Bastille Ale Brew Session

Brew Session Info

8/6/2019
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Not a fun brew day at the new place. Overall though, I got it completed without too much effort and the efficiency was much better than I expected. pH came in very low, 4.80, and I didn't have any baking soda to raise it. I use Bru'N water and I normally adjust my lactic acid addition to 2/3rd of the recommended addition, which I didn't do this time as I am using RO water now. I will step back to that. 8/7 - evening, very long lag as the fermenter still is not bubbling 8/18 - started bubbling around 8/8 if I remember correctly. It has long since finished primary fermentation and I have let it sit since. I will look to bottle around 8/23. 8/21 - dry hopped tonight. Lots of sulfur. 8/23 - not much in the way of sulfur during bottling. Pretty good beer but it was remarkable how low the gravity finished.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

9.75 lb kg
°FC
°FC
qt/lbl/kg
30 min.
5.5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
0 °FC
0.25 gals liters
0.5 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

8.26 gals liters
0.78 gals liters
0.25 gals liters
0.00 °FC
0.00 °FC
-1.21 gals liters
8.01 gals liters
6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

4.8 PH
149 °FC
145 °FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.045 1.056 (estimated)
5.9 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)
30 minutes minutes (30 minutes estimated)
5.5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 5.90 gallonsliters at 1.045 for 30 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.049.

You wanted an OG of 1.060. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

5.5 gallons liters 5.50 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.059 (1.060 predicted)
1.003 (1.006 predicted)

Conditioning

10
Sugar pills
oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

CheeseNips

Tasted on 9/7/2019 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Pours pale yellow, hazy, with about 3 fingers of foam that dissipates relatively quickly. Aroma is a mix of orange citrus and bread dough, a little bit of clove if I search for it. Flavor is dominated by a spicy, citrusy yeast and really intensifies as you swallow which then moves into a light-to-medium bitterness; there's a touch of booziness at the end but the breath is really dominated by a spiciness from the yeast. Body is medium and there's a bit of sharpness from the carbonation. Overall, the flavor is belgian yeast character and the hop bitterness complements that spiciness, so it's really well done. The fruity character of the beer plays a role but is not in the lead, so I like that quite a bit. Of note, the sulfur that was dominant during fermentation is nowhere to be found. 4 stars as it is a solid saison but I wish it were just a little more intense, which can only come from the yeast variety.

Recipe Facts

Bastille Ale
Saison
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 30  min Boil Time
  • 1.060 OG
  • 1.006 FG
  • 26.5 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.44 BG:GU
  • 4.2° SRM Color
  • 85% Efficiency
  • 6.9% ABV Alcohol
  • 197 per 12oz Calories
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