --------- | ------------- |
| Saaz            | 35 g    | 4.4%    | Pellet    | Boil, 60 mins |
| Saaz            | 25 g    | 4.4%    | Pellet    | Boil, 30 mins |
| Saaz            | 15 g    | 4.4%    | Pellet    | Dry Hop       |

### Yeast

| Name                                           | Code    |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| Escarpment Classic Witbier                     | N/A     |

### Other

| Name                                      | Amount  | Use                  |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------- |
| Rice Hull                                 | 250g    | Mash                 |
| Purréed Tart Cherries (with pits)         | 1.7 kg  | 2nd fermentation     |

## Brewing Steps

### Mash

* Amount: 21L
* Time: 45 mins
* Strike Temperature: 72°C
* Target Temperature: 67°C

### Sparge

* Amount: 3L
* Time: 15 mins
* Strike Temperature: 67°C

### Boil

* Time: 60 mins

## Notes

Added cherries on 2021-11-06. Unthawed them, depitted them, purréed them with a
hand mixer and added all of that (with the pits) to the carboy. It was pretty
full...

Added the hops on 2021-11-28.

When bottling, the beer tasted _very_ nutty, probably because of the pits?
Opening the first bottle on 2021-12-19, that nutty taste has mellowed.

Good, tart and acidic, the wheat and the yeast comes out well. Reddish-brown
color? Nice overall, but it's not a "punch in the face" cherry bomb. Would be
curious to add even more cherries. Nutty taste somewhat persist, but is mild.
Very prominent on the nose though. Probably a good idea to put half of the pits
next time.