Here's my first saison and its recipe
FERMENTABLES:
4.6 kg - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (83.6%)
450 g - American - Caramel / Crystal 60L (8.2%)
450 g - German - Melanoidin (8.2%)
HOPS:
7 g - El Dorado, Boil for 60 min
7 g - El Dorado, Boil for 30 min
19 g - El Dorado, Use: Boil for 5 min
28.3 g - El Dorado, Use: Dry Hop for 7 days
OTHER INGREDIENTS:
28.5 g - Elderflower, Time: 5 min, Use: Boil
34 g - Elderflower (steeped in 4cups boiling water for 5 min), dry hop
YEAST
Lallemand saison yeast
Turned out really nice. Dry, fizzy, with lovely Saison notes and subtle elderflower notes. Very pleased with this one.
Only thing is that I tweaked my kit a bit and exceeded my OG resulting in a 6.7% beer instead of the original 5ish%. But it did finally give me a decent efficiency :)
FERMENTABLES:
4.6 kg - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (83.6%)
450 g - American - Caramel / Crystal 60L (8.2%)
450 g - German - Melanoidin (8.2%)
HOPS:
7 g - El Dorado, Boil for 60 min
7 g - El Dorado, Boil for 30 min
19 g - El Dorado, Use: Boil for 5 min
28.3 g - El Dorado, Use: Dry Hop for 7 days
OTHER INGREDIENTS:
28.5 g - Elderflower, Time: 5 min, Use: Boil
34 g - Elderflower (steeped in 4cups boiling water for 5 min), dry hop
YEAST
Lallemand saison yeast
Turned out really nice. Dry, fizzy, with lovely Saison notes and subtle elderflower notes. Very pleased with this one.
Only thing is that I tweaked my kit a bit and exceeded my OG resulting in a 6.7% beer instead of the original 5ish%. But it did finally give me a decent efficiency :)
