Saison was a success

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  1. mklever42

    mklever42 Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2012 Colorado

    I brewed up a saison using a cultured blend of Crooked Stave and Hill Farmstead yeast strains. This turned out beautiful! Taste is nice and dry with funky tartness. Exceeded my expectations. Nobody else knows what any of this means so I had to share my excitement with this community.

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    #1 mklever42, Apr 28, 2013
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  2. digitalbullet

    digitalbullet Initiate (0) Jul 15, 2008 California

    Congrats! Looks good. I love saisons!
     
    #2 digitalbullet, Apr 28, 2013
  3. InVinoVeritas

    InVinoVeritas Initiate (0) Apr 16, 2012 Wisconsin

    Nicely done, congrats on the win!!!
     
    #3 InVinoVeritas, Apr 28, 2013
  4. sergeantstogie

    sergeantstogie Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2010 Washington

    Nice man! That's what it's all about!
     
    #4 sergeantstogie, Apr 28, 2013
  5. scurvy311

    scurvy311 Savant (1,135) Dec 3, 2005 Louisiana

    Nice clarity...great color.
     
    #5 scurvy311, Apr 28, 2013
  6. PortLargo

    PortLargo Pooh-Bah (1,831) Oct 19, 2012 Florida
    Pooh-Bah

    I hear ya . . . really nice looking brew, but how come the trees have no leaves? I'm about a month behind you. My Saison is fermenting with harvested yeast from Ommegang/DuPont and the suspense is high.
     
    #6 PortLargo, Apr 28, 2013
  7. FarmerTed

    FarmerTed Pundit (928) May 31, 2011 Colorado

    It's been snowing every tuesday for the past month, the coming one included. That's why his trees have no leaves.
     
    #7 FarmerTed, Apr 29, 2013
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  8. b-one

    b-one Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2013 California

    Not a big fan of the genre, but grats on exceeding your expectations. That's why why do it, yes?
     
    #8 b-one, Apr 29, 2013
  9. Tebuken

    Tebuken Initiate (0) Jun 6, 2009 Argentina

    Nice color Sir, I think I can imagine its taste.Congrats!!!!!
     
    #9 Tebuken, Apr 29, 2013
  10. AlCaponeJunior

    AlCaponeJunior Grand Pooh-Bah (3,452) May 21, 2010 Texas
    Society Pooh-Bah

    I need to make another saison. Better yet, another petite smash saison fermented at 64F. The first one was such a big hit I don't know what's taken me so long to brew another.

    Looks good man!
     
    #10 AlCaponeJunior, Apr 29, 2013
  11. FarmerTed

    FarmerTed Pundit (928) May 31, 2011 Colorado

    I need to brew a saison with crooked stave dregs in it. Damn, I wish I'd thought of that.
     
    #11 FarmerTed, Apr 30, 2013
  12. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Its bullshit. Last year we were in the 80s already.

    Op, what CS dregs did you use? I've been thinking about harvesting some surette provincial saison dregs, but I've got two weeks of fermentation going on a saison brewed with wlp670 going right now. Have to wait to do a CS saison.
     
    #12 SFACRKnight, Apr 30, 2013
  13. mklever42

    mklever42 Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2012 Colorado

    I used CS Surette Provision Saison dregs. I took them from 8 bottles and built up a starter from that.
     
    #13 mklever42, Apr 30, 2013
  14. indabebe

    indabebe Initiate (0) Oct 26, 2011 California

    What temo was it fermenting at? And what IBU?
     
    #14 indabebe, Apr 30, 2013
  15. mklever42

    mklever42 Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2012 Colorado

    Fermented at 70degrees and used 1oz of Amarillo at 60min and 1.5oz at 10min.
     
    #15 mklever42, Apr 30, 2013
  16. indabebe

    indabebe Initiate (0) Oct 26, 2011 California

    nice. gonna try this. was this a 5 gal. batch?
     
    #16 indabebe, Apr 30, 2013
  17. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Nice. Sounds tasty, maybe when I get bottled we could do an IP bottle trade or homebrew bottle share.
     
    #17 SFACRKnight, Apr 30, 2013
  18. mklever42

    mklever42 Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2012 Colorado

    YES!
     
    #18 mklever42, Apr 30, 2013
  19. mklever42

    mklever42 Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2012 Colorado

    Yes it was. I ended up with 4.75gallons when it was all said and done. I used 4.5oz of priming sugar for carbonation.
     
    #19 mklever42, Apr 30, 2013
  20. ShawDeuce22

    ShawDeuce22 Crusader (457) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts

    And what Hill Farmstead dregs did you use?
     
    #20 ShawDeuce22, Apr 30, 2013
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