Jim's Beer Kit

... chance discovery in 2011, Meridian delivers a mix of tropical, berry, and citrus fruitiness with a hint of spearmint. A “top note” hop, nice in a saison, wit, or farmhouse, it can also be combined with more aggressive hops in IPAs to brighten the overall impression of the beer. My recipe is neither ...

You think that's low? I had a Saison go down to 0.998 once with Belle Saison yeast. Lol. 1.000 is the prediction from Beersmith 3 believe it or not, BE-134 is rated for 90% attenuation by the manufacturer. Talking of mishaps, I took my pump ...

... 20g Jester 8% AA @ 5 minutes. See honey in fermentables. 70g Jester 8% AA @ flameout. Rehydrated 1 packet of Fermentis Safale BE-134 Belgian Saison yeast. Quite new as far as I can tell, so will be interesting to see what results I got. It certainly responded well to been rehydrated, foaming ...

I bottled this yesterday, using 120g. Event that's probably not enough, but I'll take a lack of fizz over exploding bottles! As usual there was about 3/4 left over so I got to try it out sitting in the sunshine. Even flat, it tastes really good. Excited about this one.

These are meant to be spritzy beers, go through your favourite calculator and take it up to 3 volumes. Use strong bottles

monkeyboy wrote:Thanks for the advice. 120g!! Gulp!

I used nearer 150g for my last batch and I felt it was just right.

Matt

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Thanks for the advice. 120g!! Gulp!

My favoured fermentation profile too. Don't worry about the taste at this early stage, it is going to change over the next month or so. I'd leave it for another week. Ideally, transfer to a fresh FV for bulk maturing, before bottling. Saisons are usually highly carbonated and packaged in stronger bo...

Saison seems to be all the rage these days. It's a great style, especially on a really hot summer's day. So in anticipation of the winter finally p*****g off, I decided to give it a shot. I actually brewed this on 31st March ...

I actually brewed this yesterday, but was too tired to post about it, so here it is now. Another Saison, my go to style when I want to use something up. In this case it was a bunch of hop pellets in the freezer that I've had since I started all grain brewing.... It was ...

... Anyway, this one is a big time, experimental, hybrid brew. A super hoppy (I'm talking near on AIPA levels...) braggot, but with an almost Saison grain bill fermented with Belle Saison yeast.... Bonkers... Targets:- OG: 1.060. FG: Beersmith 2 told me 0.998 :shock: which is apparently normal ...

... abbay. Would love to find a good Belgian dry yeast strain that comes somewhat close to liquid I've used Lallemand yeasts Abbaye and Belle Saison. Both produced reasonable beer, but to my taste, the saison yeast was closer to style. On the other hand, the one I made with Abbaye was a gruit ...

... Although saying that, I did that last night (first day back at school today) and was far too tired to do anything. I did have a lovely bottle of Saison DuPont though!

... whole process of crafting a beer though is the main reason, if I am honest. I also love seeing how they change character over time. Like my last Saison, I dry hopped it with mosaic, so at first it had a strong aroma and flavour of tropical fruit, but as the dry hop fades the grapefruit from the ...

... Law) I'm kinda trying to impress with it. :lol: If I can teach him to actually pour his beer into a glass it'll help! He tried to drink one of my Saisons straight from the bottle once, and ended up with a load of the (French Saison...) yeast roused back into the beer. His face was a picture.... ...