Firestone Walker Opal recipe

[groove357]

I just had Firestone Walker Opal and wow what a great beer.
I am wondering if anyone has thoughts on a clone of it. I would love to try and make it
http://www.firestonebeer.com/beers/products/Opal
Thanks

 

[guillermo81]

i just love hallertau blanc on dry hopping....hope to see a close clone soon too

 

[guillermo81]

i would try something like this:

60% weyermann pilsner
30% wheat malt
10% unmalted wheat

Mash 60 min @145ºF
20 min @161ºF <---this is how FW dry their beer tipically

Hop schedule:

8 iIBUS amarillo + 8 IBUS styrian @FWH


2.5 IBUS amarillo + 2.5 IBUS styrian @15 min, @10, @5 and @ 0 min... in order to complete 35 IBUS or so

fermentaion....

Lallemand belle saison starting from 62ºF and let it raise free...

dry hop with hallertau blanc for 4 days at secondary


any other advise?

 

[icarswell]

Love the Opal and I am planning on making a clone. How did yours turnout can you offer any advice?

 

[clintandhisbeer]

I made this saison a couple months ago and it tasted exactly like opal... Cheers!

76% belgian Pilsner
19% Munich I
5% Corn Sugar (this helps the beer dry out)
Apollo hops at 60 to get 26 IBUs
add Willamette in the whirlpool and beersmith says that is about 2 IBUs. If I scale it down to a 5 gallon batch that is about .4 of an ounce and we let that reast in the whirlpool for 30 min.
We use WLP-565 and ferment for 24-48 hrs at 64 and then let the temp rise on its own until it hits 74 and we let it finish out there. This beer normally finishes at 1.006.

 

[m00ps]

I'm thinking the key to getting it close to Opal is yeast strain & handling and the hallertau blanc dry hop of course. Grain bills of really good saisons are typically very similar since they are all so simple (large % pilsner, few lbs adjuncts, bit of sugar)

I would think WY3711 would be the best yeast choice and let it run into the mid 80s to dry it out as much as possible.

 

[clintandhisbeer]

That dry hopping ain't necessary. Just follow the recipe I give u and I guarantee you'll taste opal.. Don't even need the exact hops