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Saison My Son
Saison • Extract • 5 gal
Looking for a light, tasty, apricot beer for summer
April 18, 2003 pm 02:00pm
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Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- .5 lbs
Belgian Pale
Belgian Pale
Fully modified and is easily converted.
- .5 lbs
Crystal Malt 20°L
Crystal Malt 20°L
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
- .5 lbs
Belgian Wheat Malt
Belgian Wheat Malt
Malted wheat for use in Wheat beers.
- .5 lbs
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.
- 6 lbs
Dry Extra Light Extract
Dry Extra Light Extract
For making very pale ales and lagers.
- 0.5 lbs
Candi Sugar Clear
Candi Sugar Clear
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.
- .5 oz
Perle - 8.2 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Perle
Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy
- .5 oz
Challenger - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min
Challenger
Popular bittering hop used primarily in British ales and lagers. Mild to moderate aroma, but quite spicy.
- .5 oz
Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
- 3 oz
apricot extract - (omitted from calculations)
apricot extract
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Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™
Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™
Abbey-style top-fermenting yeast, suitable for high-gravity beers. Estery.
Notes
- WLP565 Belgian Saison Yeast preferable but was not available when I brewed. - Apricot extract added at bottling time
Style (BJCP)
Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale
Subcategory: C - Saison
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.067 | 1.048 - 1.065 |  |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.002 - 1.012 | |
| Color: | 7.8 SRM | 5 - 14 | |
| Alcohol: | 7.2% ABV | 5% - 7% | |
| Bitterness: | 30.5 IBU | 20 - 35 | |
Discussion
Wow!
2003-07-08 4:46am
This came out great - just a hint of apricot over a real tasty saison. - Mike
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