Batch #13 - Saison

Brew Date: 8/31/08
Recipe:
Steep -
8oz Flaked Maize
5oz Belgian Aromatic Malt
3oz Belgian Biscuit Malt

60 minute boil -
9# Light LME
12oz Belgian Clear Candi Sugar
1.5oz Willamette Hops (4.6%)

.25oz Willamette Hops (15 minutes)
.25oz Saaz Hops (3.4% 15 minutes)

.25oz Saaz Hops (2 minutes)

Wyeast 2463 Forbidden Fruit Yeast (Starter)

OG: 1072
Target FG: 1018

Notes: This started out as an Ommegang Hennepin clone recipe, but I couldn't get the exact ingredients. I boiled the hops loose and planned on siphoning the wort to the primary, however the hop solids didn't settle out very well and the wort was too thick to siphon. As a result, everything went to the primary with no straining. Fermentation was strong less in under 15 hours with krausen in the blow-off tube, as expected with high gravity and a big starter.

9/17: 1023 (secondary). Beer smells and tastes awesome.
10/9:1022 (keg) Still tastes great. Can't wait to drink this one.