Very Wild Saison ECY20 - Page 3

BootsyFlanootsy · 01-31-2012, 04:22 AM

great news! I'm anxiously awaiting my free samples!

Coff · 01-31-2012, 01:48 PM

See I thought that ECY20 (and Bugfarm for that matter) would take alot longer then ~3 months. Maybe I will be reevaluating my timeframe on some of my beers going atm.

**smokinghole** · 01-31-2012, 02:57 PM

I mashed it like a saison which makes it easier to ferment. It took longer than the brett blend ECY03 but not a year. Last gravity check was 1.004 and it's at 1.002 now. If it shaves 2 gravity points off in the bottle that's fine it's going in champagne thickness bottles.

**dstar26t** · 02-01-2012, 03:59 AM

Let us know if you get the sulfur note after bottling. I got it in a blonde with Bugfarm 4. Pre bottling great, after bottling, sulfur until 6 months. Vinnie told me he gets the same thing in Temptation. Seems to only happen in blonde sour beers.

**smokinghole** · 02-01-2012, 11:01 AM

I'll let you know. I don't anticipate opening one until at least 3-4 months from bottling.

**smokinghole** · 02-09-2012, 03:53 PM

Bottled up and drinking the remainder of the bottling bucket. I like the way this tastes a whole lot. It has a good moderate sourness and a slight hop bitterness with a nice hop aroma now. I can't wait till I pop one of these. I will likely try one in May sometime. I bottled in six 375ml corked bottles, 10 - 750ml corked bottles, and a big daddy 3L bottle. I also had enough to toss some in a couple heavy crown cap bottles. Which will be my sample bottles as the months go by.

**Native302** · 02-09-2012, 04:02 PM

If you had to change anything about the recipe would you. I'm asking because I'm thinking about doing 10 gallons.

**smokinghole** · 02-09-2012, 04:05 PM

At this point no. I'm planning on doing another batch very soon and I'm only changing one thing. The next batch with have flaked wheat instead of spelt because I have a bunch I need to use up. So that won't be a huge difference flavor wise anyhow. I am going to split it between more ECY20 and the other fermentor will be a total gamble. I've saved all my sour beer cultures in a jar. I've fed it periodically. I added a bunch of belgian sacch strains, and I plan to pitch that wild belgian cocktail along side the ECY20. That way I'll have a nice 10gal helping after fermentation is done.

**Native302** · 02-09-2012, 06:41 PM

Sweet! I got a 1/3 bag of spelt on the way just to brew this