How much fresh cut lemon thyme do I add to a saison?

[cowboys703]

Very basic malt bill (pilsner, wheat) probably use 3724 as my yeast and Pekko for the hops addition. I might even dry hop with Pekko since I notice during my gravity readings that it gives some pretty unique flavors (kinda minty).

Just need advice on how much lemon thyme to add. I definitely want it to be noticeable and I figure I can sit on the bottles for a bit if it ends up to overpowering.

 

[Dog House Brew]

Where are you adding? Flameout or w dryhop? Assuming it is 5 gal?

 

[cowboys703]

Where are you adding? Flameout or w dryhop? Assuming it is 5 gal?

At flameout on a 4 gal batch

 

[Dog House Brew]

I would use .5oz. When I'm trying something new that can be strong, I start there.

 

[TandemTails]

I don't have any advice but i'm really interested how this turns out. I've got a bunch of lemon thyme that's been growing well and putting it in a saison sounds really interesting.

 

[Turkeyshot]

Very basic malt bill (pilsner, wheat) probably use 3724 as my yeast and Pekko for the hops addition. I might even dry hop with Pekko since I notice during my gravity readings that it gives some pretty unique flavors (kinda minty).

Just need advice on how much lemon thyme to add. I definitely want it to be noticeable and I figure I can sit on the bottles for a bit if it ends up to overpowering.

Are you adding fresh or dried lemon thyme? And if fresh are you stripping it off the stems or just using all of it, that and are you chopping it up?

 

[cowboys703]

Are you adding fresh or dried lemon thyme? And if fresh are you stripping it off the stems or just using all of it, that and are you chopping it up?

I actually ended up doing this yesterday. Clipped about .5 oz (which ended up being almost 2 full handfulls) and tossed it all in inside a hop bag. Ended on that number because it seemed like a lot. Preliminary tastings before I added the yeast indicate a very noticeable lemon flavor. I may end up dry hopping it with some more before I bottle depending on how much I lose

 

[cowboys703]

I don't have any advice but i'm really interested how this turns out. I've got a bunch of lemon thyme that's been growing well and putting it in a saison sounds really interesting.

So far it appears to be working well. I froze it for a bit beforehand (only a few hours really) and just tossed it into the kettle after flameout for 20 minutes while I waited for the kettle to cool. Ended up with a pretty noticeable lemon flavor.

I think it's going to play really nice with the Pekko hops I've been using for all my saisons. I get a minty flavor from the Pekko and I may end up dry hopiing this one with some more Pekko/thyme depending on how it ends up tasting

 

[cowboys703]

I would use .5oz. When I'm trying something new that can be strong, I start there.

This is what I went with. Mainly because I was kind of shocked at how much I had to use to get to .5 oz. I read in another thread somewhere that thyme has similar properties to hops as far as utilization goes and to use them as you would a late hop addition

 

[deadwolfbones]

How did this turn out? Thinking about trying something similar!

 

[cowboys703]

How did this turn out? Thinking about trying something similar!

It turned out really, really good. Unfortunately all my lemon thyme died last year or this would be a regular in my brewing schedule.

 

[deadwolfbones]

It turned out really, really good. Unfortunately all my lemon thyme died last year or this would be a regular in my brewing schedule.

Nice. Gonna do this with both lemon thyme and meyer lemon, I think.