AG100 Weiss / Saison

[jmc]

AG #100 brewed last Wednesday

I split a 40L brew length to 2 x 20L FV as below.
Single mash 64C and then pitching and starting both high 23C+
(Sorry no pics of brew evening just a few after the event)

AG100 - 40L Wort - see recipe here
I think recipe OG is underestimate for WLP300 and definitely for Saison yeast so expect to see 5.5 - 6.0 ABV %

Split 50:50

100A) 20L Weiss (TW11) - Use WLP300 - No other additions

100B) 20L Apricot Saison - Use TMM saison yeast
With following ingredients added AFTER high krausen (yesterday evening)

1) Spice tea from juniper berries and grains of paradise (20g & 15g respectively)

2) Dry hop in FV - Balance of some fruity hops
Galaxy - bal 12g
Chinook - bal 29g
Willamette - bal 6g

3) 215g dried value apricots (pasteurised)
I'd planned 500g but had less than I thought

For the Hefeweizen (100A) I'm trying to get a banana bomb, by stressing yeast and fermenting high.
Jury's out at the moment. It started very well with overflow even though only 20L in a 30L FV
Pic below after 2 days - Luckily I have an aluminium shelf cover to minimise clean-up due to previous overflows.


cf Saison after 2 days


Fermentation on the Saison had died down by yesterday so I added other ingredients to the Saison
I added 1L boiling water to crushed spices and quartered dried apricots then raised temp to 90C . Added hops, back to 90C for 5 mins to 'wet' hops then cool
I used a small saucepan. It ended up more a paste than a soup. Bigger saucepan next time

Before apricots / spices / hops added

After

[Jim]

Looking good, jmc!

[jmc]

Looking good, jmc!

Cheers Jim

The journey from AG1 (Brakspear Special clone) in May 2010 to AG 100 last week was made much easier and more fun, with the help of loads of members here.

[zgoda]

Congrats, mate. Achievement unlocked.

[jmc]

I kegged the Saison this week (AG 100B).

Using ideas form Jim's I made a siphon that could cope with all the hops and spices in the brew.

Using a SS tea ball. Make hole with awl (you cant use a drill it just gets wrapped up in wires)
Open out hole and trim off stray ss wires. The are Very sharp!

I cut stiff poly siphon tube at an angle to I had a point and squeezed this through hole and held tube in place by corny post o-ring each side.

It did the job perfectly





I'll use this with all my dry hopped brews from now on.