As mentioned in another thread, I plan to brew up a saison next week when I have some time off around the 4th of July. I plan to use two yeast from The Yeast Bay and the profiles are:
[font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"]Saison blend[/font]
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[font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"]Saison/Brettanomyces Blend[/font]
[font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"]This blend combines one of the Saccharomyces strains from the Saison Blend and two unique Brettanomyces isolates from our yeast library. The Saccharomyces yeast strain is a strong attenuator that produces a delightful ester profile of grapefruit and orange zest and imparts a long, dry and earthy finish to the beer. The Brettanomyces strains are both good attenuators that produce some fruity esters and mild funk, and add a bright character to the beer. The combination of these yeast produces a dry but balanced character with a delightful ester profile and just the right amount of funk. Approximately 58 billion cells/via[/font]
I am planning a simple malt bill of:
73% Pils
23% Valley Malt 2-row
5% Acid Malt
I thought about also adding in some flaked corn, maybe 1# for the 10g batch but not sure)
I am shooting for an og around 1.051 and plan to mash about 148 for at least 2 hours, I have a dr's appointment to go to and plan to have it mashing while I am gone.
For hops I plan to go with:
30 IBU of Apollo @ 90
2 oz of Nelson @ 5 or 0
2 oz Nelson @ whirlpool
4 oz nelson DH
Oh and water:
Ca – 64ppm
Mg- 3ppm
Na – 19ppm
SO4- 86ppm
Cl- 42ppm
I am looking for comments on both the grain bill, if the flaked corn will add anything and the hop bill. I am not settled on Nelson's and would be up to blend them with something else or sub them out.
Hit me with your thoughts, I have a good selection of hops and grain on hand so I should be able to accommodate a fair amount of tweaking.