saison

Hi there, I have a couple of packets of Belle Saison yeast to use up so was going to use one on a new saison recipe. My typical saison grain bill is Pilsner (70%ish), Munich (15%), Wheat (10%), caramunich II (5%) and hopped with Sladek or Saaz at 60 and 15mins. However I have some other...

Hi everyone! I was researching some time ago about saison dry yeasts and many homebrewers swear that M29 is Belle Saison or BE-134 repackaged. So I give it a try, bought one package of each and put to test. A lot of discussion about it here: Dry yeasts identified - your opinions please! The...

It has been a while since my last post but I wanted to post some experiences with brewing with homegrown fresh hops. I planted two Centennial hops in front of my home three years ago. Even though this year was very windy and rainy in The Netherlands the hops were quite sheltered. It ended up...

First of all hello there! I've been using this forum for the 18 months I've been brewing and found a lot of answers to my questions/problems on here, so thank you to all the brewers contributing to this invaluable resource. This is my first time posting as I've put myself in a bit of a pickle...

New to the forum and fairly new to brewing. I have made two batches of the Festival Belgian Pale Ale and it just goes in our house because we love it! Now seems to be out of stock everywhere. I have had some recommendations for other types e.g. Muntons, but they are all very, very strong. I am...

Right... So since joining the homebrew forum and learning and sharing with you lot I've really got into taking pictures of beer and brewing etc. I post quite a few in the 'what are you drinking tonight' thread, and a few elsewhere, but I thought it might be nice to have a place to put all of my...

I'm thinking of brewing a special beer for Christmas using my own recipe: Makes 5 litres 1000g Belgium pale malt 250g crystal malt 500g Munich malt Mash 63c 90mins 2g Amarillo hops 60min, 3g 15min, 6g end 6g Chinook 5min 3.5g Orange peel, 2g Corriander seed, 1 cinnamon stick, and 40g dried...

The monthly Brewdog meetup on the 1st Thursday of the month is doing a Saison month in April All are welcome to bring along anything that they have brewed, but we've agreed to try at least one saison each. Any adjuncts, spices or additions you like can be used and we'd love to try to use this...

So a summer party is coming up (1 month - bottling) and I have almost dried out! I have never brewed a saison but I wanted to try out a similar beer this time. To reduce the chance of stalling traditional saison yeast, I am planning using WLP400 for a more secure and rapid fermentation. Just...