Franklin
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Blueberry PA / Saison - I've never used fruit in a beer so the NCB/Saltaire Competition on the 12th April https://Franklin.wordpress.com/2013/12/26/ ... tion-2014/ is as good of an excuse as any... (Don't forget Entries close on the 31st March so get your entry emails into Shane [email protected] as there is still plenty of time to brew).
I'm going to stew up the Blueberries in a pan to kill any wild yeasts or nasties and add them during fermentation, I'm splitting the wort into two FVs and using good old us-05 in one and Belle Saison yeast in the other, I'll enter whichever beer turns out the best.
The malts in the recipe are a bit of a mish-mash but the hopping is straight Mosaic, for its Blueberry notes, and I may pellet Dry-Hop one or both of these.
Fermentables:
Pale Malt - 70.3%
Flaked Wheat - 10.6%
Caragold - 7.7%
Wheat Malt - 6.7%
Crystal Rye Malt - 4.6%
Hops:
Mosaic - 11.8 % @ 60 mins - 20g
Mosaic - 11.8 % @ 0 mins - 40g (Flameout steep for 25mins)
Dry Hops & Fruit:
Blueberries - a Punnet or two split between the FVs
Mosaic Pellet - 50g (25g per FV)
Final Volume: 25 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.056
Final Gravity: 1.014
Alcohol Content: 5.4% ABV
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 21 EBU (I'm keeping the bitterness low to balance any acidity from the fruit and work with the dryness of the Saison yeast)
Colour: 19 EBC
Mash: 90mins @ 66c
Boil: 60mins
AG#116 - Blueberry PA / Saison, blended malts by Franklin, on Flickr
AG#116 - Blueberry PA / Saison, Mosaic hops smelling good. Think it's these that add some blueberry of their own. by Franklin, on Flickr
AG#116 - Blueberry PA / Saison, flameout steep. by Franklin, on Flickr
AG#116 - Blueberry PA / Saison, 1060.5 going for 1056 :-) by Franklin, on Flickr
I'd best go clean the copper now....
btw... if I've not been around much its because of planning this @wishbonebrewery
I'm going to stew up the Blueberries in a pan to kill any wild yeasts or nasties and add them during fermentation, I'm splitting the wort into two FVs and using good old us-05 in one and Belle Saison yeast in the other, I'll enter whichever beer turns out the best.
The malts in the recipe are a bit of a mish-mash but the hopping is straight Mosaic, for its Blueberry notes, and I may pellet Dry-Hop one or both of these.
Fermentables:
Pale Malt - 70.3%
Flaked Wheat - 10.6%
Caragold - 7.7%
Wheat Malt - 6.7%
Crystal Rye Malt - 4.6%
Hops:
Mosaic - 11.8 % @ 60 mins - 20g
Mosaic - 11.8 % @ 0 mins - 40g (Flameout steep for 25mins)
Dry Hops & Fruit:
Blueberries - a Punnet or two split between the FVs
Mosaic Pellet - 50g (25g per FV)
Final Volume: 25 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.056
Final Gravity: 1.014
Alcohol Content: 5.4% ABV
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 21 EBU (I'm keeping the bitterness low to balance any acidity from the fruit and work with the dryness of the Saison yeast)
Colour: 19 EBC
Mash: 90mins @ 66c
Boil: 60mins
AG#116 - Blueberry PA / Saison, blended malts by Franklin, on Flickr
AG#116 - Blueberry PA / Saison, Mosaic hops smelling good. Think it's these that add some blueberry of their own. by Franklin, on Flickr
AG#116 - Blueberry PA / Saison, flameout steep. by Franklin, on Flickr
AG#116 - Blueberry PA / Saison, 1060.5 going for 1056 :-) by Franklin, on Flickr
I'd best go clean the copper now....
btw... if I've not been around much its because of planning this @wishbonebrewery
