Saison Recipe - Lil Nugget Ale

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Lil Nugget Ale

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Extract
6 Gallon(s)
2.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
This uses a recipe similar to a Chinook IPA but only lightly hopped with Nugget (2x 1/2 oz total). The extract used is Breiss CBW Pilsen Light, the specialty grains are CaraMunich III

This recipe was cloned from Maureens Blonde Ale.

Fermentables

90% - Liquid Malt Extract - Light - US
9
35
4
Extract
10% - CaraMunich III - DE
1
34
57
Steep

Hops

Nugget
0.5
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
13.3
20.1
Nugget
0.5
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
13.3
7.3

Yeast

Fermentis Safale US-05
81%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Bloom yeast in 1 cup of 80F water.
2.
Crush the CaraMunich III grains.
3.
Put grains in mesh bag in 2.5 gallons hot water in 20 qt pot.
4.
Drain bag of grains and heat pot to boil.
5.
Steep grains 20 minutes at 155F
6.
Stir in 9 lbs of liquid malt extract.
7.
Bring to boil again and add 0.5 oz Nugget hop pellets.
8.
Boil 60 minutes.
9.
Add another 0.5 oz Nugget hop pellets 10 minutes before end of boil.
10.
Chill wort to 100F in sink.
11.
Pour wort into 6.5 gallon primary fermentor, through strainer.
12.
Fill to 6 gallons with cold water 56F.
13.
Pitch yeast at 75F and stir/aerate.
14.
Seal fermentor with fermentation lock.
15.
Ferment 7 days at room temperature.
16.
Rack to secondary fermentor, condition 2 - 4 weeks.

Tasting Notes (1)

PepperRanchBrewer

Tasted on 2/15/2019 by PepperRanchBrewer

Notes:

Good flavor, lightly hopped, and quite drinkable. However, it is sweeter and darker than was the aim so we're going to tweak that in the version 2 recipe.

Recipe Facts

Lil Nugget Ale
Saison
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 2.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.055 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 27.4 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.49 BG:GU
  • 9.9° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.8% ABV Alcohol
  • 184 per 12oz Calories
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