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First Try Saison

First Try Saison

Saison • All Grain • 5 gal

bmarchand

First shot at a Saison, combining a known recipe and some added ingredients.

May 20, 2011 pm 05:46pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 8.81 lbs Belgian Pale

    Belgian Pale

    Fully modified and is easily converted.

  • 0.75 lbs Vienna Malt; Malteries Franco-Belges

    Vienna Malt; Malteries Franco-Belges

    This malt will reinforce the color and aroma of all beer styles, particularly Eastern European and German style beers, and brings out a pleasant malty taste.

  • 0.75 lbs Wheat Flaked

    Wheat Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 1.54 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • 0.12 lbs Candi Sugar Amber

    Candi Sugar Amber

    Smooth taste, good head retention, sweet aroma and high gravity without being apparent. Use in Belgian and holiday ales. Use clear for tripels, amber for dubbels, and dark is used in brown beer and strong golden ales.

  • 1.6 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Hersbrucker

    Mild to strong. 'Noble'.

  • 0.50 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • White Labs WLP565 Belgian Saison I

    White Labs WLP565 Belgian Saison I

    Classic Saison yeast from Wallonia. It produces earthy, peppery, and spicy notes. Slightly sweet. With high gravity saisons, brewers may wish to dry the beer with an alternate yeast added after 75% fermentation.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: C - Saison

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.063 1.048 - 1.065
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.002 - 1.012
Color: 8.2 SRM 5 - 14
Alcohol: 6.7% ABV 5% - 7%
Bitterness: 35.3 IBU 20 - 35

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