Lowe Brewery

I brewed beer this last Sunday. I was aiming somewhere in the general area of a Saison. After the boil, looked too light and smells like I got a little carried away with the cardamon seeds and Curacao orange peel. That may be bad for the particular style, but looks promising, overall.

All went well, despite letting a gallon or so of the first runnings run onto the floor. Word to the wise: always check your valves after cleaning.

Recipe:
2# Wheat Malt
1# Rye Malt
5# Briess Pilsner Malt
2# German Pilsner Malt
1 oz bitter curacao orange peel.
Several pinches of cardamon seeds
1# Amber Belgian candi sugar
1 oz Challenger Hops 60 mins BEOB
1 oz American Saaz 10 mins BEOB.
White Labs Saison Yeast (WLP565, I think)

Starting Gravity: 1.060

Too bad it won't be ready for this weekend's party. That saison yeast is like the Energizer bunny, it just keep fermenting and fermenting. Maybe I'll pull some off early and just see what happens.