Franktalk
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Lalbrew Farmhouse makes an awesome French farmhouse ale, a biere de garde! I exclusively use dry yeast. And I love the beire de garde style, maybe because I am of French heritage and maybe because I drank and enjoyed it in France with all the ambiance that goes along with it.
In the past, I have brewed it with Safale 04 and 05, nuh-uh! both are too clean. I have used k-97 and, though European, it doesn't have the right character either. None of the dry saisons, Belle or be-134 do it either, too much clove, too dry, and too fruity. Finally, I am not sure what wb-06 or t-58 are; I just know that I don't like them.
So along comes Lalbrew Farmhouse, and I brew my usual blonde biere de garde, ala 3 Monts, ferment it with Farmhouse at 72F, age it for 5 weeks and voila! I seem to have made my best dry yeast fermented biere de garde. It is a touch hazy, (BJCP says that's okay) mildly clovy and minutely fruity on the nose with a hint of ripe red apple and maybe lemon. The taste is sweet honey clean malt all the way with barely any clove in the background and a vinous hint of lemon. All this is underpinned with only the slightest whiff of clove, it is almost there and then it's not. Then, the sweetness the the palate dries out just enough to give it a semi-dry finish. I'm psyched!
In the past, I have brewed it with Safale 04 and 05, nuh-uh! both are too clean. I have used k-97 and, though European, it doesn't have the right character either. None of the dry saisons, Belle or be-134 do it either, too much clove, too dry, and too fruity. Finally, I am not sure what wb-06 or t-58 are; I just know that I don't like them.
So along comes Lalbrew Farmhouse, and I brew my usual blonde biere de garde, ala 3 Monts, ferment it with Farmhouse at 72F, age it for 5 weeks and voila! I seem to have made my best dry yeast fermented biere de garde. It is a touch hazy, (BJCP says that's okay) mildly clovy and minutely fruity on the nose with a hint of ripe red apple and maybe lemon. The taste is sweet honey clean malt all the way with barely any clove in the background and a vinous hint of lemon. All this is underpinned with only the slightest whiff of clove, it is almost there and then it's not. Then, the sweetness the the palate dries out just enough to give it a semi-dry finish. I'm psyched!