Working on a Summer Saison Recipe

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by dac0152, Mar 13, 2012.

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  1. NiceFly

    NiceFly Initiate (0) Dec 22, 2011 Tajikistan

  2. dac0152

    dac0152 Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2009 Texas

    Okay, let's try this again:

    5 Gal Partial Mash

    3# Pale DME
    1# 2-row Pilsner Malt
    1# White Wheat Malt
    1# Munich 10L
    .5# Flaked Corn
    .5# Flaked Wheat
    .5 oz Magnum @ 60 min
    .5 oz Sorachi Ace @ 10 min
    .5 oz Sorachi Ace @ 0 min
    .5 oz Bitter Orange Peel @ 0 min
    .5 oz Sweet Orange Peel @ 0 min
    .5 oz Grapefruit Peel @ 0 min
    1# Honey @ 0 min
    WLP565 Saison I Yeast or Wyeast 3711
    Dry Hop 1 oz Amarillo for 5 days

    O.G. Est. 1.054
    F.G. Est. 1.005
    Abv. Est. 6.39%
    IBUs 33

    I haven't decided for sure on the yeast yet, as my LHBS has neither as of the moment. I'll be fermenting in the 78 to 80 range. Beersmith tells me that even if it gets down to .001, it will be still be <7%, which I'm fine with. Maybe I shouldn't have said "Summer" Saison, as I'm not really worried about the beer being session-able, more that it contains "summer flavors" of orange, grapefruit, etc. Adding another oz of Amarillo to the dry hop also sounds like it might be a good idea.

    Thanks everyone for your help! I've never done a saison before, so I'm excited.
     
  3. JimmyTango

    JimmyTango Initiate (0) Aug 1, 2011 California

    Forgive me for having to ask, but what is the comercial beer that 3711 is based on?

    And while I have temp. de-railed the topic a bit, is there a comercial example of WLP568 "Belgian Saison Blend"? It was the only saison vile in stock at the shop this weekend, so its bubbling away in my fermenter as we speak. Just curious as to what to expect :slight_smile:

    And to the OP, sounds tasty!
     
  4. nathanjohnson

    nathanjohnson Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2007 Vermont

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasserie_Thiriez
     
  5. NiceFly

    NiceFly Initiate (0) Dec 22, 2011 Tajikistan

    Here is anothery handy yeast info link
    http://www.mrmalty.com/yeast.htm
     
  6. JimmyTango

    JimmyTango Initiate (0) Aug 1, 2011 California

    Thanks for the info y'all!
     
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