# Orange & Chokecherry Saison

Brewed as the second beer of a parti-gyle comprised of:

1. English Pale Ale (19L)
2. Orange & Chokecherry Saison (11L)
3. English Brown Ale (19L)

## Ingredients

| Name                            | Amount    |
|-------------------------------- |---------- |
| Innomalt Pale Anglais           | 1.8 kg    |
| Canada Malting White Wheat Malt | 500 g     |
| Maltbroue Caramel Malt 40L      | 200 g     |

## Hops

| Name            | Amount  | Alpha   | Form      | Use           |
|---------------- |-------- | ------- | --------- | ------------- |
| Cascade         | 10 g    | ?       | Leaf      | Boil, 60 mins |
| Chinook         | 10 g    | ?       | Leaf      | Boil, 30 mins |
| Chinook         | 10 g    | ?       | Leaf      | Boil, 15 mins |
| Chinook         | 30 g    | ?       | Leaf      | Dry Hop       |

## Yeast

| Name                                           | Code    |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| Escarpment Laboratories French Saison Yeast    | N/A     |

## Other

| Name                                      | Amount  | Use                  |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------- |
| Chokecherries (with pits)                 | 600 g   | 2nd fermentation     |
| Orange purée                              | 1 L     | 2nd fermentation     |

## Brewing Steps

### Mash

* Amount: 15L
* Time: 60 mins
* Target Temperature: 67°C

### Boil

* Amount: 13L
* Time: 60 mins

## Notes

Good overall volume in the carboy.

We pitched the yeast hotter than we normally would (~28°C) to try to get hotter
fermentation temperatures, as we want the saison esters.

Oranges were a late idea, if I had known before brewing I was going to add some
during secondary fermentation, I would've also added coriander and orange peels
during the boil...

Dry-hopped and added fruits on 2020-11-22.

I can't say I taste the chokecherries, but I do taste fruity aromas that are
pleasant and it would certainly be less good without it. The yeast comes out
nicely; it could be stronger, but it's way better than previous saisons I
brewed.