Anyone want to build me a recipe?

[HawleyFarms]

So I didn't have plans to brew this weekend and I have ingredients on their way for my next 3 batches, but have some extra time tonight/tomorrow for a spontaneous brew day to use up some older stuff and I also seem to come across some good recipes when I post a recipe build post here.

The only kicker is that I have only these yeasts (no idea how I ran out of my trusty US-05!):

French saison
Kolsch
German Ale K97

Here's my grains:

39.5# pale 2 row
4# Vienna
1# CaraFoam
1# Belgian aromatic
1# wheat malt
1# crystal 20
1# torrified wheat
.5# crystal 40
.25# crystal 60
.25# roasted barley

Hops I have to work with:

8oz Simcoe leaf
6oz Amarillo
4oz cascade leaf
4oz centennial leaf
4oz equinox
4oz callista
4oz hallertau blanc
4oz Citra
4oz Chinook
4oz mosaic
4oz Columbus
4oz farmhouse hop blend
3oz hallertau
3oz Saaz
2oz tettnang
2oz Rakau
1.5oz wgv
1oz cascade
1oz EKG
1oz Nelson Sauvin

Open to any recipes, will pick which one sounds the best. 5 gallon system and will be kegging when finished. Have a mocktoberfest and English bitter on tap, and plans to do a blonde apple ale, chocolate milk stout and schwarzbier later in the month. Let the games begin!

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

Try this

http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/calculator/

 

[meatcleaver]

saison...
4 lbs 2-row
4 lbs Vienna
1 lb wheat malt
1 lb torrified wheat
.25 lb aromatic
saaz to 15 IBU
ferment w/saison yeast.

 

[meatcleaver]

kolsch(ish)...
8 lbs 2-row
2 lbs Vienna
hallertau to 20 IBU+ an oz @ KO

or altbier(ish)...
4 lbs Vienna
6 lbs 2-row
.25 lb aromatic
.25 lb c60
.5 lb c40
tettnang to 35 IBU + an oz @ KO

 

[HawleyFarms]

Try this

http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/calculator/

Lol. Actually, I use Brewers Friend and BeerSmith everyday. Kind of looking for other people's thoughts here ...

 

[HawleyFarms]

saison...
4 lbs 2-row
4 lbs Vienna
1 lb wheat malt
1 lb torrified wheat
.25 lb aromatic
saaz to 15 IBU
ferment w/saison yeast.

I do love a good saison. Actually cross posted this thread to Home Brew Network and we came up with a nice looking saison recipe as well.

61% 2 row
22% Vienna
11% wheat
6% aromatic

Saaz IBU's to ~22 with Nelson dry hop.

What do you think? Lower the IBU's a little? What are you intending with the torrified wheat? Bigger, bolder head?

 

[HawleyFarms]

kolsch(ish)...
8 lbs 2-row
2 lbs Vienna
hallertau to 20 IBU+ an oz @ KO

or altbier(ish)...
4 lbs Vienna
6 lbs 2-row
.25 lb aromatic
.25 lb c60
.5 lb c40
tettnang to 35 IBU + an oz @ KO

Altbier is on my list for winter, definitely. Haven't ever brewed one and it's been pushed to the back of my brewing schedule too many times.

 

[meatcleaver]

I do love a good saison. Actually cross posted this thread to Home Brew Network and we came up with a nice looking saison recipe as well.

61% 2 row
22% Vienna
11% wheat
6% aromatic

Saaz IBU's to ~22 with Nelson dry hop.

What do you think? Lower the IBU's a little? What are you intending with the torrified wheat? Bigger, bolder head?

I think your recipe looks great. I was just trying to increase the total amount of wheat in the grist, I think wheat's great in anything. I usually add a half pound of flaked wheat to all my recipes for head retention.

 

[meatcleaver]

Altbier is on my list for winter, definitely. Haven't ever brewed one and it's been pushed to the back of my brewing schedule too many times.

I love an altbier. should be malty but not sweet. looking back at that recipe I posted, you might cut the c-40 & add a couple oz roasted just for color. I'm afraid the c-40 might leave some residual sweetness that wouldn't be appropriate.

 

[Gnomebrewer]

You could experiment using the saison yeast for a 'Belgian' type IPA (I know it's a french saison yeast, but it should be similar)....
2-row and sugar (10 to 15% sugar) to hit about 1.080
An ounce of columbus at 60mins, 1/2 an ounce at 20mins.
2 ounces of saaz at 5mins.
Dry-hop with an ounce of amarillo.
Aim for about 50 to 55 IBU's.
Step-mash at 144 for 20mins, then 158 for 45 mins if you can.
Ferment with the saison yeast kept fairly cool.

It should ferment quite dry with about 9%ABV. I've brewed this before with belgian yeasts and it's quite delicious.

 

[Shawn0522]

I have heard great thinks from using Kolsch yeast in an IPA and you have some great hops!