landhoney
Well-Known Member
So I brewed 5 gallons of Saison today:
14# Pils
.25# Munich
.25# Aromatic
1.5# Fructose(I don't know how this will be different, if at all)
Hallertau @ 60 & 30mins
3g's cracked black pepper & 7g's tangerine peel(had it on hand) @ 7min's
Single Infusion @148F
I split the batch equally into two fermenters. And in half I used Fantome yeast/etc. cultured from a bottle(starter tasted SO GOOD) and in the other half I used Wyeast's Forbidden Fruit yeast. The half with the Forbidden Fruit is going to have half of the 'funky' oak cubes(Bretts/lacto/pedio/etc.) I received added to secondary, and will age for 6-months to a year+. But the half with the Fantome yeast/etc should be done more quickly, but still take a bit longer because they definitely use at least Brett in addition to an ale strain. I'm thinking maybe 2-3 months, maybe less though, but it will be bottled w/o any other additions.
Its at ~1.085, which is a bit above the high-end of 1.080 for saisons, but I'm not too concerned. I'll keep it at 68F for a day, and then crank up the heat to the low 80F's.
14# Pils
.25# Munich
.25# Aromatic
1.5# Fructose(I don't know how this will be different, if at all)
Hallertau @ 60 & 30mins
3g's cracked black pepper & 7g's tangerine peel(had it on hand) @ 7min's
Single Infusion @148F
I split the batch equally into two fermenters. And in half I used Fantome yeast/etc. cultured from a bottle(starter tasted SO GOOD) and in the other half I used Wyeast's Forbidden Fruit yeast. The half with the Forbidden Fruit is going to have half of the 'funky' oak cubes(Bretts/lacto/pedio/etc.) I received added to secondary, and will age for 6-months to a year+. But the half with the Fantome yeast/etc should be done more quickly, but still take a bit longer because they definitely use at least Brett in addition to an ale strain. I'm thinking maybe 2-3 months, maybe less though, but it will be bottled w/o any other additions.
Its at ~1.085, which is a bit above the high-end of 1.080 for saisons, but I'm not too concerned. I'll keep it at 68F for a day, and then crank up the heat to the low 80F's.