it's a slippery slope. if consumer perception is the primary driver of what constitutes a beer style, then miller lite is a pilsner.... putting something on a label doesn't necessarily make it so.
i work in the retail beer business and explaining the difference between lindemans and a...
It's hard for me to comment on the malt portion of your recipe because I've never used those grains and I've never steeped grains. I tend to use combinations of base malts to achieve my goals rather than crystal malts. One of my blackberry saisons was heavy on rye, the other used wheat.
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I've never brewed an extract batch or used blackberry purée or extract, but I've brewed a blackberry saison in each of the last two summers. I used 5-6 lbs of frozen (thawed) blackberries in the secondary. They turned out great! I think the bitter fruitiness of blackberries is a great...