Honey Ginger Saison Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 8/28/2016

Notes (Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Be careful with yeast smack packs...right after I mashed in, I smacked the yeast package to to release the inner package and managed to spray yeast and activator all up my arm. Thanks to Homebrew Heaven as I wasn't ready with anything to salvage the yeast, and had to buy another package. Ended up mashing for like 75 minutes because by the time I got back from getting new yeast it took time to heat the Sparge water. No worries...took time to crack inspiration beer (Firestone Opal) while it heated up. Using 1 lb of local Blackberry Honey sourced from the hives of Mike and Bev Doleshel in Everett WA. Added 5 degrees to the strike temp from the table below to make it just right for my Mash Tun for this Mash, and it settled straight in where I wanted it at 158 degrees. Wednesday 9/7 Racked to secondary and took rarity and a small taste. Very tart flavor...we'll see where that goes.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

11.5 lb kg

Grain Temp

70 °FC

Target Mash Temp

155 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.3 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

75 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

5.25 gals liters

Equipment Profile

Grain Absorption

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg

Sparge Grain Absorption

0.01 gals/lb liters/kg

HLT-MT Heat Loss

°FC

Mash Tun Loss

0.25 gals liters

Brew Kettle Trub Loss

0.5 gals liters

Boil Loss

1 gals/hour liters/hour

Wort Shrinkage

0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

Total Water Needed

9.03 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

4.66 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

3.99 gals liters

HLT Temperature

167.25 °FC

Strike Temperature

167.25 °FC

1st Runnings

2.27 gals liters

Sparge Volume

5.04 gals liters

Total Runoff

7.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

158 °FC

Mash End Temp

155 °FC

Mash Time

75 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.054 (estimated)

Boil Volume

7 gallons liters 7.20 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

75 minutes minutes (75 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.00 gallonsliters at 1.054 for 75 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.25 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.064.

You wanted an OG of 1.065. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5 gallons liters 5.25 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.058 (1.065 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.007 (1.012 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

9/18/2016

Bottle/Keg

Keg PSI

15 PSI

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 9/30/2016 by FastFord

Notes:

So I tapped the keg on Sunday 9/25. Carbonation was good and had to vent off the pressure to get a clean pour. Beer has very robust flavor with lots of ginger and pepper spice character. Now at serving pressure it pour very well...very happy with it.

Recipe Facts

Honey Ginger Saison

Saison

5.25 Gallons Liters Batch Size
7.20 Gallons Liters Boil Size
75 min Boil Time
1.065 OG
1.012 FG
30.2 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.46 BG:GU
10.9° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
6.8% ABV Alcohol
219 per 12oz Calories

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