May Brew and Swap - Saison

[SMP Brewery]

Mine’s down to nearly 1.011 after 3 days, very murky though.

 

[samale]

Mine’s down to nearly 1.011 after 3 days, very murky though.

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What temp are you fermenting at

 

[SMP Brewery]

What temp are you fermenting at

Around 23 degrees, I no longer have a fermentation fridge so I’ve had to improvise with this one as my other fermenter is full. I’ve put a brew belt round it attached to an InkBird and wrapped it in some silver foil insulation stuff I’d got lying around.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Mine never got any lower, so not as strong or dry as expecting. As the temps are quite cold atm I’ve let it drop to air temperature at about 7/8 C in the garage and I’m going to keg it tomorrow.

It tastes ok to me, but I have no idea if it’s Saison

 

[samale]

Did it not drop any lower than 1.011. strange, what yeast did you use

 

[SMP Brewery]

Nope stopped there. I used CML Saison, used 2 packets just in case, could I have used too much?

 

[Broken Toe]

I don't mean to boast, but I just bottled mine at 1.001

 

[SMP Brewery]

Need a selection.

 

[Donegal john]

I never checked the fg so no idea what it got to but hey it will say saision on the front of the bottle

 

[Alastair70]

I was at 1.005 on Tuesday. I’ll be rechecking it later. It’s rather murky, going to cold crash for a couple of days before bottling.

 

[Alastair70]

I was at 1.005 on Tuesday. I’ll be rechecking it later. It’s rather murky, going to cold crash for a couple of days before bottling.

1.001 tonight, I’ll hold off the cold crash for another 24hrs.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Mine finished at 1004, 7.3%.

 

[Oneflewover]

I'm getting my offering on tomorrow. Hopefully I haven't left it too late.....

 

[Oneflewover]

I'm getting my offering on tomorrow. Hopefully I haven't left it too late.....

Brew day going well so far, I really enjoy brewing a saison. Aiming for a spicy, earthy wort and an OG in the region of 1.060.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Mine’s had 10 days in the keg, might see how it’s coming along later.

 

[Oneflewover]

Brew day going well so far, I really enjoy brewing a saison. Aiming for a spicy, earthy wort and an OG in the region of 1.060.

Well I thought it was going well! Instead of getting 23L at 1.060ish I ended up with 27L at around 1.055. Not quite sure what happened there, but I'll end up with beer

 

[samale]

Just checked my Saison,it must be early 4 weeks in the fermentor. It's at 1.004, time to dry hop and cold crash

 

[Alastair70]

I‘m at 10 days in bottle now, was very tempted to chill one and crack it open but I’ll hold off for another week.

 

[Oneflewover]

I‘m at 10 days in bottle now, was very tempted to chill one and crack it open but I’ll hold off for another week.

Go on, get in amongst it!

 

[SMP Brewery]

Just checked my Saison,it must be early 4 weeks in the fermentor. It's at 1.004, time to dry hop and cold crash

Is that something you would normally do with a saison leave it for that length of time?