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Well I had all intentions on brewing this past Sunday but mother nature and her ice here in Central PA had other plans for me. A trip to the ER and a concussion later, I'm still stuck without anything delicious in the fermenter. I'm hoping to get to brew my first attempt at this saison next...

I was able to stop in at a LHBS and get myself some pilsner malt, an ounce of Saaz, and Belle saison yeast. Hopefully I'll be brewing on Sunday and have more updates to come from there. Thanks all who have given advice, I'll try to update as I go here.

I've just stumbled across this as I'm watching Vikings on History Channel and was thinking of trying to brew something in the Viking spirit soon. This sounds like just the thing to fill that need!

I've actually done a decent amount of reading through the mad fermentationist's blog. He is a great source of information as well. It actually makes me rethink my original theory on brett trois hearing that it didn't turn out well at all for you. Would you happen to remember the temperature...

Beergolf, have you ever used brettanomyces trois? I was reading tasting notes on it the other and it sounds pretty neat.

NathPowe, it's actually funny you say about SMASH brewing. I just started reading about it in a new book I got called "Experimental Homebrewing" that and a concept they call "Brewing on the Ones" where they use one base malt, one specialty malt, one hope, one yeast, and one special addition. I'm...

Thank you for the thoughts! I read a BYO article sometime back that said to really let the yeast be the star in this style but I've had a few great saisons with additions of ginger so I believe that is where I'll ultimately go with it.

Well I would first like to start this post off by saying that I'm excited to be part of this very informative community. This is my first post here on the forum and hopefully this all won't end up being a big mess. I've been brewing for a few years now and due to lack of space, from the newest...