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Dark Saison Made with Red Shed

Dark Saison Made with Red Shed

 

Vital Statistics:

ABV: 7.75% SRM: 20 IBU: 21 OG: 1.065 FG: 1.007

 

Ingredients:

 

Malt

19L Batch

10hL Batch

Brewhouse Efficiency: 75%

Brewhouse Efficiency: 85%

Volume of Mash Water: 17.3L 

Volume of Mash Water: 804 hL

Amount in KG

Amount in KG

Penhold Pilsner – Red Shed (60%)

2.98

138.5

Black Bird - Red Shed (4%)

0.23

10.5

Wheat Malt – Red Shed (10.5%)

0.77

35.8

Rocky Mountain Malt – Red Shed (15%)

0.83

38.6

Rye Malt – Red Shed (7%)

0.53

24.5

Special B Malt – Castle (7%)

0.44

20.2

 

Hops

Addition Time

IBU

19L Batch

10hL Batch

Amount in KG

Amount in KG

Barbe Rouge

15 Minutes

21

0.05

2.5

 

Yeast: Escarpment Labs French Saison

Strike Water Temperature: 70°C

Water Profile: Balanced

Mash Rest Temperature: 64°C

Mash pH: 5.2

 

Brewing Process:

 

Mash:

  • Heat strike water to 70°C.
  • Add all malt and brewing salts to strike water.
  • Mash in at a temperature of 64°C
  • Acidify the mash water as necessary to achieve a mash pH of 5.2–5.4.
  • Hold the mash at 64°C for 60 minutes.
  • Mash out by raising the temperature to 78°C for 10 minutes.

 

Sparge:

  • Sparge the mash with water acidified to a pH between 5.2 and 5.7.

 

Boil:

  • Bring the collected wort to a boil.
  • Add flavour hops (Barbe Rouge) at 15 minutes remaining in boil.
  • Add Yeastex at 10 minutes.
  • Ensure post boil pH is less than 5.2. Acidify if needed.

 

Cooling:

  • After boiling for 60 minutes, cool the wort rapidly using a wort chiller or an ice bath.

 

Fermentation:

  • Transfer the cooled wort to the fermenter.
  • Aerate the wort by shaking or using an aeration stone.
  • Pitch French Saison yeast at a temperature of 23°C.
  • Ferment at a temperature of 25°C.
  • Monitor fermentation until the final gravity is consistent for 3 days.
  • Once fermentation is complete, cold crash beer to 0°C and condition for 1-2 weeks. Dump yeast.
  • Proceed to canning, bottling or kegging.
  • Carb to 2.8 – 3.0 volumes of CO2
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