We've gotten the recipe together for our club's first barrel aged brew activity. Some of you may have noticed that Randi finished the barrel stand and it has passed the water weight test with flying colors (see pictures below). Also, when we took the bung plug out, it smelled absolutely amazing! The sign up form to participate in the barrel brew is at the bottom of the post, so don't forget to fill it out!
It's first come first serve. Fill out the form as soon as you can (before
April 24th). Anyway, if there's anyone who wants to start their brew early or just study the recipe or make adjustments, get ingredients and so forth, here is the Biere de Garde recipe, formatted from BeerSmith:
Fleur de Lis Biere de Garde Speciale - All Grain Recipe
---Recipe Specifications-----------------------------------------------
SRM: 12.0 SRM SRM RANGE: 6.0-19.0 SRM
IBU: 23.7 IBUs IBU RANGE: 18.0-28.0 IBUs
OG: 1.060 SG OG RANGE: 1.060-1.080 SG
FG: 1.006 SG FG RANGE: 1.008-1.016 SG
BU:GU: 0.396 Est ABV: 7.0 %
EE%: 75.00 % Batch: 5.50 gal Boil: 7.84 gal BT: 180 Mins
---Grain Bill----------------
Amt Name Grist Percentage
6 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 50.0 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Munich (Dingemans) (5.5 SRM) 10.4 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Red Wheat (3.0 SRM) 10.4 %
12.0 oz Aromatic Malt (Briess) (20.0 SRM) 6.3 %
12.0 oz Corn - Yellow, Flaked (Briess) (1.3 SRM) 6.3 %
12.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) 6.3 %
4.0 oz Belgian Caravienne (3.0 SRM) 2.1 %
Total Grain Weight: 12 lbs Total Hops: 3.00 oz oz.
MASH PH:5.40 ------
---Sparge Process---
Fly sparge with 3.52 gal water at 168.0 F
---Boil Process-----------------------------
Est Pre_Boil Gravity: 1.042 SG Est OG: 1.060 SG
Amt Name %/IBU
1 lb (Optional) Candi Sugar, Amber (75.0 SRM) 8.3 %
1.00 oz Brewer's Gold [5.00 %] - Boil Hop 14.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Strisselspalt [2.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Strisselspalt [2.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 3.4 IBUs
---Fermentation Process-----------------------------
10.00 Days at 72.0 F
Secondary 6 days at room temperature (66.0-72.0 F)
Typically, this recipe and style calls for Wyeast 3725 Biere de Garde yeast. I have 3 packets and am willing to make an oversized community starter if need be. This will allow interested participants to take some starter home with them to cultivate into a sufficient cell count for themselves. Otherwise, please refer to the yeast substitute page here:
http://www.wyeastlab.com/rw_styledetails.cfm?ID=177In order for our participants to complete their brews on time for the
June 6th barrel fill date, we recommend the beer be brewed between
May 1st and May 11th. The filling event will be at the Philleo household, coinciding with the June meeting, so please be there. We plan to fill the entirety of the barrel at one time, so we can't make alternative meeting arrangements. However, you may have another member you know is attending bring your completed beer if necessary. If anyone has difficulties with the ingredients in this recipe, you may contact me anytime for suggested substitutes if you aren't sure which approach you'd like to take. Partial mash and extract version of this recipe can be provided as necessary, too.
Finally, our goal is to have a 5 gallon keg of this beer available at the Oktoberfest this year. When you fill out the
sign up form make sure you note if you are willing to contribute a little extra for this. Furthermore, anyone who is participating in this brew may also opt to have a small amount (i.e. .5-1 gallon) to contribute toward a 5 gallon total that will be aged as a sour Biere de Garde in my smaller sour barrel. Please note this as well when you sign up. I will post the totals needed for contribution once all the signups are complete. If you have any questions regarding any of this, please post them here. Thank you all in advance for your participation!