Grimm's Saison

This recipe is a modified version of the Siddharta of Suburbia Saison, which I found on this website. This wort was made on an electric stove with a the assistance of a beer bag that is 24 x 26 and hop socks for my hops and flavoring. This is my third time brewing beer and my first attempt at all grain brewing.

For my grains, I used 12 pounds of Rahr Standard 2 Row Harrington, 1 pound of Rahr White Wheat, 2 pounds of Weyermann Light Munich Malt, and a half pound of Chateau Carablond/Pils.

For my hops, I used two ounces of Columbus hop pellets and one ounce of German Hallertau Blanc hop pellets. I also used one ounce of dried sweet orange peels.

The yeast is Wyeast French Saison. The package for the yeast was activated prior to adding filtered water to the kettles.

I placed 5.5 gallons of filtered water into my brew kettle, which has a 7 gallon capacity. I then placed an additional 3 gallons of filtered water into a separate pot for sparge water. I have the sparge water heated to 165-170 for later use.


I had the temperature of my water for the mash reach 165-170 degrees and I turned the heat off. I then added my bag, securing it to the sides, then slowly added grain, stirring along the way until it was filled with all of my grain. After I thoroughly mixed my grains to insure all of them were saturated, I began to pour wort from the ball valve on my kettle into a large measuring cup. I would take the wort and begin pouring over the top of the grains. I did this until the wort reached a temperature of 152 degrees. I then covered the wort, maintaining this temperature for over an hour. Numerous times during this mash process, I would stir the grains, then pour wort over the grains. I kept my kettle on the stove and would use it to help keep my temperature maintained between 150 to 152 degrees.

Once 60 minutes had passed on my mash time, I suspended the grain bag over the kettle, letting the grains drain. I then took my sparge water that was around 165 to 170 degrees, and began to poor it over the grains. This was done slowly until I reached 6 gallons of wort in the kettle.

Next, I began the boil. I would stir often and once the boil was going for around 2 to 5 minutes, I added a half ounce of Columbus to the kettle. This boiled for 60 minutes. At ten minutes until the completion of my boil, I added an additional half ounce of Columbus and one ounce of sweet orange peel. I also added yeast nutrients.

At the completion of the boil. I took the kettle off of the heating element, removed the previous hops and seasoning, and added the one ounce of German Hallertau Blanc hop pellets. These hops sat in the wort for 30 minutes, and stayed in the wort until it had reached a temperature of 65 degrees. I removed the hops and transferred my wort to fermentation bucket, have the wort fall into the bucket from roughly 1 to 2 feet. After everything was transferred to my bucket, I used a stirring attachment on my drill and stirred the wort for around 5 minutes.

Following this, the yeast was pitched and its now being stored in a basement at 65 degrees. This recipe will be updated upon the completion of fermentation.