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Brett Bière de Garde

232 calories 19.9 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Bière de Garde
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 19 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 25 liters
Post Boil Size: 19 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.076 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Calories: 232 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 19.9 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Monday August 3rd 2020
1.076
1.013
8.2%
20.7
10.3
5.5
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.50 kg German - Pilsner4.5 kg Pilsner 38 1.6 67.8%
1.30 kg Munich Light1.3 kg Munich Light 37 6 19.6%
0.50 kg Cane Sugar0.5 kg Cane Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) 46 0 7.5%
0.30 kg Briess - Aromatic Munich Malt 20L0.3 kg Aromatic Munich Malt 20L 35.4 20 4.5%
0.04 kg German - Carafa II0.04 kg Carafa II 32 425 0.6%
6.64 kg / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
31 g East Kent Goldings31 g East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 60 min 20.68 100%
31 g / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp DAP Other Boil 15 min.
1 tsp Finings Fining Boil 15 min.
10 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
5 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
5 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
7 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
10 g Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safbrew - Specialty Ale Yeast T-58
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
70%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
19 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 175 B cells required
White Labs - Brettanomyces Bruxellensis Trois Vrai WLP648
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
85%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
21 - 29 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
19 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 175 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 111.8 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 2.2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile II
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
150 10 80 150 160 220
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
18.4 L Do enzymatic conversion test. Strike 71 °C 64 °C 90 min
14 L Batch Sparge 85 °C 76 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 24 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 18.4
Mash volume with grains 22.5
Grain absorption losses -6.1
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 16 L) 13.6
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 27.4 L) 25
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.3
Boil off losses -8.6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.2
Post boil Volume 19
Going into fermentor 19
Total: 32  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

https://byo.com/recipe/biere-de-garde-2/

Bière de Garde
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.075 FG = 1.011
IBU = 24 SRM = 12 ABV = 8.5%

Ingredients
10 lbs. (4.5 kg) continental Pilsner malt (2 °L)
2.9 lbs. (1.3 kg) Munich malt (8 °L)
1.1 lbs. (0.5 kg) cane or beet sugar (0 °L)
10.6 oz. (0.3 kg) caramel Vienne malt (20 °L)
1.4 oz. (40 g) black malt (500 °L)
5.5 AAU Kent Goldings hops (60 min.) (1.1 oz./31 g at 5% alpha acids)
Irish moss (15 min.)
White Labs WLP072 (French Ale) or White Labs WLP011 (European Ale)
Priming sugar (if bottling)

Step by Step
I currently use Best Malz Pilsen and Munich, but feel free to substitute any high quality malt of the same type and color from a different sup-plier. The black malt and caramel Vienne I use is from Briess. I use the cheapest granular white sugar I can find at the store, sometimes it is cane sugar and sometimes it is beet sugar. My hops are in pellet form and come from Hop Union, Crosby Hop Farm, or Hopsteiner depending on the variety.

Mill the grains and then dough-in targeting a mash of around 1.5 quarts of water to 1 pound of grain (a liquor-to-grist ratio of about 3:1 by weight) and a temperature of 147 °F (64 °C). Hold the mash at 147 °F (64 °C) until enzymatic conversion is complete. With the low mash temperature, you may need to lengthen the rest time to 90 minutes or more to get full conversion. Infuse the mash with near-boiling water while stirring or with a recirculating mash system raise the temperature to mash out at 168 °F (76 °C). Sparge slowly with 170 °F (77 °C) water, collecting wort until the pre-boil kettle volume is around 6.5 gallons (25 L) and the gravity is 1.058.

The total wort boil time is 90 minutes, which helps reduce the S-Methyl Methionine (SMM) present in the lightly kilned Pilsner malt and results in less Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) in the finished beer. Add the hops with 60 minutes remaining in the boil. Add Irish moss or other kettle finings with 15 minutes left in the boil. Chill the wort to 66 °F (19 °C) and aerate thoroughly. The proper pitch rate is around 260 billion cells, which is approximately 2–3 packages of liquid yeast or one package of liquid yeast in a 0.9 gallon (3.4 L) starter.

Start fermentation around 66 °F (19 °C) and then raise the temperature a few degrees more (70 °F/21 °C) several days into active fermentation. Let the beer ferment until the yeast drops to the bottom and forms a layer. With healthy yeast, this should be complete in ten days or less, but there is no need to rush it. Rack to a keg and force carbonate or rack to a bottling bucket, add priming sugar, and bottle. Target a carbonation level of 2 to 2.5 volumes.

If you decide to add Brettanomyces or other critters, you might want to do it in a secondary fermenter and then package the beer after it has developed the character you desire. At that point, you can rack to a keg and force carbonate or you can add priming sugar and a fresh dose of yeast to carbonate in the bottle. Be careful if you bottle directly from the primary fermenter with Brettanomyces, there could still be significant sugars present and could result in bottle bombs.

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