libeerty said:Sounds great to me. Brooklyn Brewery has a great beer using Sorachi Ace and Belgian yeast. It's a saison, but the same principles apply, and I think it would be delicious. Let me know if you end up finding a good recipe for it, or coming up with one, might be something I 'll want to try.
Pappers_ said:You could try English hops for bittering, get a nice earthy background for the Sorachi.
kingwood-kid said:I brewed something very similar just yesterday. I went with Honey malt instead if c-20, saison yeast and a 2:1 Sterling/Sorachi combo, and no candi sugar. If it had been in the bucket more than 30 hours, I'd have a little more info for you. Maybe you can drive over to Humble and smell the airlock or something.
Sounds interesting. It might be a few weeks before brew day, so please do let me know how your batch progresses.
kingwood-kid said:No problem. Everyone on HBT is pretty good at updating these things, right?
So this is the grain bill I was thinking about. I'm going for something simple.
15lbs Pilsner malt
2lbs Wheat malt
.75lbs Crystal 20L
1lb clear candi sugar
This should put me somewhere around 1.075 OG
with my efficiency for 6.5 gallons. I have 4 oz of Sorachi Ace and would like opinions on the best use of them. I would like to dry hop 1 or 2 ounces and use the other in the last minutes of the boil, but will likely need another hop to go along with them and not overshadow the Sorachi. Any recommendations are appreciated.
mewithstewpid said:that looks good. the only thing i like to put in my belgians is a little biscuit malt, and i typically dont use crystal (but that because i like 'em bone dry)
I did a saison with sorachi late and dry. plays well with belgian yeast. i recommend the brooklyn sorachi ace saison
WesleyS said:Thanks for the reply. I agree with you and I did actually cut the crystal since my first post. Here's the grain bill revision that I'm brewing tomorrow.
11.5 lbs Pilsen
1 lb Vienna
1 lb Wheat malt
8 oz Aromatic
1 lb corn sugar
Boil for 90 min
2 oz Tettnang and 1 oz Saaz at 60 min
.5 oz Sorachi at 10
.5 oz Sorachi at 5
1 oz Sorachi at 0
2 oz Sorachi dry hopped
Starter of WLP500
kingwood-kid said:Any word on how this went?
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