Naperville Farmhouse

Belgian Ale

This is a 2008 BJCP style 16d beer.

Recipe: Biere de Garde Blonde
Volume: 5 gallons
Dates:

Brew date: Apr 11, 2015
Transfer to secondary: Apr 25, 2015
Bottling: May 09, 2015

Ingredients:

Water source: basement utility sink filtered dispenser
Yeast: WLP565 Belgian Saison
Pitched on yeast bed from Plainfield Saison

Grain bill

	Potential sg pppg	Points per gal
10 lbs Pilsener Malt 1 lb Caravienne Malt 1 lb Biscuit Malt 12 oz Corn Sugar	1.037 1.035 1.034 1.046	370.0 35.0 34.0 34.5
	Ideal: Pre-boil: Target:	473.5 473.5 473.5	/ 5 gal = 94.7 >>> 1.095 * 70%/ 6 gal = 55.2 >>> 1.055 * 70%/ 5 gal = 66.3 >>> 1.066

Whole Hops

1.0 oz German Hallertau - 4.1% avg alpha Utilization: 60 minutes @ 1.056 = 21.9%	*IBU = 1.0 4.1 * 21.9 * 0.75 / 5 = 13.5**
0.5 oz Kent Goldings - 4.2% avg alpha Utilization: 30 minutes @ 1.056 = 16.8%	*IBU = 0.5 4.2 * 16.8 * 0.75 / 5 = 5.3**
0.3 oz Kent Goldings - 4.2% avg alpha Utilization: 10 minutes @ 1.056 = 7.9%	*IBU = 0.3 4.2 * 7.9 * 0.75 / 5 = 1.5**
	Total IBU = 20

Other

1/2 oz Bitter Orange - 10 min 1 tsp cracked Coriander - 10 min

Activity Log

Mash/Lauter/Sparge:

Heated 4 gallons of water to 170 f in 7 gallon mash tun with T-screen and add grain to obtain 152 f. Let rest for 1 hour. Sparged with 170 f water to obtain 7 gallons of run-off into 10 gallon Polarware kettle.

Boil:

Brought to a boil and added sugar. Boiled for 30 minutes then added first hops. Boiled for 30 more minutes then added second hops. Boiled for 20 more minutes then added third hops, bitter orange and coriander. Boiled for 10 more mintes then removed heat. Cooled through counterflow chiller into 6.5 gallon carboy. Took specific gravity reading of 1.062 with hydrometer and 14.7 Brix with refractometer. Rocked vigorously on folded towel for 2 minutes to aerate. Fitted stopper and airlock and placed at 72 f.

Fermentation:

Observations of primary stage

4/11/15 PM: 1.5 inches of foam, ~125 bubbles per second
4/12/15 AM: foam reached airlock overnight and overflowed then receded
4/12/15 AM: .75 inch of foam, 75 bubbles per minute
4/12/15 PM: .5 inch of foam, 47 bubbles per minute
4/13/15 AM: .25 inch of foam, 34 bubbles per minute
4/14/15 PM: patches of foam, 22 bubbles per minute
4/16/15 PM: sparse foam, 11 bubbles per minute
4/20/15 PM: spotty foam, 3 bubbles per minute

Siphoned to 5 gallon carboy taking specfic gravity reading of 1.010. Fitted with airlock and placed at 72 f. Filled 2 liter bottle 3/5 full, pressurized with 30 lb/sq in CO2 and put in fridge to force carbonate.

Observations of secondary stage

4/26/15 AM: spotty foam, 1 bubble per 33 seconds

Bottling:

Boiled 5 ounces of corn sugar in 2 cups of water, cooled and added to bottling bucket. Siphoned into 2 liter bottle until 3/5 full. Pressurized with 30 lbs/sq in CO2 and placed in fridge. Siphoned 4.7 gallons to bottling bucket taking specfic gravity reading of 1.010. Filled and capped 46 bottles and placed at 72 f to bottle condition.

See Naperville Farmhouse labels here.

Results:

This beer won 3rd place in its category at Brixtoberfest 2015
This beer won 1st place in its category at the 21st Land of the Muddy Waters homebrew competition held by MUGZ homebrew club