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garden party

A bit less of a graden party than my summer saison will be, I had to stick with herbs that were alive inside for the early spring brew session. My first real attempt at this style, I didn't want to overspice it, so I tried to keep things low.

Brewer: matt dinges Email: -
Beer: garden party Style: Saison
Type: All grain Size: 6.8 gallons
Color:
8 HCU (~6 SRM)
Bitterness: 35 IBU
OG: 1.062 FG: 1.010
Alcohol: 6.7% v/v (5.3% w/w)
Water: Moderately hard water, mash pH adjusted with Gypsum
Grain: 6 lb. Belgian Pilsner
1.5 lb. Wheat malt
1 lb. Belgian Munich
4 lb. German Vienna
1 lb. Belgian aromatic
Mash: 76% efficiency
Mashed ~148*F for about 2hours.
Boil: 90 minutes SG 1.050 8.5 gallons
1 lb. Orange Blossom Honey
20min hops are actually FWH.
Honey was added at flame out along with:
0.3oz Corriander Seed(crushed)
0.3oz dried Ginger Root
0.2oz Bitter Orange Peel
0.2oz Sweet Orange Peel
0.25TSP!!! Grains of Paradise(crushed)
0.1oz fresh Rosemary
6 large Lemon Verbena leaves

This was stirred in with the honey, then the aroma hops were also stirred in, 3min rest, then drained kettle through counter-flow chiller.
Hops: 2 oz. Goldings (4.1% AA, 60 min.)
1 oz. Goldings (4.1% AA, 20 min.)
1 oz. Goldings (4.1% AA, 0 min.)
Yeast: Wyeast 3724 Belgian Saison, yeast cake from previous batch
Log: Fermented at 76-78*F
Tasting: Kettle sample showed very dominant spices(especially ginger). Sample at transfer to secondary was more rounded. This will sit in secondary for at least a month.

Recipe posted 04/09/04.