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I've made it with both. Can't tell the difference. I'd probably sick with the 2 row.
I can't honestly tell a difference either, and it's my recipe.
I've made it with both. Can't tell the difference. I'd probably sick with the 2 row.
Recipe looks fantastic so I'm going for it as my first Saison with one change. I'm going to add the honey at high krausen instead into the boil to see if I can maintain a little more of the flavor in the final product.
Has anyone tried this and did it work? Or is the amount of honey in the recipe such a small amount that the flavor won't really come through either way?
is the recipe on the first post still current? have only read about half the thread, but it seems the honey ferments out totally and only adds abv. honey is far more expensive here than dextrose, if I were to sub the honey for dextrose and say, 200g honey malt would it make a big difference?
so I'm thinking of subbing the honey for 230g (1/2 lb) of honey malt and 1.5 lb dextrose and 1 orange of zest say 5 mins left in the boil. works?
So I've been wanting to brew a saison for a while, found this recipe last week and decided to go for it! I brewed my batch yesterday evening, did pretty much the exact same recipe but scaled down to 4 gal...and used tettnang hops that I had leftover from a previous batch and also used some sorachi in the later hop additions to impart more of that lemongrass flavor to it.
Woke up this morning and it was fermenting vigorously, I'm very excited for this batch to be done so I can taste! I'm thinking if this one goes well I might try it again with some brett or racking on fruit.
I'm liking the fruit idea, what were you thinking of using?
I was thinking racking onto crushed or dried cherries, or maybe raspberries or strawberries. I'd need to do a bit more research on how much would be suitable for the flavor to come through without overpowering the beer.
I like the pear idea!
How about halving them, giving em a few minutes on the grill to caramelize a bit, let cool, mush em up and rack onto them?
I was thinking racking onto crushed or dried cherries, or maybe raspberries or strawberries. I'd need to do a bit more research on how much would be suitable for the flavor to come through without overpowering the beer.
As I have brewed this recipe before, and I do have a bias against raspberry and strawberry beers, I would go for cherries or... IMHO peaches would be the better bet. Maybe even pears. Pears may compliment the pepper better than either. If I were to make it with cherries or peaches I would omit the pepper entirely. My $0.02
Last year I two versions of this, one with Brett and one with plums from my backyard (cherry plums). Both we're awesome! I still have some of the Brett version around and it's still improving.
I think I added 18oz of plums (weighed with pits, but pitted before adding to the beer) to one gallon of beer. The fruit flavor was spot on in my opinion.
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Right on! That sounds delicious. I wonder if you used brett AND racked onto plums, might make for a good combo right there!
How long does this take to bottle carb? I bottled mine 2 weeks ago and wanna bring some to a friend's house tomorrow. I normally give my beers at least 3 weeks but am hoping that 3711 might be a little faster...
Hey folk s. I was wondering if this is one of those recipes that can be cut directly in half for 2.5 gallon batch?
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