Here at Mr. Malt® the recipe is decided: we are brewing a Dark Saison. Courious about it? Then read on.

• OG: 1.047
• FG: 1.004
• ABV: 5.61%
• IBU: 32.68

Grain bill

• 4.5 kg BEST Pilsen Malt
• 3.1 kg BEST Vienna Malt
• 1.5 kg BEST Special X Malt
• 0.4 kg BEST Black Malt eXtra

We are using an infusion mash @ 66°C  to enhance body in contrast with the sourness of dark malts, due to the low degree.

Hops

• Mistral 30 g – 60 min.
• Mistral 40 g – 30 min.
• Barbe Rouge 80 g – 5 min.
• Barbe Rouge 100 g – 7 days (Dry Hop)

We couldn’t wait to experiment with these brand new, aromatic French hops. Mistral has a very subtle character, its aroma goes towards rose, melon, lychee. Ideal in late and dry hopping where a very nice and fine fruit character is expected, with clean tasting bitterness. Barbe Rouge has a very fine red fruits & bubble gum aroma with spicy notes, it is slightly citrus and herbal. A new French aroma hop with lot of flavour, higher oil and alpha content, Barbe Rouge offers a non-lingering and refined bitterness.

Yeast

• Fermentis SafAle BE-134

This new yeast strain is recommended for Belgian Saison-style beers and is characterized by a particularly high attenuation. It gives fruity aromas with a spicy character such as clove notes. This strain will produce highly refreshing and drinkable beers.

How about it? See you tomorrow!

Cristiano & Giulio

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