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Expensive Sh*t (Strawberry Saison)

178 calories 17.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Saison
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Calories: 178 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17.3 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday May 28th 2018
1.054
1.012
5.5%
27.8
4.9
n/a
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb Belgian - Pilsner10 lb Pilsner 37 1.6 78.4%
1 lb Belgian - Munich1 lb Munich 38 6 7.8%
1 lb Belgian - Wheat1 lb Wheat 38 1.8 7.8%
0.50 lb Cane Sugar0.5 lb Cane Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) 46 0 3.9%
0.25 lb Belgian - CaraMunich0.25 lb CaraMunich 33 50 2%
12.75 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Tettnanger2 oz Tettnanger Hops Pellet 2 Boil 45 min 11.37 57.1%
1 oz Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3 Boil 10 min 3.37 28.6%
0.50 oz Citra0.5 oz Citra Hops Pellet 11 Boil 30 min 13.09 14.3%
3.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient Other Boil 10 min.
1 tsp Irish Moss Fining Boil 10 min.
0.50 oz Juniper berries Spice Boil 5 min.
0.25 oz Seeds of Paradise Spice Boil 5 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - French Saison Ale Yeast WLP590
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
76.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
69 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
75 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 115 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
62 2 31 83 86 100
My starting water is usually ~15gallons because it's used for the HLT in my herms system also so my additions might sound high.

4 grams gypsum
8 grams CaCl
1.5 tsp lactic acid in the mash (in 0.5 tsp increments to reach 5.2pH)
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 4.59 18.4  
Mash volume with grains 5.57 22.3  
Grain absorption losses -1.53 -6.1  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.28 g | 21.1 qt) 4.69 18.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 8.09 g | 32.4 qt) 7.5 30  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.04 0.1  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.13 -0.5  
Post boil Volume 6.5 26  
Going into fermentor 6.5 26  
Total: 9.28 37.1
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This is replicating the "strawberry" half of a saison I made last year that turned out to be a real hit with friends. Half the "belgian wheat" in the recipe was actually triticale but I think all wheat would probably be better so I'm giving that a shot this summer.

Pitch cane sugar once bubbling starts to slow down. (boiled and cooled in ~1 cup of water)
De-stem, clean and freeze strawberries.
Pitch 5lbs strawberries after one week.
Leave for 3 weeks

When ready to keg:
clean and sanitize keg.
Add mesh bag with 1.25 lbs of clean/frozen strawberries to keg.
purge keg with CO2
transfer beer onto strawberries.
Let the beer cold crash with the strawberries for a day or two.
Remove strawberries, purge with a little CO2 again and start carbonation.

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