All-Grain - How Rye I Am (Rye Saison) - 2011 - 1st Place Best of Show - HBT Comp
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Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Wyeast 3711
Yeast Starter: 4L
Batch Size (Gallons): 15.5
Original Gravity: 1.058
Final Gravity: 1.004
IBU: 24.5
Boiling Time (Minutes): 90
Color: 18
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 5 weeks @ 71
Tasting Notes: A ridiculously rye saison with nice citrus notes throughout.
This beer won Best of Show and placed 1st in Cat. 16 for the 2011 HBT Competition.
How Rye I Am - A Rye Saison
Amount Item Type % or IBU
1 lbs Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 2.70 %
25 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (1.8 SRM) Grain 67.57 %
9 lbs Rye Malt (2.9 SRM) Grain 24.32 %
4.00 oz Styrian Goldings [5.20 %] (60 min) Hops 24.4 IBU
2 lbs Candi Sugar, Dark (275.0 SRM) Sugar 5.41 %
French Saison (Wyeast Labs #3711) [Starter 4000 ml] Yeast-Ale
Mash Profile
Mash @ 152 for 60 minutes. We mashed thin at 1.8qt/lb.
Notes
Grain to glass in 7 weeks. Competiton entries (first round) were 8 weeks old. Carbed to 2.7 volumes of CO2. We underpitched by about 20% as to stress the yeast a little for more ester production.
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