Skyfires of August - Saison

The horror, the horror.....


OG: 1.062/ 1.062 IBU - 24/
FG: 1.004/ SRM - 4/


Malz

7# pils
1.5# rye malt
1# flaked wheat
1/2# malted wheat
14oz light candi sugar

Hopfen

1.75oz Styrian Goldings 5%

Hefe

DUPONT - Wyeast 3724 - belgian saison. the bitchy one.

Adjunct

5g crushed pink peppercorns
H2O

stock


protocol

1. Single infusion 1.5qt/ # - strike 3.5 gal to 159
2. thermo mass acclimate - 147, add boiling h20 -->149
3. Mash @ 149 60 min
4. weak mashout to 160 wait 10 min
5. recirc x6qt - collect 1st runnings to 5.5 gal!
6. batch sparge another 2 gallon, recirc x6 - collect second
7. total collected 7 gallons -
8. pre-boil OG: 1.024 @ 125 -> 139 corrected
9. boil 30 min before hops
@90 + .75oz styrian
@75 boil out - propane out, simmer? + .5oz styrian
@60 move inside to range - re-boil
@20 + .5 styrian
@5 + 5g pink peppercorn
10. cool to 85 and pitch hot saison yeast 3724. vigorous aeration
11. post-boil OG @ 5gal OG: 1.059 @ 85 --> 1.062 corrected

7/19/11 - pitched in the heatwave of July 2011
7/20/11 - 85 degrees
7/21/11 - 88 degrees, following 90+ temps all week
7/26/11 - still 85 degrees
7/31/11 - FG1: crap 1.028 Dupont has stalled as predicted. must let go longer
split batch - 3.4gal to carboy + WLP 645 BRETTANOMYCES CLAUSSENI
- 1 gal to jug + 0.25oz german hallertau whole hop for dry.
8/1/11 - back to 85 degrees up.