The Saison is too Damn High (#37)

Belgian Golden Strong Ale/Strong Saison

Time for a Belgian Golden Strong Ale.  I love saisons, it's my absolute favorite style, but in the case of this beer I was ready to venture out into something a tad different.  I wanted to make a strong saison.  Being the purist that I am I opted to take a Trappist Rochefort approach and use a recipe very similar to my standard saison but more of it.  If my standard 4.0% abv saison is the 3 Storms #6.  This is the #10.  

Grain Bill

• 12 lbs Pilsner Malt
• 1 lbs Rye
• 1 lbs Wheat
• 1 lbs Cane Sugar

Mash

• Single infusion mash for one hour @ 148, fly sparge.

Boil

• 30 mins - 2 oz Styrian Golding(Pellet)
• 5 mins   - .5 oz Cascade(whole)

Fermentation

• White Labs WLP566 - Saison 2(2 Vials)
• Pitch @ 70
• 1 month in the primary
• 1 month in secondary

Additional Stuff

• So this was supposed to be a full hour boil, but as I just learned, one tank of propane lasts me about 3.5 batches on my bayou classic SP-10.  Fortunately I ran out of juice after completing a 30 minute boil.  This certainly won't help hop utilization but the beer should otherwise be fine.  

Updates

• 3/20/13 - Primary - 1.075 OG/18.2% Brix