[pete b]

I don't even like banana flavors in bananas that much.

[bayareabrewer]

Here is a potentially unpopular opinion: if your Tripel tastes like a Hefe, you did it wrong.

Ok in that vein, if your Saison tastes and smells like a Belgian Blond or a patersbier, you also did it wrong. I think saison's popularity has grown quicker than some commercial brewers' knowledge of the style. It may not be an unpopular opinion, just venting.

Cant agree with you more. A professional friend of mine says some breweries avoid saisons because the strains are either too finicky to work with, or are so hyperattenuative they fear cross contamination really messing things up. Both of those reasons sound like BS to me if your methods are sound.

[beersk]

I don't even like banana flavors in bananas that much.

I suppose you're just fine with bananas going by the way of the Dodo then? Because they're headed in that direction, sadly.

[HoosierBrew]

Here is a potentially unpopular opinion: if your Tripel tastes like a Hefe, you did it wrong.

Ok in that vein, if your Saison tastes and smells like a Belgian Blond or a patersbier, you also did it wrong. I think saison's popularity has grown quicker than some commercial brewers' knowledge of the style. It may not be an unpopular opinion, just venting.

Cant agree with you more. A professional friend of mine says some breweries avoid saisons because the strains are either too finicky to work with, or are so hyperattenuative they fear cross contamination really messing things up. Both of those reasons sound like BS to me if your methods are sound.

Yeah, that's been my suspicion. Just BS to me. Then don't sell a 'saison', right? Not the end of the world.

[bayareabrewer]

Here is a potentially unpopular opinion: if your Tripel tastes like a Hefe, you did it wrong.

Ok in that vein, if your Saison tastes and smells like a Belgian Blond or a patersbier, you also did it wrong. I think saison's popularity has grown quicker than some commercial brewers' knowledge of the style. It may not be an unpopular opinion, just venting.

Cant agree with you more. A professional friend of mine says some breweries avoid saisons because the strains are either too finicky to work with, or are so hyperattenuative they fear cross contamination really messing things up. Both of those reasons sound like BS to me if your methods are sound.

Yeah, that's been my suspicion. Just BS to me. Then don't sell a 'saison', right? Not the end of the world.

a new brewery opened up in my area. The head brewer intimated to me that they use the same yeast for their Belgians strong, saison and witbier. It was pretty disappointing.

[pete b]

I don't even like banana flavors in bananas that much.

I suppose you're just fine with bananas going by the way of the Dodo then? Because they're headed in that direction, sadly.

No I don't want that. There just something I like about once a year. Even if I hated them I wouldn't want them extinct. Besides, there so funny! Hello! Hello! Oh wait, this is a banana, not a telephone. I suppose kids these days need a flat, rectangular fruit to pretend to be a phone.
that's my stream of consciousness post for the day. Your welcome.

[bayareabrewer]

wait, what the heck is happening with bananas?

[HoosierBrew]

a new brewery opened up in my area. The head brewer intimated to me that they use the same yeast for their Belgians strong, saison and witbier. It was pretty disappointing.

I've noticed the same. I think saison is one of the trendy styles du jour. "So let's butcher it for a year, then on to the next thing."

[pete b]

wait, what the heck is happening with bananas?

A fungal disease. Since its a huge monoculture crop, with only one cultivar commercially grown, it may get wiped out.

[ynotbrusum]

wait, what the heck is happening with bananas?

The types of banana are very limited and once the gene pool gets down to one type (that everyone recognizes here in the US), it will be endangered and risks being wiped out, evidently.

Peter beat me to it - yeah, what he said.

[bayareabrewer]

wait, what the heck is happening with bananas?

A fungal disease. Since its a huge monoculture crop, with only one cultivar commercially grown, it may get wiped out.

How the hell am I just hearing about this. That really sucks.

[dilluh98]

a new brewery opened up in my area. The head brewer intimated to me that they use the same yeast for their Belgians strong, saison and witbier. It was pretty disappointing.

I've noticed the same. I think saison is one of the trendy styles du jour. "So let's butcher it for a year, then on to the next thing."

Yup, a local brewer told me their saison is brewed with a blend of wit and "Belgian" strains.

[pete b]

a new brewery opened up in my area. The head brewer intimated to me that they use the same yeast for their Belgians strong, saison and witbier. It was pretty disappointing.

I've noticed the same. I think saison is one of the trendy styles du jour. "So let's butcher it for a year, then on to the next thing."

The brewery that opened recently in my town started out with a so-so "farmhouse Ale" but quickly improved it. they moved from a Belgian strain to a French strain to a different Belgian. They are a Farmer Brewery so I think they were pretty dedicated to getting their Farmhouse Ale right.

[dmtaylor]

wait, what the heck is happening with bananas?

A fungal disease. Since its a huge monoculture crop, with only one cultivar commercially grown, it may get wiped out.

How the hell am I just hearing about this. That really sucks.

And Y2K might spark a nuclear war, and aliens might take over the planet, and Donald Trump might become president.

Pffft, don't worry about it! 

[HoosierBrew]

a new brewery opened up in my area. The head brewer intimated to me that they use the same yeast for their Belgians strong, saison and witbier. It was pretty disappointing.

I've noticed the same. I think saison is one of the trendy styles du jour. "So let's butcher it for a year, then on to the next thing."

The brewery that opened recently in my town started out with a so-so "farmhouse Ale" but quickly improved it. they moved from a Belgian strain to a French strain to a different Belgian. They are a Farmer Brewery so I think they were pretty dedicated to getting their Farmhouse Ale right.

Awesome. That's how it should be.