I've been looking around the internet and I haven't really come across any good Biere de Mars recipes. I was hoping to try one in the next month or two. Has anyone here ever tried one. If so, any recipe ideas, what yeast to use, etc. New Belgium had a pretty good one a couple of years ago, but I don't think they are offering it anymore.
Cheers,
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I'm going to brew one of these soon, I too have had difficulty finding proven recipes,etc.
Here's some info/quotes from the babblebelt:
"Biere de Mars translated means "Beer of March" and from what I've read, it was produced in the spring months using the first harvest barley/grains which brewers claim to be the best quality ingredients for brewing. So, the beer of March is regarded as a top quality brew that is brewed in spring with fresh, newly harvested ingredients and is meant for summer through fall consumption. It is a sub-style of Biere de Garde except is usually a bit more hoppy and bitter. Farmhouse Ales has some descriptors about the brew itself."
(this guy knows his stuff, trust me) -> Al B: "I'm going to try WL Antwerp when its out soon for a Biere de Mars.... For an extra Spring-like quality, I'll use 30% dark wheat, some Munich + aromatic and cold-condition over the Winter."
My friend has the Farmhouse Ales book, hopefully he'll let me borrow it next weekend so I can read up on this style and how to brew it, I have that yeast on hand( VSS Antwerp)but haven't used it yet, so I'll probably try something like he describes, unless there's something interesting/different to try in Farmhouse Ales.
Maybe we could brew something similar but with different yeasts and see how they come out. I probably won't be able to brew this until early January when I get back from holiday vaca'. But it will be brewed in one form or the other, don't worry.
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"Did you ever kick a woman in the midsection while she was wearing a whalebone corset? I nearly broke my great toe. I never had such a painful experience." -Egbert Souse(W.C.Fields)
I was thinking of using White Labs WLP515 Antwerp Ale yeast. Are we talking about the same thing, or did wyeast do a very special strain that you have? I'm in about the same boat as far as schedule goes. I won't be brewing this one until January or maybe late December. I'm still doing extract brewing, but I'm really tempted to go all grain if I can find the time for a proper brew session. Maybe I'll see if I can get a hold of the farmhouse ales book for a Christmas present or something and hack up the Biere de Garde recipe too.
Cheers,
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I was thinking of using White Labs WLP515 Antwerp Ale yeast. Are we talking about the same thing, or did wyeast do a very special strain that you have? I'm in about the same boat as far as schedule goes. I won't be brewing this one until January or maybe late December. I'm still doing extract brewing, but I'm really tempted to go all grain if I can find the time for a proper brew session. Maybe I'll see if I can get a hold of the farmhouse ales book for a Christmas present or something and hack up the Biere de Garde recipe too.
Cheers,
Sorry, I meant Platinum...Whitelabs version of VSS. It was one of their Sept/Oct Platinum strains, so it won't be around forever. Seems like a good one to shoot for all-grain, its supposed to be all about the best/fresh ingredients
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"Did you ever kick a woman in the midsection while she was wearing a whalebone corset? I nearly broke my great toe. I never had such a painful experience." -Egbert Souse(W.C.Fields)
Good point. Guess I'll be converting that cooler this weekend.
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Good point. Guess I'll be converting that cooler this weekend.
+1 For Me!
I do get credit for bringing another all-grain brewer into the world right?
Maybe a bit premature, but congrats!
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"Did you ever kick a woman in the midsection while she was wearing a whalebone corset? I nearly broke my great toe. I never had such a painful experience." -Egbert Souse(W.C.Fields)
You can have the credit, but my wife is going to be upset when I spend all afternoon brewing instead of just an evening. When she brings it up, and she will, I'll say "It's all landhoney's fault!"
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Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
% Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.
Color Formula Used: Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Tinseth
Tinseth Concentration Factor: 1.30
Additional Utilization Used For Plug Hops: 2 %
Additional Utilization Used For Pellet Hops: 10 %
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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2.00 oz. Fuggle Pellet 4.50 24.0 60 min.
0.50 oz. Saazer Pellet 3.70 3.0 20 min.
0.50 oz. Saazer Pellet 3.70 1.0 5 min.
Extras
Amount Name Type Time
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1.00 Unit(s)Whirfloc Fining 10 Min.(boil)
Yeast
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WYeast 2565 Kolsch
Mash Schedule
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Mash Type: Single Step
Grain Lbs: 15.88
Water Qts: 15.88 - Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 3.97 - Before Additional Infusions
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.00 - Before Additional Infusions
With modern seed and modern fertilizer, when growing winter malting barley for early harvest Farmer Brown needs to have all of his nitrogen fetilizer on the plants by the end of March and has to worry about late frosts in May as well.
I am interested now to know what "Biere de Mars" really means.
Odd. Even Michael Jackson had it recorded as a spring beer.
New Belgium calls for planetary parallels, perhaps keenly aware of Wyoming's barley harvest months.
Jolly Pumpkin refers to Biere de Mars as the last of the winter strong ales.
I wonder if the Belgians have some special super dooper barley that is ready to harvest before anybody elses?
EDIT: I have a call in to my sister, the one who is UN certified to translate among English, French, Spanish and Russian. She does hate beer though, this may not get anywhere. EDITII: I heard back from her. In the French language, calendar months are not capitalized. She claims to have not studied Roman mythology in the French language.
According to wikipedia if mars is lower case in french it means the month of March, if Mars is capitalized in French it means the Roman demi-god. Not sure wikipedia is UN certified. The beer of war. For that I can see an OG of 1.068, some wheat malt for head retention, yada, yada.
Last edited by Poindexter; 12-03-2007 at 03:39 AM.
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