Saison kit?

widdersbel · Post by **widdersbel** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:07 pm

Can anyone recommend a Saison kit, or something similar?

I've promised my sister I'll do something for her 40th party in June and I reckon something like a Saison would go down well.

Reckon I ought to get it on soon too, to give it time to condition. How long does a Saison kit take to reach maturity (bottled)?

Post by **Monkeybrew** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 2:57 pm

Here you go.

Haven't tried it myself, but it may give you some ideas.

http://www.coopers.com.au/#/diy-beer/be ... is-saison/

Cheers

MB

widdersbel · Post by **widdersbel** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 4:24 pm

Brilliant! That looks just the ticket, thanks! Should be a nice, strong, flavoursome brew.

I'll let you all know how I get on.

Caddarn · Post by **Caddarn** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:44 pm

I'm picking up the last bits n bobs to brew this next weekend so it'll be interesting to compare notes

widdersbel · Post by **widdersbel** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:02 am

Indeed it will. I'll probably go shopping next weekend - fingers crossed the homebrew shop has everything in stock...

tazzymutt · Post by **tazzymutt** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:51 pm

Looks like in interesting recipe. I have to confess I'd be a little worried at the potential for producing bottle bombs with that much priming sugar; make sure you have good strong bottles or use PET.

Happy brewing,

Ian.

widdersbel · Post by **widdersbel** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:24 pm

tazzymutt wrote:Looks like in interesting recipe. I have to confess I'd be a little worried at the potential for producing bottle bombs with that much priming sugar; make sure you have good strong bottles or use PET.

Good point. I was thinking of buying a supply of new bottles specially for this one, just to ensure uniformity, but that's another good reason for doing so.

widdersbel · Post by **widdersbel** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:38 pm

Just had a trip over to Faversham Homebrew Shop to pick up the ingredients for this. Hoping to get it going this afternoon...

Post by **Monkeybrew** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:00 pm

Really looking forward to hear how this turns out!

Cheers

MB

widdersbel · Post by **widdersbel** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:07 am

So far so good.

OG measured at 1060.

The belle saison yeast has gone off like a rocket and has a fairly strong aroma. Interesting!

Post by **Monkeybrew** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:50 am

widdersbel wrote:So far so good.

OG measured at 1060.

The belle saison yeast has gone off like a rocket and has a fairly strong aroma. Interesting!

You know, I'm really tempted to brew this with my last can of APA that I've got sitting here.

What temperature are you fermenting at?

I haven't got any Saaz, but have plenty of other varieties to choose from

MB

widdersbel · Post by **widdersbel** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:45 am

The FV is sitting in a water bath warmed by a 25W Eheim aquarium heater set to 20C, but I haven't calibrated it so I don't know how accurate that is.

Initial temperature when the yeast went in would have been a bit higher than 20. Maybe 24. I'm not sure. I really should get a thermometer!

widdersbel · Post by **widdersbel** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:02 am

Just stuck my nose in the FV...

Mmmmmmm! Smells lovely.

beerlover1983 · Post by **beerlover1983** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:41 pm

http://youtu.be/96OElj3rzsE

Just brewed this going to push temp to 28

widdersbel · Post by **widdersbel** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:56 pm

Good stuff. Will be interested to hear how it turns out at the higher temperature. Given how lively mine has been at 20C, it's probably just as well your brewing room isn't carpeted!

I didn't rehydrate the yeast but that was an oversight rather than a deliberate policy.

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