Harvest - Saison - BeerCo Recipe Kit

Harvest | Saison | BeerCo Recipe Kit is a traditional Wallonian harvest ale brewed with Gladfield Pilsner, Munich and Wheat Malt, hopped with GR Hallertauer Tradition Hops and fermented with your choice of either GigaYeast GY018 Saison #1 or #2 Liquid Yeast or Lallemand Belle Saison Dry Yeast.  

Refreshing, in balance and true to style this beer is just as thirst quenching for the modern IT office worker after a hard day on the keyboard as it was for the Wallonian farm worker after a hard day’s work on the scythe at Harvest time! Santé!

Harvest | Saison | BeerCo Recipe

Vital Stats:

Batch & Boil

• Batch Size: 21.0 L US 5 Gallon
• Boil Time: 90 min
• OG 1.056 FG 1.011
• IBU 38 ABV 6%
• Colour 13 EBC Balance – 0.68 IBU/SG

 

Gladfield Malt

AMOUNT	FERMENTABLE	%	USE	PPG	COLOR
2.9 Kg	Gladfield Pilsner Malt	55	Mash	38	4 EBC
1.9 Kg	Gladfield Munich Malt	36	Mash	37	16 EBC
0.5 Kg	Gladfield Wheat Malt	9	Mash	38	4 EBC
5.3 Kg		100			13 EBC

Hops

AMOUNT	HOP	TIME	USE	FORM	AA
50 g	Hallertauer Tradition GR Hops	40 min	Boil	Pellet	6.1%
10 g	Hallertauer Tradition GR Hops	20 min	Boil	Pellet	6.1%
10 g	Hallertauer Tradition GR Hops	10 min	Boil	Pellet	6.1%

Yeast

Liquid | GigaYeast

GY018 Saison #1 GigaYeast  (Liquid) 1 x Gold Pitch or

GY027 Saison #2 GigaYeast (Liquid) 1 x Gold Pitch

Dry | Lallemand Danstar

Danstar Belle Saison Beer Yeast (Dry) 2 x 11.5 g Sachets

Method:

1. Mash – the brewer should do normal mash regime, mashing at 67 C for at least 60 mins with a ratio of 3L of water to 1Kg of Grain (approx. 16L)
2. Sparge – once again the brewer should do normal regime at around 75C with approx. 15L of water to bring your pre-boil wort up to 25L
3. Boil – vigorous boil for 60-90 mins as time permits adding hops in accordance with addition times from end of boil.
4. Add 50g of Hallertauer Tradition GR Hops @30 mins, 10g of Hallertauer Tradition GR Hops @20mins and 10g of Hallertauer Tradition GR Hops at 0 mins.
5. Yeast & Fermentation – Aerate well and ferment at 23C until FG is reached
6. Yeast off, mature for 19 days before carbonating.

BeerCo Kit Contents:

·       5.3 Kg Gladfield Malt
·       70 g Hallertau Tradition GR Hop Pellets
·       1 x GigaYeast Gold Pitch OR 2 x Lallemand Brewing Belle Saison Dry Yeast

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