Saison Nelson Sauvin Dry Hopped Saison

[catdaddy66]

The beer gods are sending you a message only slightly infringing on Nike's copyright: Just Brew It!

As it happens I brewed this again last week (biab/no chill with hop times adjusted accordingly) and I'll be pitching tomorrow night (I used WLP566 last time and it was a winner, so I'm doing that again). Only tweak to the recipe is I'm subbing out the Willamette for 2 oz of Wai-iti. This recipe is really all about the play between the Nelson and the yeast so it will be fun to see if the Wai-iti fits in there or screws it all up!

I'll report back in about 8 weeks and hope you'll do the same!

I have wlp566 but want to use my 3711. I also picked up a packet of Mangrove Jack MJ29 for saisons... So I've got that going for me

 

[danimal92sport]

I brewed this one again with 3711 (again) but used Nelson Sauvin this time. Sounds great, right? No, I dry hopped 48hrs in to fermentation, just after high krausen and learned first-hand that the long-standing suggestion that dry hopping early strips aroma from the beer is 100% accurate. The beer is delicious, but entirely devoid of hop aroma. I’m actually pulling the keg out of the fridge to warm up so I can dry hop in the keg for 5 days, albeit with 2 oz of Hallertau Blanc since that’s the fruity hop I have on hand.

Re-learned a lesson on patience, but this’ll be a good beer either way.

 

[danimal92sport]

I brewed this one again with 3711 (again) but used Nelson Sauvin this time. Sounds great, right? No, I dry hopped 48hrs in to fermentation, just after high krausen and learned first-hand that the long-standing suggestion that dry hopping early strips aroma from the beer is 100% accurate. The beer is delicious, but entirely devoid of hop aroma. I’m actually pulling the keg out of the fridge to warm up so I can dry hop in the keg for 5 days, albeit with 2 oz of Hallertau Blanc since that’s the fruity hop I have on hand.

Re-learned a lesson on patience, but this’ll be a good beer either way.

And yes, for any of you who said in your head “get ready for a beer fountain when you put those hops in a 3/4 carb’d beer”, I did get beer all over the carpet.

Dan

 

[underd0g]

This has become one of my favourites recently, nice and easy but has lots of complexity