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French Saison / dark saison

Method: All Grain
Style: Saison
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 100 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 120 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 94%
Calories: 147 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 10.4 g (Per 330ml)

Created: Thursday May 22nd 2025

Original Gravity:

1.049

Final Gravity:

1.005

ABV (standard):

5.7%

IBU (tinseth):

20.4

SRM (morey):

18.5

Mash pH

5.4

Cost $

45.77

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
16 kg	Les Maltiers - Jehanne D’Arc Pilsen Malt16 kg Jehanne D’Arc Pilsen Malt	$ 0.91 / kg $ 14.56	37.3	2.06	63.1%
3 kg	Les Maltiers - Malt de Blé3 kg Malt de Blé	$ 0.99 / kg $ 2.97	37.7	2.43	11.8%
4 kg	Les Maltiers - Pale Ale Malt4 kg Pale Ale Malt	$ 0.91 / kg $ 3.64	37	2.8	15.8%
1 kg	Castle Malting - Château Vienna1 kg Château Vienna	$ 1.73 / kg $ 1.73	38	2.6	3.9%
500 g	Rice Hulls500 g Rice Hulls	$ 3.40 / kg $ 1.70	0	0	2%
100 g	Castle Malting - Château Chocolat100 g Château Chocolat	$ 2.14 / kg $ 0.21	38	488.1	0.4%
750 g	Castle Malting - Château Black750 g Château Black - (late fermenter addition)	$ 1.85 / kg $ 1.39	34	488	3%
25.35 kg / $ 26.20

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
40 g	Yakima Chief Hops - Citra40 g Citra Hops	$ 33.33 / kg $ 1.33	Leaf/Whole	14.4	Boil	90 min	14.53	40%
30 g	Yakima Chief Hops - Citra30 g Citra Hops	$ 33.33 / kg $ 1.00	Leaf/Whole	14.4	Boil	10 min	3.69	30%
30 g	Yakima Chief Hops - Citra30 g Citra Hops	$ 33.33 / kg $ 1.00	Leaf/Whole	14.4	Whirlpool	20 min	2.16	30%
100 g / $ 3.33

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
100 g	Yakima Chief Hops - Citra (Leaf/Whole) 100 g Citra (Leaf/Whole) Hops	$ 33.33 / kg $ 3.33	20.38	100%
100 g / $ 3.33

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
81 L	Infusion	74 °C	67 °C	60 min
70 L	Fly Sparge	72 °C	72 °C	20 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
5 g	Servomyces	Water Agt	Boil	5 min.
3 g	Whirlfloc	Water Agt	Boil	5 min.
5 g	Coriander Seed	Spice	Boil	5 min.
20 g	Sweet Orange Peel	Flavor	Boil	5 min.
4 ml	Calcium Chloride (anhydrous)	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
5 g	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
35.14 ml	Lactic acid	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
20.62 ml	Lactic acid	Water Agt	Sparge	1 hr.

Yeast

Mangrove Jack - French Saison Ale M29

Amount:	4 Each	Cost:	$ 4.06 / each $ 16.24
Attenuation (avg):	87.5%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	26 - 32 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	25 °C	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 425 B cells required

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Priming

Method: co2 Amount: 1.58 bar Temp: 20 °C CO₂ Level: 2.2 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Light colored and malty

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
60	5	10	95	55	0
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Notes

Split the batch in two.
50l normal pressured fermentation with 2 yeast paq of french saison
Other 50l fermented atmospheric with cold dark malts mash straight to fermenter (no boil) with 1kg of dried cranberrys and 1/2kg of dried raisins.

Lets see what comes up!

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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