Black Belgian Wheat

So Craft Beer Week is coming up and I wanted to do something fun for it, so I present to you - Black Belgian Wheat. I know you're thinking "WTF is that, I never heard of that style." That would be because I made it up. I'm sure someone else has made something similar, but I never saw it or drank it so I'm calling it my own.

BBW is a small 10 gallon batch brewed with American Red Wheat, American Pale Malt, German Munich Malt, Belgian Debittered Black Malt, and Belgian Special B. Hops are exclusively Mt. Hood in two additions.
It's being fermented with Wyeast 3942. From their website - " Isolated from a small Belgian brewery, this strain produces beers with moderate esters and minimal phenolics. Apple, bubblegum and plum-like aromas blend nicely with malt and hops. This strain will finish dry with a hint of tartness."
Sound good to me.

I wanted to brew something off the wall with a lot of interesting things going on. It will be dark yet light in body. Belgian yeast character plus a prominent hop aroma. Dried fruit from the Special B with plum like aromas from the yeast. Awesome.

We'll be tapping it in the brewery sometime during Crap Craft Beer Week, most likely Wednesday evening. This will be the first of, I hope many, 'In The Brewery' events, where we feature special brews, give tours, talk beer, and have a great time.

I'll tweet the exact date and time, so follow me @rickthebrewer on Twitter.