Farmgirl Saison

By Mick Harrison

Recipe is part of Recipe Index

BJCP 2021 Style - Saison (25B)

One of my first 'continental' brews having recently done a Belgian/French beer trip!
This has been brewed many times since using the base recipe but making a few tweaks in the name of experimentation!

Awards

2013 London & Southeast (LAB Open)

1st - Belgian and French Table

Statistics

• PLEASE NOTE - Batch size 50l
• IBU 22
• ABV 5.2%
• OG 1.045
• FG 1.005
• EBC 13.2

Ingredients

Water

Sorry - no water notes

Malt

• Lager Malt, 3 EBC, 8kg, 76.2%
• Pale wheat Malt, 4 EBC, 1.3kg, 12.4%
• Munich Malt, 25 EBC, 800gr, 7.6%
• Crystal Malt, 150 EBC, 400gr, 3.8%

Hops

• 70g Hallertauer Traditional, 75 mins
• 20g Cascade, 0 mins
• 20g Lublin, 0 mins

Yeast

NBS Belgian Saison (Belle Saison)

Process

Mash

Single infusion mash, medium body, batch sparge

Boil

• Hops as per schedule above.
• Protofloc added 15 mins before the end
• 35g crushed coriander seed added at flameout
• Apx. 20min hop stand for coriander to infuse

Ferment

Normal fermentation prep...
Rehydrate the yeast, oxygenate the wort, pitch at 20c
Ferment completed in 7 days

Serving

Drinks well for both keg and bottle but keg version tends to be a bit smoother