Who's used rosemary?

[badducky]

My rosemary-orange saison came out really nice, though it is still a touch on the young side. A simple, simple recipe.

6 pounds of Pilsner DME, half a pound of 90l, and a pound of orange honey. 1 ounce of Amarillo at 60 minutes. In the last 5 minutes, add one >half an ounce package of rosemary from the store, 1/2 teaspoon of coriander, 1/2 teaspoon of peppercorns, and the zest of one fresh, ripe Valencia. Leave them in during the chill down, then filter out into the primary. I used Wyeast French Saison.

The rosemary isn't overpowering, at all, but it's there and it's very pleasant!

 

[jpoder]

Have you had Saison du Buff (collaboration between Stone, Dogfish Head, and Victory)? It uses parsley, sage, ROSEMARY, and thyme. Great brew! brewed a clone last year that I REALLY liked, and did fairly well in competition...called mine Saison Garfunkel.

The Stone book that came recently has a homebrew recipe for Saison du Buff. I brewed mine using pieced together info off of HBT and experience. I plan to try the stone recipe this year...

BTW, I used 1/3 oz of fresh rosemary. strong aroma...judges notes advised cutting back on all herbs. (FWIW it was 0.3 oz rosemary, thyme, and sage and 1.0 oz parsley all at knockout)

 

[ajwillys]

I absolutely love Saison du Buff. I try to get a few bottles every time I see it. It's funny, I actually spent a good bit of time online looking for a du buff recipe and finally gave up. I had Stone's book in my nightstand the whole time, just never got around to reading it (yet). I see they have lots of good recipes in there. Old Guardian FTW!