12/30
Crisp, light, grassy hops, light lemony pith, balanced bitterness and malt. Super drinkable. Mike said it was “lovely.”
12/21
Legged, from Zach “ It's great, very small, very crisp and floral. Good drinkin beer. Slightly [light bodied] but in a way that adds to the crispness, I think the water chemistry really helped there.”
12/4
Batch sparged with approx. 5+ gallons.
Partigyle lower efficiency than expected (20 instead of 30%). 4-4.5 gallons or a stronger boil to reduce to 3.5 batch size may be better?
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MASH:
Approx
3g CaCl
4g CaSO4
Approx 4.5 gallons
Mash in 153
Partigyle brew from https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/38170/strong-saison
Dry hop at the very end to avoid vegetal character (3-4 days)
1g/gallon CaCl maintains ion levels of 72 ppm Ca, 127 ppm Chl.
1g/gallon CaSO4 maintains ion levels of 61ppm Ca, 147ppm SO4
The optimal brewing water range for:
Calcium is 50-150 ppm
Sulfate 150-200 ppm (pale) (not to exceed 400)
Chloride 150 (not to exceed 250)
ESTIMATING 6 gallons for big beer and 5 gallons for small beer
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Lots of long chain sugars and proteins to sustain body despite high attenuation (Michael Tonsmiere echoes this in a blog): unmalted grains, flaked grains, torrified wheat
Can start with saison or mixed culture strain or with a standard sacch strain and after a week pitch a secondary strain to add complexity and (in cases of belgian saison strains) complete attenuation.
Free rise fermentation
Dry hop at the very end to avoid vegetal character (3-4 days)
Whirlpool at 150-60 provides more peachy stonefruit whereas 170-80 leans towards citrus
Oxidation preventions (Aside from reducing hot-side and cold-side aeration) add ~.5 gram ascorbic acid per gallon - add it in any time - between mash and packaging
Salt concentrations: http://howtobrew.com/book/section-3/understanding-the-mash-ph/using-salts-for-brewing-water-adjustment
CaCl (72 ppm Ca, 127 ppm Chl per gram per gallon)
CaSO4 (61ppm Ca, 147ppm SO4)
The optimal brewing water range for:
Calcium is 50-150 ppm
Sulfate 150-200 ppm (pale) (not to exceed 400)
Chloride 150 (not to exceed 250)
The chloride anion acts to make the beer seem fuller and sweeter. It has the opposite effect of sulfate. In fact, the sulfate-to-chloride ratio is a good way to gauge the effect of the brewing water on the balance of the beer. For example, a sulfate-to-chloride ratio of 2:1 or higher will tend to give the beer a drier, more assertive hop balance, while a beer with a ratio of 1:2 will tend to have a less bitter, rounder, and maltier balance.
