Brewlog: Saison - March 1, 2009
| Brewed: | March 1, 2009 | Bottled/Kegged: | March 18, 2009 | Status: | Ready |
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Values:
| Volume to fermenter[ltr (gal)]: | 19.00 | Alcohol by volume: | 6.84% | Apparent Attenuation: | 86.44% |
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| Original Gravity[SG]: | 1.059 | Final Gravity[SG]: | 1.008 | Colour [SRM(EBC)]: | |
| BU/GU ratio: | 0.36 | Balance: | 1.00 |
Recipe Values:
| Expected Mash Efficiency: | 75.00% | Expected Bitterness[IBU]: | 21.45 |
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| Actual Mash Efficiency: | 77.80% |
Comments:
Log entries:
Attenuation(points) vs Time(days)
| Wed March 18, 2009 23:42 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.010, Temp[C (F)]: 17.00 (62.60), Atten: 83.05%, ABV: 6.57% | Finally kegged it, still pretty cloudy. Will crash chill it when the keg fridge is back in action |
| Thu March 12, 2009 21:40 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.010, Temp[C (F)]: 24.00 (75.20), Atten: 83.05%, ABV: 6.57% | Have taken it out of temp controlled environment and will leave it for a week or so for the yeast to drop out. |
| Tue March 10, 2009 20:33 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.011, Temp[C (F)]: 25.00 (77.00), Atten: 81.36%, ABV: 6.43% | Hmmm time for some cold shock therapy perhaps (refractometer 7P => 1.008 ) Ok so was a bit hasty with the old refractometer. Hydrometer says 1.011 |
| Mon March 09, 2009 20:05 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.014, Temp[C (F)]: 24.00 (75.20), Atten: 76.27%, ABV: 6.03% | |
| Sun March 08, 2009 16:19 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.020, Temp[C (F)]: 24.00 (75.20), Atten: 66.10%, ABV: 5.23% | |
| Sat March 07, 2009 22:16 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.025, Temp[C (F)]: 22.00 (71.60), Atten: 57.63%, ABV: 4.56% | Added another 60ml of yeast slurry to help finish off fermentation, after transferring to the new fridge (yay) Probably lost about 2C in temp drop during the transfer. |
| Fri March 06, 2009 12:57 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.029, Atten: 50.85%, ABV: 4.02% | Tasted pretty grainy and a lot of bitterness coming through, hope this fades a bit with time. |
| Wed March 04, 2009 20:55 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.040, Temp[C (F)]: 23.00 (73.40), Atten: 32.20%, ABV: 2.55% | Wort measured with hydrometer 12 P (1.045) ~ 1.040
Activity has almost stopped, so upping temp to 24C. Will add more yeast in another day or two to help finish off fermentation. |
| Tue March 03, 2009 23:06 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.050, Temp[C (F)]: 24.00 (75.20), Atten: 15.25%, ABV: 1.21% | Smells pretty good. Think the fast ferment sample in the 100ml flask should be ready in a day or so. Already looks like it is slowing down in the primary. Have about another 80ml of yeast to add back in and get it kicking along again. Might do this in another couple of days regardless. Just hope the high temp is not making too many hot fusels. |
Log tasting entries:
| Thu July 02, 2009 15:15 | Rating: 40 Age at tasting: 3 months |
Seemed to go down alright at the AHB caseswap. |
| Wed April 15, 2009 16:50 | Rating: 10 Age at tasting: 28 days |
Got caned at the Belgian Beerfest, main comment was that it was "sweet" and not "dry" which prompted me to recheck the FG. Not sure what the senses the judges where using to evaluate "dry" perception, but I expect that > 80% is reasonably dry. Measured gravity was around 1.008 |
| Mon April 13, 2009 19:59 | Rating: 40 Age at tasting: 26 days |
Much better than I remembered it. Seems to have lost the green apples (acetaldehyde) and picked up a hint of vanilla in the aroma. I might actually grow to like this style after all. |
| Fri April 03, 2009 22:55 | Rating: 40 Age at tasting: 16 days |
Much better after adding yeast to bottle and leaving to ferment out. Has a bit of sulfur but otherwise very clean now |
| Sat March 28, 2009 22:00 | Rating: 20 Age at tasting: 10 days |
Still full of acetaldehyde Currently got some in 750ml coopers bottles with extra yeast fast conditioning Trying to get them ready for the comp on Sat |
| Tue March 24, 2009 21:19 | Rating: 10 Age at tasting: 6 days |
Lets add this one to the increasingly long list of beers I have make that reek of acetaldehyde. Off to make more yeast to clean it up ... almost no hope of being ready in time for the Belgian Ale comp now :( |