Saison Imperiale Recipe?

[Euphist]

While picking up supplies at my LHBS after work Friday, I grabbed De Proef Brouwerij's Saison Imperiale. This beer made me happy. I currently have the dregs in a starter hoping to get enough to work with...

I've searched pretty heavily and wasn't able to find a clone recipe which is fine, but can any of you perhaps recommend something similar?

 

[DannPM]

I've never had it but I love De Proef and really want to try this now!

 

[Euphist]

Nobody has a suggestion for a recipe that would at least put me in the ballpark?

 

[beergolf]

I love Saisons but have not tried that one yet.

I would also like to see a recipe. Always open to trying new brews.

 

[Homebrewtastic]

Never had this one. But I did some digging on the beer and here's what I'm thinking.

Almost all pils (as saisons typically are). Add a bit of special b for color (1/4oz). Reviews said golden light amber color Mash a little on the warm side (reviews said somewhat sweet for a saison) so around 150-151. Add some simple sugr for booze.

Really saisons are about yeast character and dryness. So I think that if you have the dregs you should get a comparable flavor to the original so long as your grist is simple and gets you to the right abv.

 

[BudzAndSudz]

I'm gonna bump this because I'd LOVE to see some good Saison recipes up in here. Ever since trying Funkwerks Tropic King I've been a man on a mission when it comes to brewing a nice saison, but the recipes are so rare.

 

[hiroprot]

The Brew Hut teamed up with Funkwerks to provide a Pro Series extract kit for Tropic King (i.e. they cooperated with the head brewer at Funkwerks, so it's not a clone). Mine is in secondary right now, so I don't know how close this comes, but here's the recipe for a 5gal batch:

Specialty Grains (steep for 30mins @ ~150deg)
1.25lbs Belgian Munich
4oz Carapils
6oz White Wheat

Extract
Bring to boil and add 6lbs Light LME

Boil (60mins)
0.6oz NZ Rakau @60
1.5lbs corn sugar @15
0.65oz NZ Rakau @10
0.75oz Opal @0

Yeast
Wyeast 3711 (pitch below 65deg, then ramp up to 75deg over 48 hours)

Fermentation
1 week in primary (I did 11 days), then rack into secondary and add 0.5oz NZ Rakau as dry hop. Let it clear for 1 week, and bottle.

OG: 1.065
FG: 1.005

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. It smells and looks awesome so far