Sounds delicious. Makes me want to get started on a new brew.

Nothing wrong with plain and simple homebrewed beer. We like to be creative and clone or produce unique beers but its nice to brew something straightforward once in a while. I'm keen to see the results

I opened the first of these last night... man what a nice beer. Lovely head which followed all the way down to an empty glass. Very clear, good mouthfeel, quite malty, and not quite offset enough by the hops, so I'll add a smidgen more for bittering to the next batch. Vienna malt is something i will definitely be using more of (this was the first time I used it). The only thing is the yeast attenuates extremely well compared to the T-58 I used for Saisons in the past. So my FG ended up being WAY lower than expected.

Recipe

Type: All Grain Date: 2013/05/03
Batch Size (fermenter): 15.000 l Brewer: Simon Bloomer
Boil Size: 18.600 l Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Simon's BIAB Brewhouse (28l Urn)
End of Boil Volume 15.600 l Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 14.000 l Est Mash Efficiency 65.0 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage


Ingredients

Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5.000 kg Vienna Malt (7.5 EBC) Grain 1 100.0 %

12.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 2 16.8 IBUs
15.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 3 10.4 IBUs
15.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 4 0.9 IBUs

1.0 pkg Belle Saison (Danstar #) Yeast 5 -

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.065 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.061 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.019 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.0 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.4 %