Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Saison Brew Session

Brew Session Info

8/11/2017
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Need 1.6L yeast starter with 165g of DME for proper cell count. 8/11/17 - Only had 1.5oz of both Northern Brewer and Saaz hops, so pushed Northern Brewer hop addition back to 60 minutes to hit target IBUs. I want to ensure the bitterness is there to help balance the sweetness of the cherry. Im not using airlocks, just foil, to reduce back pressure in the carboy to ensure yeast attenuation. 1.046 preboil gravity @ 11.4 gallons so I need to boil down to about 10 to hit desired OG. 8/23/17 - moving to secondary. Cherry puree is going down first as well as ground coriander and orange peel, beer on top. Gravity reading of 1.010, so it's done fermenting. I will attribute the lack of back pressure via foiling the mouth of the carboy as the basis for the low gravity already. Also, moved 3L to bottles due to lack of space in other carboys. It'll be 3 weeks for those to carbonate as I used tabs. 9/5/17 - bottling today. Hydrometer sample had no discernible cherry flavor. I'm hoping that it's because the starsan was overpowering.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

9.95 lb kg
7 °FC
152 °FC
1.5 qt/lbl/kg
60 min.
5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

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

Calculated Totals

8.29 gals liters
4.53 gals liters
3.98 gals liters
170.13 °FC
170.13 °FC
2.49 gals liters
4.31 gals liters
6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

5.4 PH
152 °FC
152 °FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.046 1.048 (estimated)
11.4 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
11 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 11.40 gallonsliters at 1.046 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.050.

You wanted an OG of 1.056. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

10.3 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.057 (1.056 predicted)
1.010 (1.008 predicted)

Conditioning

9/5/2017
10
Dextrose
8 oz g

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Recipe Facts

Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Saison
Saison
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.056 OG
  • 1.008 FG
  • 28.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.50 BG:GU
  • 9.0° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 6.1% ABV Alcohol
  • 185 per 12oz Calories
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