First Saison of the season. Critique my recipe

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I'm psyched to be fermenting nice and hot. Anybody else brewing some quirky Belgian ales in this summer heat?

Here is my recipe

OG: 1062
IBU:40ish
Vol: 5 Gallons
Efficiency: 73%

Grain:
9 lbs. Weyermann Bohemian Pils
1 lb. Vienna Malt
1 lb. Canadian Wheat Malt
8 oz. Corn Sugar

Hops:
60 Mins: 0.75 oz. Norther Brewer Pellets (8.5% aa)
30 Mins: 0.75 oz. Sterling Pellets (7% aa)
KnockOut: 1 oz Sterling Pellets (7%aa)
KnockOut: 0.75 oz. Glacier Pellets (6%aa)

Yeast: Wyeast Belgian Ardennes

Anybody have any comments on the Ardennes yeast for fermenting saisons? I hope it's not too hoppy, and just hoppy enough. Cheers to summer!
 
I just brewed a Belgian that flirts the pale ale/saison boundaries. It's a bit hoppy (particularly the late addition) for a Saison, but should finish a bit too sweet for a Pale ale

7 lb Pils
1 lb Munich
.75 lb Wheat
.5 lbs Aromatic

10 gm Sorachi Ace FWH
18 gm Sterling @ 30 min.
25 gm Saaz @ 5 min.

~ 40 IBUs
OG 1.056
WLP 566 Saison II - this yeast ferments dry, but tastes sweet.

Its been chugging along at 65F. I'm going to wait a couple more days until moving it to 75F. I like my Belgian yeast characters to be more subtle
 
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