Saison: crazy, fast fermentation

[thesemicullen]

I brewed the following on Monday:

10# Pilsner
1# Vienna
1# White wheat

1 oz. Kent Goldings @ 60
.5 oz Kent Goldings @ 30
.5 oz Kent Goldings @ flameout

1 pkg. Danstar Belle Saison

I mashed for 90 minutes at 147/49. I BIAB, so my initial mash was 5 gallons and I was able to squeeze about 4.5 gallons out. I dunked the back in four gallons of 170F water for 10 minutes and poured enough in the boil kettle to bring everything up to 8 gallons. My pre-boil gravity was 1.052 (which, according to my little spreadsheet, is 93% efficiency ).

OG going into the carboy was 1.063.

Anyway ... to the point - I rehydrated the Belle Saison and pitched. I moved it to my garage after pitching wanting to take advantage of the last of our summer. By Tuesday morning it was fermenting vigorously, however, this morning, it looked like everything was dying down. This afternoon, I came home from work and there was no sign of activity in the carboy except for the occasional blip of the airlock.

Against better judgement, I took a gravity reading - it was 1.010!!! I'm floored that I've already got 83% attenuation in less than 48 hours.

It's my first time using Belle Saison and I'm sold. This yeast is a beast.

 

[fatcop]

Thanks for sharing your experience! I plan to try this yeast sometime. Please share the flavor profile when its done.

 

[beergolf]

Belle Saison is a beast..... I use it a lot and it always finishes low.

My second favorite saison yeast. Still love the flavor of .3724 but it is a little more tempermental so if I want an easy Saison Belle Saison does it.