WLP670 Biere de Garde

[mwfishy]

I wasn't able too find a whole lot of stuff in the forums on this yeast blend, so I decided that I'd share my experience with it during this brew session. In the research I did find on this strain, it seemed that simple grain bills and patience was needed for it.

Here is my plan, the recipe is Jamil's BDG from Classic Styles:

12.5lbs French Pilsner Malt
3.25lbs Munich 20l
90min mash at 147'F

Steeped separately
.75lb CaraVienna
1.0 oz. black malt

2 step batch sparge to roughly 7.5gal pre-boil
add 1lb cane sugar

90min boil
2oz. Fuggles 60min

chill to 60-64'F
Pitch 1.5l of 36ish hour WLP670

Im thinking or 3 weeks in the bucket than do an extended stay in a secondary for as long as I can stand it.

Starter was started last night, brew day is tomorrow. And i'll keep posting till the keg is empty. Enjoy.

 

[mwfishy]

Came home from work today to find this little beauty!

 

[Sleepyemt]

Interested to hear how it turns out

 

[mwfishy]

Brew day went well, minus a short weather delay. This is the only 4th time using my new cooler so I'm still kind figuring it out. Missed my forecasted OG by only a few points, OG turned out at 1.083. This was the largest grain bill I used in this cooler to date, next time I might add another pound of base or so. With the delay the starter had dropped out of high krausen, but in 8hrs the bucket was full to the top! Glad I put the large blow-off tube in the hole. This stuff is rocking through the beer. Room temp is around 62'F and the bucket temp is 70'F. Once I see the temp fall off, i'll get a new set of numbers on the gravity, but I think I'm going to let this sit on the cake for three weeks. I'll keep everyone posted.

 

[mwfishy]

Seven days into the primary and she is just about finished. Tonight's gravity was 1.020 just a point to the forecasted finish of 1.019. As I did on the first batch, I'm going to just leave it alone for another 2 weeks, take a new gravity and move it into glass for the long term mature. The color was amazing, straw golden amber? It was beautiful, mild saison taste with a sweet finish. Now we'll just need to see what the brett will do.