I stumbled onto a recipe by serendipitous accident. So I'm trying to identify the 'style'. I intended to make a saisson, but when I got home I realized I had the wrong yeast. So, here is the grain bill for a 5 gal batch:
10 lbs pale malt 2 row
9.6 oz Caramel 20L
2 oz Hersbrucker (60 min) (2% alpha)
1 oz Hersbrucker (10 min) (2% alpha)
1 package Windsor yeast
est OG 1.056 (actual was about 1.080 with some extra grains)
est FG 1.010
est ABV 6%
est IBU 28
est color 6.4 SRM
I'm thinking some type of blond ale, but I'd appreciate the wisdom of you experts.
BTW, I did a few things to boost my efficiency since the first 'accident' my OG was low. These include:
1. Boosting grain bill by about 10%
2. Added juice from 1 lemon to lower pH to strike water
3. BIAB for 90 minutes, stirring at 30 and 60 min
4. Pouring back the first couple of gallons of wort into mash tun (5 gal cooler)
5. Using two boil pots: 4 gal (primary for hops) and 2 gal
6. Leaving sparge water in for 10 minutes before extracting additional wort.
In the end, my total post-boil volume was about 4 gal. After topping off, I still had an OG of about 1.080, however, as that was pulled from the bottom via a spigot, the solids that came with the sample may have pumped that up. Next time I don't think I need to bump the grain bill.
10 lbs pale malt 2 row
9.6 oz Caramel 20L
2 oz Hersbrucker (60 min) (2% alpha)
1 oz Hersbrucker (10 min) (2% alpha)
1 package Windsor yeast
est OG 1.056 (actual was about 1.080 with some extra grains)
est FG 1.010
est ABV 6%
est IBU 28
est color 6.4 SRM
I'm thinking some type of blond ale, but I'd appreciate the wisdom of you experts.
BTW, I did a few things to boost my efficiency since the first 'accident' my OG was low. These include:
1. Boosting grain bill by about 10%
2. Added juice from 1 lemon to lower pH to strike water
3. BIAB for 90 minutes, stirring at 30 and 60 min
4. Pouring back the first couple of gallons of wort into mash tun (5 gal cooler)
5. Using two boil pots: 4 gal (primary for hops) and 2 gal
6. Leaving sparge water in for 10 minutes before extracting additional wort.
In the end, my total post-boil volume was about 4 gal. After topping off, I still had an OG of about 1.080, however, as that was pulled from the bottom via a spigot, the solids that came with the sample may have pumped that up. Next time I don't think I need to bump the grain bill.