Tripel with Saison Yeast & Temps

[Evan La Marr]

Hey everyone,

My wife’s favorite beers are Tripels, and I’d like to brew one. However, I don’t have temp control yet, and all the yeasts I see for Tripel recipes require that.

Is it possible to brew a Tripel or Tripel-like beer with Saison yeast at the stereotypical warm temps Saisons are feremented at (77°-80°)?

Thanks for your help,

Evan

 

[Upthewazzu]

Belgian yeasts are usually good to 80°

 

[griffi]

My two cents: if you want it to taste like a tripel use an appropriate Trappist yeast: westmalle, chimay, etc. and not a saison yeast. Cool the wort and keep it somewhere with a wet t-shirt and fan or some other kind of swamp cooler setup for the first 3 or 4 days of fermentation at least. After that the temps can go higher without wrecking the taste.

 

[catdaddy66]

Here ya go... Both recipes are on the first page, with the second recipe having a more complex grain bill. Both are excellent.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/westvleteren-12-clone-multiple-award-winner.500037/

 

[Oldskewl]

I’ve brewed this one a couple times and it always turns out very nice. It uses Belgian yeast WLP500. Post #61 has the all grain version listed.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...dal-dragonmead-final-absolution-clone.137219/