Kegging Session

Kegged both the saison and wheat beer this past sunday. Saison never got down below 1.014, and the wheat also ended up a little sweet at 1.015. I think I shocked the yeast with the wheat when I put the carboy into the swamp cooler on day 2. Should have done that from the start. Lesson learned again. And the saison temps just were not consistent enough, won't do another one without a brew belt.

On the positive side, both beers taste good. The wheat is pretty good considering I just made up the hop schedule with no real idea of what I was doing. Same for the saison, it is definitely spicy. Will be interesting to see what some carbonation/aging does to these 2. Cheers!

Saison slowly getting there.

The saison is still slowing going down. OG was 1.055, at 1 week:1.035, 2 weeks:1.021, 3 weeks now:1.015. Still about 10 points high. I swirled the bucket today and am going to attach a heating pad to try and get the temps up into the 80's for another week. We'll see how it goes.

American Wheat

Brewing an american wheat for a camping trip I'm going on with some friends in a few weeks. Recipe is:
5# Pale 2-row
4# Wheat Malt
1# Carahelles
0.5 oz. Galena (12.4%AA) @ 60 min.
0.5 oz. Galena (12.4% AA) @ 5 min.
WB-06 Dry yeast
Missed my mash temp by about 5 degrees, so I ended up mashing at about 147-149 for an hour, might dry it out some. We'll see about og, should be around 1.055 for 6 gallons. Cheers!

Saison Still Going...

Checked the saison at 1 week and 2 weeks, the sg is still falling and has a little ways to go yet. At one week, sg was 1.035, warmed temp up to about 80 or so, and at 2 weeks sg had dropped to about 1.021. I think it should get down to near 1.005, but just needs more time and high temperature, which is unfortunate because the weather here is starting to cool down. We'll see how it goes!