First Try Saison
Saison • All Grain • 5 gal
First shot at a Saison, combining a known recipe and some added ingredients.
May 20, 2011 pm 05:46pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 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'.
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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 |
