Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Saison Recipe

It's been over a month…close to two months since I have been able to get a brew day in, I hope to change that this Saturday. This time around I plan to brew a Saison using some Citra and Nelson Sauvin hops in the finish. I'm going to brew a 10 gallon batch. Keg half of it and then bottle the other half. With the bottled version I plan to either bottle with Brettanomyces bruxellensis or I might add peaches and use the White Labs Belgian Sour Mix 1 although I'm not sure I'm willing to sit on this one for a year or two to let the magic happen.

Here is the recipe so far. If you have any feedback let me know. Also if you are around on Saturday and want to swing by just drop me an email.

Grains
20 lbs of Pilsner Malt (77.7%)
1.75 lbs of Wheat Malt (6.8%)
1.25 lbs of Munich Malt (4.9%)
0.25 lbs of Caramunich (1%)

2.5 lbs of Corn Sugar (9.7%)

Hops
4 oz of Styrian Goldings (5.2% AA) for 60 Minutes
1 oz of Citra at KO
1 oz of Nelson Sauvin at KO

Yeast
WLP568 Belgian Style Saison Ale Yeast Blend (2 vials and large starter)

Targets
Pre-Boil Gravity = 1.042
OG = 1.063
FG = 1.018
ABV = 5.9%
IBU = 29

Mash
147 F for 90 minutes

Boil
90 Minute Boil