May Brew and Swap - Saison

[samale]

I will brew my saison this week. It will be the same as my last brew. I will be using hallertau blanc, wyeast french saison yeast 3711. I just need to up the abv slightly, I am aiming around 6.5%.
This is the current batch but I was light on pilsner so it's 5.5%.

 

[Alastair70]

If I remember, but cant be sure, my ibu came out at 23. Like the idea of first wort, thought about it myself. I've never done a pale saison before. I'm thinking mine might end up at about 6.7% which should be alright for our little swap I believe?

If it’s a Saison, it’s good. The standard pale was a nudge, not a directive. There were only seven cream ales brewed and there’s probably seven different styles of Saison. I’ll update the earlier post for wandering newcomers to the thread,

 

[samale]

In the middle of brewing my Saison

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Mine has been loudly bubbling since last Sunday.

 

[Alastair70]

I'm getting mine on Tuesday

 

[samale]

It will be interesting to see the different variations of the style.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

It will be interesting to see the different variations of the style.

Definitely going to do another dark one. Not now but soon.

 

[Alastair70]

Definitely going to do another dark one. Not now but soon.

I was perfectly happy brewing and drinking IPA's, Vienna lagers and wheat beers that tended to get darker in colour as the weather got colder. Then @samale gave me a load of this Belgian stuff to try and I've just found a whole new rabbit hole to get lost in. The boozy amber Saison's look like just the sort of thing I'd got nuts for.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

I was perfectly happy brewing and drinking IPA's, Vienna lagers and wheat beers that tended to get darker in colour as the weather got colder. Then @samale gave me a load of this Belgian stuff to try and I've just found a whole new rabbit hole to get lost in. The boozy amber Saison's look like just the sort of thing I'd got nuts for.

Yeah does look nice!

 

[samale]

I was perfectly happy brewing and drinking IPA's, Vienna lagers and wheat beers that tended to get darker in colour as the weather got colder. Then @samale gave me a load of this Belgian stuff to try and I've just found a whole new rabbit hole to get lost in. The boozy amber Saison's look like just the sort of thing I'd got nuts for.

I love Belgian beers, the biggest problem is the abv

 

[samale]

 

[samale]

 

[jceg316]

I too was gonna make a sorachi ace saison, but I will go for something different. I've been a bit ill the past few days so I've not been able to do any brewing, but it's given me time to think about it.

I have some homegrown Chinook I think I'll use instead.

 

[Oneflewover]

I too was gonna make a sorachi ace saison, but I will go for something different. I've been a bit ill the past few days so I've not been able to do any brewing, but it's given me time to think about it.

I have some homegrown Chinook I think I'll use instead.

I think that Chinook would work well in a saison

 

[jceg316]

You know when you walk into a room and forget why you went in there? That's kind of what I did with this thread earlier

Anyway, what I also meant to say on my thread above is my last batch is a sorachi saison fermented with Lallemand Farmhouse, which is a non diastatic saison yeast. However it's really clean, maybe with a hint of "farmhouse" or it could be the strong herby dill from the sorachi ace, as I did use quite a lot.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Brewing mine tomorrow, I’ve cut down on the hops to fit into style. Still not sure that’s the right thing to do.

 

[AJA]

You know when you walk into a room and forget why you went in there? That's kind of what I did with this thread earlier

Anyway, what I also meant to say on my thread above is my last batch is a sorachi saison fermented with Lallemand Farmhouse, which is a non diastatic saison yeast. However it's really clean, maybe with a hint of "farmhouse" or it could be the strong herby dill from the sorachi ace, as I did use quite a lot.

How much is quite a lot? I've got an amount in mind but it's really a stab in the dark.

 

[jceg316]

How much is quite a lot? I've got an amount in mind but it's really a stab in the dark.

I used 100g in total for a 23L batch. The hop character does turn it into a sorachi ace IPA as the yeast didn't give any saison characteristics.

My full recipe is here if you wanna have a look: Grainfather Community Tools

 

[Broken Toe]

Just bottled up my summer saaz saison with Dupont culture from a bottle of lady year's batch. Might have made it a little cold as but quite a punchy as I was hoping for. Hey ho. It's beer.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Brewing mine now.