Memorial Day Weekend - long, hot, and perfect for brewing. Late Sunday morning we cranked the propane on the new burner and started a batch of Saison du Grasslippare. Saisons were originally brewed to quench the thirsts of French and Belgian field workers on hot days (not unlike this weekend). They are full of flavor but very refreshing. A few interesting ingredients - Belgian candy sugar, grains of paradise, coriander, and bitter orange peel.
A lower starting gravity then I had hoped (1.044) but I didn't have to add any top off water to the fermenter. Essentially, a solid full boil.
Ingredients:
3.3 lbs of Pilsen LME
3.3 lbs of Wheat LME
1 lb. clear candi sugar
8 oz. Cara-20 and 8 oz. unmalted wheat speciality grains
2 oz. US Goldings hops (flavor and bittering)
1 oz. US Saaz hops (aroma)
1/4 tsp. grains of paradise
1 oz. bitter orange peel
1/2 oz. whole coriander
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