Naked saison??

[surgical_ass]

Thinking of using golden naked oats for the first time. 90% pilsner 10% gno. Will use a 1oz fo charge of galaxy with wyeast 3724 as yeast. Thoughts? Anyone use gno in saison? Thoughts on hop charge? Will bitter with magnum.

 

[surgical_ass]

Bump?

 

[Hujo]

Sounds great. I love golden naked oats, and Galaxy is an excellent hop for a saison, IMO. You could probably do two or three oz though - if you want it hoppy and tropical, do it proper. I'd dry hop it as well.

 

[surgical_ass]

Sounds great. I love golden naked oats, and Galaxy is an excellent hop for a saison, IMO. You could probably do two or three oz though - if you want it hoppy and tropical, do it proper. I'd dry hop it as well.

I scaled the gno down to about 6% as I read it can take over quickly. What percentage do you normally shoot for with this grain?

 

[badlee]

With that kind of hop,the only thing you will get from the oats is smoothness of mouthfeel

 

[tmendick]

IMO 10% is a bit too much for a saison. I used about 10% and it came out a bit too nutty and berry-y for a saison. I'd shoot for 5%-8%

 

[surgical_ass]

IMO 10% is a bit too much for a saison. I used about 10% and it came out a bit too nutty and berry-y for a saison. I'd shoot for 5%-8%

Yea that's what I was afraid of. I brought it down to 6% I might take my fo galaxy charge down to .5oz to try and let some of the berry nut profile show. I'm hoping that I can get the yeast, hop and oats to come through together without one overpowering the other

 

[surgical_ass]

Anyone try gno in an English bitter? I'm thinking around 5%. Thoughts?

 

[badlee]

It depends upon your other grains in the bitter.
Anything bold will cover up the oats.

 

[surgical_ass]

It depends upon your other grains in the bitter.
Anything bold will cover up the oats.

6% gno
9% 75L crystal
85% mo

Balanced enough to let the gno show?

 

[badlee]

Maybe 8% would show through.
Which maltster does the C75 come from?

 

[badlee]

I think that if you were to sub crystal wheat for the C75,you would have a better combo,they very much compliment each other

 

[surgical_ass]

Maybe 8% would show through.
Which maltster does the C75 come from?[/QUOTEcrisp I think.

 

[surgical_ass]

I think that if you were to sub crystal wheat for the C75,you would have a better combo,they very much compliment each other

Do they have crystal wheat that dark? Sounds like a good idea.

 

[surgical_ass]

Maybe 8% would show through.
Which maltster does the C75 come from?

Crisp I think

 

[badlee]

Yes,they do. I think it is either 75 or 85L.

 

[surgical_ass]

Yes,they do. I think it is either 75 or 85L.

I found some Thomas faucet crystal wheat that is 54 L. How will this be different from regular crystal malt? Is it just what the wheat brings to the table?

 

[badlee]

It brings a wonderful toasty flavour that reminds me of granola bars

 

[Hujo]

I scaled the gno down to about 6% as I read it can take over quickly. What percentage do you normally shoot for with this grain?

The last time I used GNO in a saison, i used 8%. I also used 8% each of rye malt and wheat malt, and hopped with Nelson, Mosaic and Cascade. I used Belle Saison. It was pretty good IIRC, I didn't feel that the GNO took over at all.