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Offline riceral

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Re: Saison 2.0
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2015, 04:01:19 pm »
Yeah, I pitched one @ 90F and held there last year. Hit FG in like 9 days. Any other yeast would make a fuselly mess there, but it was surprisingly good. That strain is a different animal altogether.

I also tried this last year.  The beer turned out quite well, though it still took 5 weeks to hit FG.

Wow. I remember mashing that one @ 147F, too. Did you mash higher ? I'm surprised it took that long at 90.

I mashed at 148 for 75 minutes.  I think it ended up finishing at 1.004 or 1.005; it just took awhile to get there.

It was a nice change from the 3711 (which I use a lot).  Next time I'm going to try pitching both strains.

I did a saison recently. Mashed at 148* for 90 minutes.

Used Saisonstein Monster yeast, which is purportedly a hybrid of 3711 and 3724.

Fermented at 65* for 3 days, then allowed to free rise. Ended up at 81*. After 14 days, went from 1.052 to 1.004. Something a little over 90% attenuation.

« Last Edit: May 13, 2015, 04:03:09 pm by riceral »
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Re: Saison 2.0
« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2015, 04:14:40 pm »
I did a saison recently. Mashed at 148* for 90 minutes.

Used Saisonstein Monster yeast, which is purportedly a hybrid of 3711 and 3724.

Fermented at 65* for 3 days, then allowed to free rise. Ended up at 81*. After 14 days, went from 1.052 to 1.004. Something a little over 90% attenuation.

Have you tried it yet ? Just curious about the yeast character.
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Re: Saison 2.0
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2015, 05:02:35 pm »
My first 3724 took a good 4-5 weeks to finish, I'd have to check my notes. Finished at 1.006, and is (still) bottle conditioning. Probably should have repitched some for that…

Back to the brett…how will it handle the 90º fermentation temps?
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Re: Saison 2.0
« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2015, 05:03:49 pm »
I did a saison recently. Mashed at 148* for 90 minutes.

Used Saisonstein Monster yeast, which is purportedly a hybrid of 3711 and 3724.

Fermented at 65* for 3 days, then allowed to free rise. Ended up at 81*. After 14 days, went from 1.052 to 1.004. Something a little over 90% attenuation.

Have you tried it yet ? Just curious about the yeast character.

Tasted one this afternoon, after work. Waited for it to carbonate.

Used hallertau blanc hops and gave it a wine-type flavor. Dry but not bone dry.

Was in Washington DC and on Monday evening tried a 3 Stars Peppercorn Saison. Mine has a slight pepper flavor but nothing like the 3 Star.

Pleasant flavor and I am happy with the brew.

Ralph R.