- 2.3kg Lager malt
- 1kg Munich malt
- 450g Wheat malt
- 450g Demerera sugar
- 28g Northern Brewer @ 90 mins
- 43g Saaz @ 30 mins
- 57g East Kent Goldings @ 5 mins
- + Coriander, pepper and orange peel @ 5 mins (I forget the amounts at the moment)
- T-58 yeast
Siphoning into the fermenter was 'fun'. I ordered new siphon tube but got a massive bore one instead of the smaller. Caused me all sorts of problems and it will be a miracle if this brew is not infected. But still about 17L into the fermenter at 1.048. I am bemoaning the lack of a tap though.
I also think I'm going to have to watch late hop additions. Since I'm not cooling and just leaving the wort to cool in the pot with a lid on and sanitised tea-towels over it, the late additions are sitting in very hot wort for quite a lot longer than would normally be the case. Definitely a chiller is required.
It's fermenting away nicely, with a large krausen the morning after pitching the yeast. Fermenting pretty warm as I still need to sort some method of fermentation temperature control out. I'll add some lactic acid at secondary or bottling to emulate the souring a real Saison would have.
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