The suggestion I would make is to perhaps do without the clove spice addition and just rely on cloviness from the yeast. I think the lactose is a great way to back sweeten against the dryness of the saison.
The brewer for Trinity brewing co indicated during an interview that it was important to include the pits and all of the cherry when making a kriek, apparently this is based on comments Michael Jackson made at some point, indicating that the pits would create some amaretto notes. Furthermore...
I've tried the Saison Blend, which is the saison and belgian ale strains. I'm going to try the hot pitch temp and perhaps more pils. Thanks for the suggestions.
In the process of developing a house saison that I can reliably produce, I've tried just about every saison yeast strain I can find. All 3 white labs strains as well as the french strain from Wyeast have been attempted. With only slight variations all produced similar results, namely a strong...