
Sais What?
Saison • All Grain • 11 gal
Half of this id getting WLP-566 and half is getting WLP-670
March 13, 2012 pm 07:57pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 11 gal)
- 21 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Aromatic
Belgian Aromatic
Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.
- 1.5 lbs
Belgian Wheat Malt
Belgian Wheat Malt
Malted wheat for use in Wheat beers.
- 1.5 lbs
Munich 20L Malt; Briess
Munich 20L Malt; Briess
Golden orange hue with an intensly malty flavor.
- 3 lbs
White Table Sugar (Sucrose)
White Table Sugar (Sucrose)
Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.
- 1 oz
Columbus - 15.0 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min
Columbus
Used mainly for bittering with some flavor qualities as well. Aroma is pleasant.
- 2.75 oz
Saaz - 3.1 AA% whole; boiled 10 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
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White Labs WLP566 Belgian Saison II
White Labs WLP566 Belgian Saison II
Saison strain with more fruity ester production than with WLP565. Moderately phenolic, with a clove-like characteristic in finished beer flavor and aroma. Ferments faster than WLP565.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale
Subcategory: C - Saison
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.070 | 1.048 - 1.065 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.008 | 1.002 - 1.012 | ![]() |
Color: | 8.8 SRM | 5 - 14 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 8.1% ABV | 5% - 7% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 28.8 IBU | 20 - 35 | ![]() |
Discussion
Checking gravity
2012-03-21 10:26pm
Brewed on 3/13 -- let the WLP-670 (american farmhouse) ferment hotter --free rose to about 82. The WLP-566 Saison II fermented cooler (72). On 3/21 the WLP-670 is at 1.007 - the WLP-566 is still at 1.025!