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Little Ralph Dog

From the BrewBlog of Stoopsitters Brewing – Hastings, Minnesota USA
Printed April 20, 2024

Specifics
Style: Saison
Brewer: Lon Chubiz
Brew Date: May 16, 2013
Yield: 4 gallons
Color (SRM/EBC): 3/5.9
Calories: 187 (12 ounces)
Conditioning: Bottles
ABV: 6.9%
ABW: 5.4%
Bottling ABV: 7.4%
Batch No: 9
OG: 1.058
OG (Plato): 14.27° P
Target OG: 1.060
Reading 1: 1.008  (16 days)
FG: 1.006
FG (Plato): 1.54° P
Real Extract: 3.84° P
App. Atten.: 89.2%
Real Atten.: 73.1%
Status: Bottled
BJCP Style Info: Saison
O.G.: 1.048 - 1.065
F.G.: 1.002 - 1.012
ABV: 5.0 - 7.0%
Bitterness: 20 - 35 IBUs
Color: 5 - 14 SRM
Info: A medium to strong ale with a distinctive yellow-orange color, highly carbonated, well hopped, fruity and dry with a quenching acidity.

Commercial Examples: Saison Dupont Vieille Provision; Fantôme Saison D’Erezée - Printemps; Saison de Pipaix; Saison Regal; Saison Voisin; Lefebvre Saison 1900; Ellezelloise Saison 2000; Saison Silly; Southampton Saison; New Belgium Saison; Pizza Port SPF 45; Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale; Ommegang Hennepin.

General Information
Method: All Grain
Cost: 23

Near clone of Dustin's famed Saison. Modified with torrified wheat to give nice haze and head retention.

Used Ommegang yeast for this one. 1 L starter.

Malts and Grains
10.50 pounds Belgian Plisen Malt 94.3% of grist
0.50 pounds Flaked Wheat 4.5% of grist
0.14 pounds German Acidulated (Sauer) Malt 1.3% of grist
11.14 pounds Total Grain Weight 100% of grist
Hops
1.00 ounces Centennial 9.2% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil
9.2 AAUs
1.00 ounces Total Hop Weight 9.2 AAUs
Boil
Total Boil Time: 60 minutes
Water Profile

Brookline, MA

Calicum: 3.7 ppm
Bicarbonate: 10 ppm
Sulfate: 5.4 ppm
Chloride: 17.5 ppm
Sodium: 28.5 ppm
Magnesium: 0.8 ppm
PH: 7.9%
Notes:

From Massachusetts Water Resource Authority - Nov. 2012

Procedure

Mash in @ 122 -> 118F for 15 minutes

Raised temp to 138F with 1000W heater. 138F for 30 minutes.

Raised temp to 150F and maintained for 60 minutes.

 

Used bottling bucket as mash-lauter tun. Sparged with 135F tap water to 5.5 gal.

Fermentation
Primary: 16 days @ 78° F
Secondary: 14 days @ 75° F
Little Ralph Dog
Date Brewed:  
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Brew Day Data
  Target Actual
Strike Water Amount: 3.7  
Strike Water Temperature:    
Mash Temperature:    
Mash Time:    
Sparge Water Amount: 5.3  
Sparge Water Temperature:    
Pre-Boil Gravity:    
Pre-Boil Amount: 5.7  
Post-Boil Amount: 4  
Boil Time: 60  
Original Gravity: 1.058 / 14.3° P  
     
     
     
     
Brew Day Notes
 

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