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 beer trip! Very surprised how well it turned out. 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
- Batch size 50l
- IBU 22
- ABV 5.2%
- OG 1.045
- FG 1.005
- EBC 13.2
Ingredients
Water
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
Serving
Drinks well for both keg and bottle but keg version tends to be a bit smoother