This is my 3rd eBIAB beer and is by far the best. Absoulutly delicious! I'm not a pro at tasting notes, but, this is spot on.


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Recipe Overview

Brewer: Ron Kroetz
Style: 25B Saison
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ABV: 8.5% (assumes any priming sugar used is diluted.)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.082
IBU's (Tinseth): 37.5
Bitterness to Gravity Ratio: 0.46
Colour: 20.9 EBC = 10.6 SRM

Kettle Efficiency (as in EIB and EAW): 70.7 %
Efficiency into Fermentor (EIF): 63.7 %

Note: This is a Pure BIAB (Full Volume Mash)

Times and Temperatures

Mash: 90 mins at 66 C = 150.8 F
Boil: 90 min
Ferment: 10 days at 29.5 C = 85.1 F

Volumes & Gravities
(Note that VAW below is the Volume at Flame-Out (VFO) less shrinkage.)
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Total Water Needed (TWN): 35.42 L = 9.36 G
Volume into Boil (VIB): 29.71 L = 7.85 G @ 1.066
Volume of Ambient Wort (VAW): 23.11 L = 6.1 G @ 1.082
Volume into Fermentor (VIF): 20.82 L = 5.5 G @ 1.082
Volume into Packaging (VIP): 20.05 L = 5.3 G @ 1.016 assuming apparent attenuation of 80 %

The Grain Bill (Also includes extracts, sugars and adjuncts)

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72.7% Belgian Pilsner (4 EBC = 2 SRM) 6583 grams = 14.51 pounds
24.3% Munich Malt (17.75 EBC = 9 SRM) 2195 grams = 4.84 pounds
3% Caramunich (110.5 EBC = 56.1 SRM) 272 grams = 0.6 pounds

The Hop Bill (Based on Tinseth Formula)

30.8 IBU Sterling Pellets (8%AA) 46.8 grams = 1.65 ounces at 60 mins
6.2 IBU Sterling Pellets (8%AA) 15.6 grams = 0.55 ounces at 20 mins
0.4 IBU Sterling Pellets (8%AA) 15.6 grams = 0.55 ounces at 1 mins

Mash Steps

Mash Type: Pure BIAB (Full-Volume Mash): Saccharifiaction for 90 mins at 66 C = 150.8 F

Strike Water Needed (SWN): 36.13 L = 9.54 G 67.1 C = 152.7 F


Chilling & Hop Management Methods

Hopsock Used: y (Pulled 0 mins after boil end.)

Chilling Method: No chill

Fermentation & Conditioning

Fermentation: Dry Yeast - Belle Saison for 10 days at 29.5 C = 85.1 F

Secondary Used: n
Crash-Chilled: y
Filtered: n
Req. Volumes of CO2: 2.68
Serving Temp: 1.5 C = 34.7 F
Condition for 14 days.


Special Instructions/Notes on this Beer

Pitch 68-72 and raise 2 degrees a day, hold 85 for 3 days, check gravity, Crash to 75. Started with 9 gallons of strike water at 152. Mashed at 150. Preboil volume = 8 gallons, preboil gravity = 1.050 Postboil volume = 6 gallons postboil gravity = 1.070

PistolPatch wrote:Congrats Ron and glad to hear you are enjoying it all .

Looks like you are keeping good records which is great.

Oops! Hold on!....

I think your BIABacus file has been compromised at some point. See how, in Section B, your kettle diameter is 45.1cm and the height 39.0cm? The problem is that this BIABacus file is telling you that your kettle capacity is 122.3L whereas it should be 62.3L.

So, there is some problem there and this might explain why a few of your actual numbers are out of whack with those estimated.

Any ideas on where the original file came from? I've never seen that before .

Interesting. I'm pretty sure I got it right here. I'll have to look into that and make some changes.