Jimbo’s Beerbos Famous Recipe. Fear the Walking Dead

[GrogNerd]

so, for the past couple weeks there has been a character on Fear the Walking Dead who wants to bring beer back to the post-apocalyptic world.

last episode, he gave up his "famous" recipe

he specified %s for the grain bill

68% pilsner malt
15% wheat malk (& specified Weyermans)
7% flaked oats
10% vienna malt

but he gave the hops in grams, no times given, no ibus

40g Slovenia hops, guessing Bobek
70g Czech Saaz

Belgian AND French Saison yeast

mash at 151-152

pitch at 68 and hold for 10 days, minimum

tweaking in Beersmith gives me the following recipe for a 5-gallon batch
8lb 5oz Pils
1lb 13 oz Wheat
1lb 4 oz Vienna
14 oz flaked oats

2.5 oz Saaz for 60 minutes
1.5 oz Bobek for 60 minutes

OG 1.065 FG 1.012 ABV 6.9%
29 IBU 4.6 SRM

I'm not usually one to ask for critiques of a recipe (It'll make BEER!) but looking for opinions

 

[Mothman]

He also whispered a secret ingredient, which we couldn't hear.... any guesses?

 

[FatDragon]

Sure, they're low AA%, but why put all of the hops at 60 minutes? By my rough calculations, you're getting 60-70 IBUs with zero aroma or flavor additions, which doesn't seem like it would make a very tasty saison. I'd probably do an ounce or so of the Saaz at 60 and the rest of the hops near flameout.

Edit: I see you've got it calculated at 29 IBU. I assume that means there's a typo in your recipe for the hop schedule?

 

[GrogNerd]

orange zest & coriander

he didn't give times for the hops, just amount and type

I see my mistake, was bad equipment profile. now I'm getting 53 ibu

 

[TwistedGray]

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[GrogNerd]

IDC, thanks

 

[hottpeper13]

How are you finishing at 1.012 with a Saison yeast? Mashing at 160?

 

[GrogNerd]

I'm not finishing at 1.012. Beersmith tells me the ESTIMATED FG is 1.012

the mash profile is set at 151

maybe ask Dr Smith?

 

[snowtiger1987]

You guys have the batch size wrong. Try Jimbo's hop amounts in a 10 gallon batch. The IBU's make more sense then. Considering most of these people were probably Bud Light type beer drinkers and they haven't have beer in a year or 2 they would probably not like a beer that had 50+ IBU's.