I received a recommendation from my sister to brew a Biere de Garde for the fall. I have never made one and thought it sounded like a fun beer. Saisons get a lot of attention but this style seems to be rather under the radar. Biere de Garde is a farmhouse beer from the border areas of France and Belgium. It uses lager yeast at room temperature to impart a mildly sweet and fruity flavor. It should have a low bitterness and excellent smoothness with spicy hops for flavoring and aroma. I am looking forward to sampling this one.
Grains:
6# Extra light DME
1# Sparkling Amber DME
1# Aromatic malt
8 oz Pilsen malt
4 oz Special B malt
Grains mashed in with tap water and removed at 170 degrees.
6.4 gallons post mash and pre DME addition.
60 min boil:
.5 oz Hersbrucker at 60
1 oz Saaz and 1 oz Spalt at 15 min
1 tablet Brewvint yeast fuel at 15 min
1 whirlfloc tablet at 15 min
Wyeast 2042 Danish Lager Yeast
Ferment at 65
Water adjustments: 1 tsp gypsum
Target:
O.G. = 1.064
F.G. = 1.012
Approximately 6.8% ABV
Results:
1.0656 OG
I made this one for my wife and brewed it with my little guy. He named this beer Nolan's Turbo Happy Birthday Nancy beer. Her birthday is this weekend, remember, buy a big present.....
Grains:
5# Wheat LME
2# Wheat DME
1# Flaked Oats
8 oz Maris Otter malt
8 oz White Wheat malt
Grains mashed in with tap water and removed at 170 degrees.
5.77 gallons post mash and pre DME addition.
30 min boil:
.75 oz Hersbrucker and .5 oz Saaz 30
1 tablet Brewvint yeast fuel at 15 min
.25 oz Hersbrucker and .25 oz Saaz at 5 min
Wyeast 3944 Belgian Witbier Ale Yeast
Ferment at 68, 70, then 65
Water adjustments: .5 tsp epsom salt, .1 tsp chalk
Target:
O.G. = 1.056
Results:
1.0592 OG
