French Saison - gmac
This may not be exactly right but my friends and I really enjoy this French Saison during the hot summer months.
I put the brands of malt I used in brackets but I would imagine others would work fine.
Efficiency - 75%
7 lbs Pilsner Malt (Weyermann)
2.5 lbs Munich II (Weyermann)
1 lb white sugar
50g (approx 2 oz) East Kent Goldings @ 60 mins.
25g (approx 1 oz) East Kent Goldings @ 15 mins
25g (approx 1 oz) Willamette @ Flameout
1/2 tsp Irish Moss at 15 mins
1 TBSP Indian Coriander - ground @ 5 mins
4 g Fresh Ginger Root - minced @ 5 mins
15 Peppercorns - ground @ 5 mins
Zest of 1/3 to 1/2 grapefruit minced @ 5 mins
Wyeast 3711 in 2 - 4L starter
My water is quite hard so I used 1/2 distilled and 1/2 tap water with 1/4 Campden tablet added. Also added 3 ml of Phosphoric acid to adjust pH to 5.3. Volume will depend on your system but use enough for a 90 min boil with a target of 5 US gals.
Mashed at 150 F for 1 hour
90 min boil adding hops and spices as noted above
Fermented at room temp (approx 75F) for 2 weeks. Did not use supplemental heating to increase fermentation temp.
OG 1.060
FG 1.002
Fined and kegged at approx 3 vol CO2.