Extract session saison...problems?

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  1. BedetheVenerable

    BedetheVenerable Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2008 Missouri

    Thanks to a hurried order, I'm 2 lbs short of extract and have nothing fresh available locally. The brew was originally 5 lbs pilsner dme, 1 lb wheat dme and 8oz corn sugar and clocked in at about 4.8%. Now, I'm looking just shy of 3.75. I love the DuPont yeast and am using it here. Sugar is at 11% and I dont want to up that. If I take bittering down I around 20 ibus and ferment warm and dry to accent this yeasts best points, is this going to turn out arid and sharp, thin and overly harsh at a gravity more suited to English bitter or mild? I know I could mini mash or partial mash but w a new bay we hardly have 20 min to ourselves and I don't want to get out my AG or partial mash gear if possible.
     
    #1 BedetheVenerable, Jul 24, 2014
  2. Wanda

    Wanda Zealot (518) Nov 23, 2006 Tennessee

    Kids...what can you do huh?

    Why not just scale down the batch size?
     
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  3. BedetheVenerable

    BedetheVenerable Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2008 Missouri


    This was the obvious first solution to me as well. However, i have a brand new legging system (had it almost a year now) and never have gotten to use it. Also, with the little lady being here now, money is far, far tighter (turns out baby clothes/etc/etc are a COMPLETE racket, but hey, formula and diapers are necessary). I wouldn't mind having a full 5 around. I guess if i had to i could use my old tap a draft system w/a 4 gallon batch, but those little co2 cartridges are outrageously expensive sadly. Still...maybe
     
    #3 BedetheVenerable, Jul 24, 2014
  4. Wanda

    Wanda Zealot (518) Nov 23, 2006 Tennessee

    I have twin girls so believe me when I say, I know how expensive kids can be. I don't think I had a drop of alcohol in the first 6weeks after they were born...too damn busy and too damn exhausted. If it were me and I was faced with this I'd scale down and go with the old system and wait until I had a batch I knew was worthy of the new. And in the meantime try and sleep as much as you can.
     
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  5. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I would just make a lower gravity Saison/Grisette. No worries. With that sugar component, it will be extra dry, but I doubt it would be bad.
     
    #5 VikeMan, Jul 24, 2014
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  6. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I am with Wanda: make a smaller batch.

    Good luck with your Saison.

    Cheers!
     
    #6 JackHorzempa, Jul 24, 2014
  7. jbakajust1

    jbakajust1 Pooh-Bah (2,552) Aug 25, 2009 Oregon
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    No reason you can't go for a lighter ABV. Sasions were traditionally on the lower end. Besides, with a new baby in the house, you could have a couple of the lower ABV Saisons while relaxing/during naps, and still be ready to go when baby wakes up/needs you.
     
    #7 jbakajust1, Jul 24, 2014
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