Ginger Saison

[brewwitch]

Hi,

I hope to brew my very first batch of beer tomorrow. I am using the Extreme Beer book. Has anyone used any of the recipes therein? If so, how did it come out?

Also, I am going to make my own candied Ginger. I was thinking of using any of the left over ginger syrup as priming sugar. Thought that might give it a nice "umph" with a nice peppery ginger aroma & taste. Any thoughts?


Thanks

[dparsons]

Welcome aboard.

Only thought that comes to my mind is that for a first batch a basic recipe would be better than an extreme one. And don't worry, you will be happy with a basic beer recipe as it will come out better than many commercial beers sold on the market. After you are comfortable with the process then start expanding.

Are you brewing an extract recipe or are you going whole hog into all-grain?

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[brewwitch]

The recipe is a combination all grain/extract.

1lb malted barley is steeped until water temp is 170.
Then it is removed.

Apparently this is more like a all grain beer.

I have read over & over the brewing/fermentation/bottling process from about
6 different sources. In the extreme brewing book there is a brown ale recipe
which still has a relatively high alcohol content. The beer I have chosen's alcohol content is only about 7%.... so I am hoping it won;t be too much of a challenge.

The instructions are very similar to the basic beer recipe (no extra yeast additions or hop additions or nutrient additions...) Also no secondary fermentation so again I am hoping this won't be more than I can chew!

If it is... well live & learn! ;)

Thanks!

[corkybstewart]

That recipe is not all grain-it is extract with steeped grains and while that's a little more complicated than just extract it's an easy step for a beginner. And just because the book is call Extreme Beer, it probably is no more extreme than Radical Brewing is radical. This recipe may be "extreme" because of the high ABV and the use of ginger in a saison.
But dparsons has a good point, start basic and work out the important things like sanitation and temperature control before you start working with advanced ingredients and techniques.
Amdf welcome to the site and to the addiction. I hope it works out for you

[brewwitch]

You're right it is not all gram. If I gave that impression I must clairfy in say that is a combination in that Grain is used in a preboil tea. From what I read in the book doing that adds more body & flavor than using soley a malt extract.

[dparsons]

Doesn't sound too difficult. I thought it might have a higher OG (Original Gravity). An OG over 1.070 can be more challenging to get a complete fermentation.

Should have asked this the first time, but post the recipe so we know what it is. We can be more specific if we have it in front of us.

[brewwitch]

Thanks!


I do plan to post the recipe and my "process"... I am anxious to get feed back as a question or two arose during the whole deal....

Nonetheless, this morning 12 hours after starting fermentation there is bubling from the airlock at a rate of about 1bubble/sec.

I am assuming this is good...