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My brother is a big fan of Hoegaarden and I want to brew some up for his wedding.
Does anyone have an all grain recipe to clone this?
Thanks for your help in advance!

Heat 1 gallon of water to 155. Add:

8 oz. Flaked Wheat
8 oz. Belgium Aromatic Malt
4 oz. Flaked Oats
4 oz. Rice or Oat Hulls

Remove pot from heat and steep at 150 for 30 minutes. Strain grain water into brew pot and sparge with 1 gallon of 150 degree water. Bring water to a boil, remove from heat and add:

5.5 lb Wheat Dry Malt Extract
1 oz East Kent Goldings (4.3 alpha)

Add water to bring total volume to 2.5 gallons. Boil 45 minutes, then add:

1/2 oz East Kent Goldings
1/4 oz. Belgian Bitter Orange Peel
3/4 tsp crushed Coriander seeds
1/8 tsp crushed Cumin seeds

Boil 13 minutes then add:

1/2 oz Czech Saaz
1/2 Belgian Bitter Orange Peel
1/2 tsp crushed Coriander seeds
1/8 tsp crushed Cumin seeds

Boil 2 more minutes. Chill. Strain wort. Add water to bring to 5 1/8 gallons. Pitch yeast below 80 degrees.

Wyeast Forbidden Fruit (3463)
or, second choice
Wyeast Belgian Witbier (3944)

This recipe is from the book Beer Captured by Tess and Mark Szamatulski.

give Doc's recipe from the Jamil show a go. I used it with unmalted, unflaked wheat straight from the silo on my parents farm. Worked well and had a nice haze from all the protiens. Just remember that the coriander and citris zest are a real bitch if they get into your pump/cill plate or anythign else. put them in a hop sack, make sure you have a big sack though.