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Author:

Phillip Scaggs

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 6.76 psi

Creation Date: 4/19/2020 2:26 AM

Notes: 1st place Kansas City Bier Meisters 2016 - 24 Entries

Author:

Spesme

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.03

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/8/2014 8:02 PM

Notes: Yeast: Wyeast 3711 highly aromatic, peppery, spicy and fruity. I've heard online that citrus dominates. Enhances the use of aroma hops. Silky and rich (and dry?) mouthfeel from high attenuation.

Malts: Will use some Pilsen malt (not traditionally the biggest fan) to appease the style but will mix it with some light malt extract. Honey notes and pronounced maltiness from the abbey malt which will add complexity normally associated with Belgian ales. Carafoam for more body and head retention.

Hops: I would like the hops to be fruity and have citrus notes but I don't want it to clash with the yeast.

Centennial (60/40/0) Clean bittering. Floral and citrus aroma.

Amarillo (40/15/0) Floral and citrus.

Galaxy (Dry Hop) Citrus and passionfruit. Aroma quite intense at first, but mellows with age.

Brew day: May 4, 2014. Steeped 0.5 lbs of carafoam and 0.5 lbs of abbey malt for 30 minutes @ 74C.

I didn't see the late addition option in the fermentables section so I didn't incorporate it into my IBU calculation. I had originally shot for 25 IBUs...now I have 57. Oy vay. However, the calculation is based on adding the extract in the last 10 minutes. Mine was added more like 15 minutes, so the 57 IBU is more of a maximum. I still plan on dry hopping with 2 oz of Galaxy, but hopefully this isn't a hop bomb Saison. Now it doesn't fit BJCP guidelines, oh well! La Saison d'Oppy Amour.

Signs of fermentation 12 hours after pitching!

05/16: measured FG @ 1.012 - exactly where I want it! Took a sample and initial thoughts are that it has a spicy aroma and taste with a dry and bitter after taste. Hopefully dry hopping with 2 oz of galaxy hops for 10 days will impart some fruitiness to the aroma.

Took another sample on 05/29 and it tasted super sour. Maybe from all the citrus-y yeast and hops, especially the Galaxy in the dry hop? Hopefully it isnt an infection.

Bottling day: 06/03. Assuming 4.4 gallons to be bottled. Current temp of 23.2 degrees celsius. I did cold crash, but not for long, and it only got down to 16/17 degrees, so ill drop to 21. Shooting for 3.0 volumes of c02. Boil 5.13 oz of corn sugar.

Overall expectations: The first bottles will be overly citrusy, perhaps too much so, since the yeast is aroma-inducing. Suggest aging for a while to mellow out if the citrus/floral is too intense.

Sample on 06/13: First taste after a week in bottle and 24 hours in fridge. Overly sour and bitter, but this is not a bad thing. I like it. Michelle loves it. Very sour/citrus on the nose. Sharp, up-front bitter notes when tasting. Hopefully mellows well with time.

06/26: 3 weeks in bottles. Zero head. Could be dirty glass. Citrus aroma has subdued, but still present in taste. Tastes warmer (more alcohol) now.

A French-style Saison with large hints of fruit, including citrus and passionfruit, that makes this an easy-drinking beer. Perfect for those hot summer days.

08/07: 3rd last bottle - woah, foam immediately gushed out of the bottle as soon as I opened it. Bizarre. The others weren't overcarbed. I realllly need to mix the priming sugar with the beer next time I bottle. I can't think of another explanation. It's hard to taste anything other than the prickliness of the carbonation. Still rather spicy. At least its alcohol.

Author:

crono1000

Boil Size: 6.31 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 49.4

Mash Thickness: 2.32

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/22/2017 8:09 PM

Notes: No-Sparge brewing:
After 65 minute mash, wort was fully drained, then completely added back to mash tun. Upon second kettle fill, sporadic washes were done during draining. Pre-boil gravity was 1.034 with a kettle volume of 6.31 gallons. Sugar and Light DME were added to boil to bring pre-boil gravity up to 1.051.
90 Minute boil left a volume of 5 gallons.
Syphon filled fermentor to 4.8 gallons. (.2 gallons trub left in kettle)
Final Gravity is not 1.016, but rather is 1.010 resulting in a 7.2(7.5)ABV
(Yeast was second generation, harvested from previous brew of same beer, resulting in a slightly different strain than the original WLP005)

Author:

Jered Grubb

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/11/2012 11:38 AM

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Author:

BrewHop

Boil Size: 14 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.077

Efficiency: 46

Mash Thickness: 1.1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/1/2015 2:22 AM

Notes: Brewed 4/5/14. First time attempting something like this. Decided to batch sparge to try to save on time. Strike was about 173F and we hit about 149 in one mash tun and 151 in the other. I accidentally over estimated the sparge water since I just doubled the amount for 5 gal so we ended up having enough for the second beer also (meaning I estimated about 8gal over on the necessary sparge water). Didn't run into too many issues just a bit of a stuck original runoff but I sort of expected that. In kettle efficiency was very low at 59%. Brew house efficiency was way lower than expected. Not sure why. Possibly from using a lot of sparge water. Used some slurry and had to top off with some water to hit 5gal in each carboy.

Author:

mestres cervejeiros

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2.6

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 27 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: 96.7

Creation Date: 4/7/2015 12:03 PM

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Author:

Boil Size: 1085 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 15.4

Efficiency: 82

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/9/2015 9:54 PM

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Author:

chokabojr

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/5/2013 3:13 PM

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Author:

VTHomebrewer

Boil Size: 0.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 10

Boil Gravity: 1.182

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 55 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/23/2019 6:17 PM

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Author:

Two Shepherds Brewing

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 45

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/15/2019 12:45 AM

Notes: Dropped to 180 and put in whirlpool hops. Kept dropping temp as I started to rain instead of staying at 180

Author:

Flying Weasels Home Brewery

Boil Size: 44 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 3.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/10/2018 3:51 PM

Notes: Recipe for a classic Bohemian Pilsener
Updated JAN2026 for new larger s/s decoction pot. I based this on SALT08, but I've made a few adjustments too.

This is a 38L batch. Two 5-gallon fermenters, not the FastFermenter. It's too much work to only yield 26L.

It's a decoction mash too. I have a second burner and a s/s pot that will hold up to 19L. I organize it so that the 2nd burner is close to the mash tun. I carry a lot of hot steaming mash back and forth!

Idea: BUY A 3.5 Kw Induction Heater instead of using the gas burner. Safer, easier, and probably faster.

**YEAST**

My preference is ESCARPMENT LABS CZECH LAGER LIQUID YEAST but any true lager yeast could be used.

Set up a starter two days before the brew. It should follow the "Pro Brewer 1.75 lager" setting on the BF Yeast Calculator. Normally a two-step starter is required.

**GRIST**
Just lager malt and acid malt.

400g acid malt has typically been good enough to get a pH of 5.2. For a couple of brews, I set the amount to 700g but that was too much! Dialing it back henceforward...

**DECOCTION MASH**

Use mash cheat sheet at google drive in my beer and brewing folder.

Dough in (protein rest) and first decoction
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* FIll HLT w/ 40L water (80% RO & 20% Spring)
* Bring HLT to 134F and dough in 27L.
* - Strike temp =/ 122 °F (50 °C). Hold for 10 minutes (maintain until return of first decoction)

Pull a thick decoction: one-third to one-half the mash; s/s pot is ~70% full and contains ~ 11 Kg of mash (tare of kettle is 3.2 Kg)
Heat the decoction to 150°F; hold for 10 minutes // as soon as you are anywhere near 150F, kill the heat!
Heat the decoction to 162°F; hold for 10 minutes
Heat the decoction to a boil; boil for 20 minutes. ('boil' means visible boil plus 208F thoughout, with lots of stirring.)

Beta Amylase rest and second decoction
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* Return the decoction to the mash, strike temp = 144–147°F ; hold 15 minutes (Maintain with HERMS, if necessary, until return of second decoction.)
* Pull a second thick decoction one-quarter of the mash; s/s pot is ~70% full and has 13 Kg of mash (pot tare is 3.2)
* Heat the decoction to 162°F; hold for 10 minutes.
* Heat the decoction to a boil; boil for 10 minutes.

Alpha Amylase rest and mashout
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* Return the second decoction to the mash, strike temp = 158°F; hold for 30 minutes.
* Use HERMS to raise temp to mashout 170F
* get a sample before you sparge. (For SaltMines5, the gravity was 1.096 at this point!)
* Sparge and lauter as usual

**HOPS**

Use 450 alpha points (my system - g * AA%) or 16 AAU (BF system - ounces times AA%) or 30 IBU (BF-reported) of a noble hop. Normally Saaz or Hallertau. Ideally, all of those values should line up with the same values.

Do the first wort hopping thing (https://byo.com/article/first-wort-hopping-techniques):
Take a quarter of your bittering hops and toss them in the kettle as soon as there is wort heating in it. Don't wait for it to reach a boil. Throw the rest in when it reaches a boil, and boil for the usual 60 minutes.

**FERMENTATION**
This recipe has occasionally had problems with sluggish fermentations. And DMS issues. Consider krausening in the future as a remedy for such problems. https://byo.com/mr-wizard/krausening-for-homebrewers/

Author:

Fred Klassen

Boil Size: 33 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.065

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/14/2016 10:34 PM

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Author:

EBCB

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 75 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/9/2014 11:31 AM

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Author:

Bootham

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.057

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/26/2014 7:48 PM

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Author:

Diamond-Geezer

Boil Size: 28.4 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: Keg

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/20/2014 12:48 AM

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Author:

bowlersp

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.114

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/25/2014 5:07 PM

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Author:

C.Hill

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.026

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/18/2016 9:22 PM

Notes:

Author:

João Paulo

Boil Size: 44 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/20/2016 12:00 PM

Notes:

Author:

Rubenczal

Boil Size: 3 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.364

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 26 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/3/2015 9:32 PM

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Author:

Bearded Brewery

Boil Size: 7 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.153

Efficiency: 25

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: dextrose

Priming Amount: 135g

Creation Date: 5/12/2013 12:01 PM

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