Saison des Pissenlits

This year I decided that I wanted to make a Saison for each season of the year, kind of like Fantome does.  I already did the winter version which was a 9% abv Saison along the lines of Dupont Avec les bons voeux. For the spring version I wanted to remake a dandelion Saison I brewed two years ago, which was also inspired by Fantome’s Saison Pissenlit.

It almost took me as much time to pick the petals as it took me to brew the beer and I ended up picking 20 oz of petals. Last time I added the petals at flameout but this time I did it a bit differently. What I did is boil some water, let it chill to 180F, steep the petals for two days and then strain. I was left with 4L of tea which I added 2L for each 6 gallons batch. 

The 4 gallon batch will not have dandelion and it will be secondary for 3-4 months.  I will try dry hopping this one, something I never tried with Saison.  It’ll be fermented with WLP670; a strain I bought 18 months ago and kept using it every 3-4 months and I intend to keep reusing it as long as I can, just for fun! This will be the sixth re-pitch.

Recipe Specifications

Batch Size (Gal): 16.00

Total Grain (Lbs): 30.00

Estimated OG: 1.053

Anticipated SRM: 3.4

Anticipated IBU: 33.7 IBU

Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %

Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Grains

80.0% (24 lbs) - Bohemian Pilsner 

10.0% (3 lbs) - Vienna

6.7% (2 lbs) - Flaked Barley

3.3% (1 lbs) - Acid Malt

Hops

2.00 oz Brewer's Gold (8.70%) @ 60 min

3.00 oz Aramis (8.10%) @ 15 min

3.00 oz Aramis (8.10%) @ 0 min

Yeast

6 gal -> Yeast Bay - Wallonian Farmhouse 

6 gal -> WY3726 Farmhouse Ale

4 gal -> WLP670 American Farmhouse Ale Blend 

Mash Schedule

Sacch Rest - 60 min @ 152F

Notes

07/14/14: Brew day

Fly sparge with 170F water

Collected 16 gallons

OG = 1.056

07/15/14: bottled @ 2.8 vol CO2.  FG: Yeast Bay=1.002 ; 3726=1.010 
07/28/14: rack WLP670 to secondary FG=1.002