Well my fears were realized: the Wit is very weak. The taste is ok, it's got a good head, but there's got to be about 3% ABV in there. Oh well, we're bound to make mistakes when we try to do our own thing.
Lessons learned: it needed more malt. We knew there wasn't enough when we poured it into the tun. Next time, we'll make sure the measurements are right. Well, I think actually we'll just measure it ourselves if we go to the newer store. Also there's a chance the powdered yeast may have been a problem, as we've heard it is not as ideal. We have used powdered yeast once on our first batch, but we also used bru vigor to aid in its fermentation.
The worst thing is now we have 5 gallons of this stuff. I guess we can always bum it off to friends and family that like lite beer. Har har...
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