Made based on recipe from Zymurgy, March/Apr, 2012, page40:
Saison Tropicale by Brewmaster of Craft Brewing, Co, Costa Rica.
Started batch on Jul 12, 2012:
Recipe:
6.0 lb Gold Malt Extract (Midwest Supplies)
1.5 lb Briess Wheat (dry)
1.0 oz hop pellets (Mt. Rainier, 5.8% alpha) 60 min
1.0 oz hop pellets - finishing (Saaz, 3.8% alpha) 20 min
1 tbs Irish Moss, last 15 min
0.5 oz hop pellets - aroma (Saaz, 3.8% alpha) less then 3 min
Safbrew S-33 yeast (dry ale type)
Specific gravity ~1,052
Procedure:
Sanitized everything with Star San. Boiled wort for 60 minutes and then cooled down with cooper coil cooler. Pitched yeast at 75F. Covered plastic bucket with the tight cover and the airlock filled with Chopin vodka. Kept in room temperature (66F in basement)
Progress log:
Jul 13, 2012: Fermentation every 1 sec in the morning.
Jul 17, 2012: Racked to glass carboy.
Jul 24, 2012: Keged.
Evaluation:
Jul 30, 2012: Very good, a little bit like a wheat beer.
Aug 20, 2012: Exellent. No wheaty any more. Clear and well carbonated.
Aug 31, 2012: Gone. It should not be forgotten. It was getting better every day.