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Summer Saison
This fruity, complex ale is surprisingly light and dangerously easy drinking. Brewed in the summer, it will be good with changing complexity until well after Christmas.
Type: Ale
Style: Belgian / French Ales
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Recipe Type: Extract with grain
Recipe Contributed By: Briess Technical Services Team
Ingredients
Quantity Ingredient Comment Malt Style 6.6 lbs CBW® Pilsen Light DME Substitute 8.8 lbs LME Extract, DME 12 oz Caramel Malt 20L Caramel, Crystal 4 oz Carapils® Malt Dextrine 1 lb Cane Sugar Boil 15 minutes 1 oz Hallertau Hops (6.5% AA) Boil 45 minutes 1 tsp Irish Moss Boil 15 minutes 1 oz Saaz Hops (4% AA) Boil 1 minute 0.25 oz Coriander Boil 1 minute 2 vials WLP566 Belgian Saison II Ale Yeast Substitute 16 oz starter
Procedures
- Perform mini-mash with 4 gallons of water and grains
- Steep at 152-158ºF for 30 minutes
- Add extract
- Bring to a boil
- Add bittering hops and continue to boil
- Heat sugar in a saucepan stir constantly until liquid and slightly browned
- Add caramelized sugar, Irish Moss, coriander and finishing hops as indicated
- Remove from heat
- Cool to 72ºF
- Transfer to primary fermenter
- Fill to desired level with cold water
- Oxygenate and pitch yeast
Primary Fermentation: 14 days at 70ºF
Secondary Fermentation: 7 days at 35ºF
Fermentation Notes: Bottle condition with cane sugar
Original Gravity: 1.067
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol by Weight: 7.4%
Alcohol by Volume: 8%
IBU: 24
Color: 7 SRM
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