I like to keep a few different style beers in my garage. When I was looking for inspiration in my old brews recipes I found that last Saison I’ve made over one year ago. So I decided to brew some simple, dry and light-colored French Saison with the addition of juniper, lime, orange and curaçao zest.
RECIPE DETAILS
Batch size: 25L (6.5 gal)
Mash water: 20L filtered tap water + 0.5tsp Gypsum +0.5tsp Calcium Chloride + 3ml Phosphoric Acid 75%
Sparge water: 16L RO filtered water (no addition)
Pre-boil gravity: 1.045 (11.2 BLG)
Boil time: 60 min
OG: 1.050 (12.4 BLG)
FG: 1.000 (0 BLG)
IBU=30 EBC=6.5 SRM=3.3 ABV=6.6%
FERMENTABLES:
| Amt | Name | % |
| 3.9 kg | Pilsner Malt (DE) | 84.7% |
| 1 kg | Torrified Wheat | 8.5% |
| 0.3 kg | Cara Pils | 6.8% |
HOPS & SPICES:
| Time | Name | Amount | Alpha | Use | Form |
| 60 min | German Tradition | 25g | 5.8% | Boil | Pellet |
| 15 min | Mandarina Bavaria | 20g | 8.5% | Boil | Pellet |
| 10 min | Juniper | 15g | – | Boil | Berries |
| 10 min | Limes | 2 items | – | Boil | Zest |
| 10 min | Sweet Oranges | 10g | – | Boil | Peel |
| 10 min | Curaçao | 10g | – | Boil | Peel |
| 0 min | Limes | 2 items | – | Boil | Zest |
| 0 min | Sweet Oranges | 10g | – | Boil | Peel |
| 0 min | Curaçao | 10g | – | Boil | Peel |
| 20 min | Mandarina Bavaria | 30g | 8.5% | Whirpool | Pellet |
| 7 days | Mandarina Bavaria | 50g | 8.5% | Dry Hop | Pellet |
Yeast:
Mangrove Jack’s #M29 – French Saison Ale
Mash:
| Temp | Name | Time |
| 66°C (151°F) | Mash Step | 75 min |
| 72°C (161°F) | Mash Step | 15 min |
| 76°C (168°F) | Mash Out | 15 min |
BREW DAY– 02.07.2019
Added grain Mashing additions and yeast PH: 5.1 Mandarina Bavaria hops Preboil gravity 1.045 Aroma additions First addition Second addition Whirpool Wort cooling New toy… wortometer Yeast rehydration
Fermentation
I start at 20°C and after two days start increasing temperature 1°C per day till I get 30°C.
Racking to secondary fermentation 15.07.2019
End of fermentation FG: 1.000
22.07.2019 Dry Hopping
I’ve added 50g of Mandarina Bavaria hops.
29.07.2019 Bottling
I’ve planned to do this after 3 to 5 days with dry hops, but work blocked me.
Raking to bottling bucked
I’ve primed with 160g dexctrose and got 42 bottles.
13.09.2019 Tasting.
Medium carbonation, medium-high to high phenolic aroma (spicy-peppery-clove). Limon aroma almost not perceptible and covered by yeast character. Overall, it is a very nice beer but not exactly what I expected. Next time will try with lemongrass or something similar and lower fermentation temperature or less phenolic yeast strain.
20/11/2019
3rd prize on Stupid Sexy Flanders Competition
After two months I’ve sent this beer for competition. Full review you can find in this post.