Stickers Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Ok here's my thought.. Coopers Canadian 1.7kg BE2 LDM 500g 2 Row pale 1kg Light Crystal 300g BE-134 Yeast Citra and Amarillo Now the training wheels are off it's time to attempt something a bit different. Spreadsheet math suggests it is do-able. I already have the yeast, light crystal and hops so its about a $40 investment to try something a bit funky. Would dry hop with about 20g of citra. Any suggestions/thoughts welcome.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 DO it! What ferment temp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Green Blob said: DO it! What ferment temp? ambient - still without a fridge. should be around the high 20s-low 30s in melb next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 You have a few extra ingredients in the spreadsheet that you didn’t list. Personally I would scrap the maltodextrin; you don’t really need it in a Saison. I would replace it with some wheat malt if you have some. And don’t be surprised if it finishes a lot lower than 1009, although I don’t have any experience with that particular yeast. Good luck with it. It should be a nice beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Hairy said: You have a few extra ingredients in the spreadsheet that you didn’t list. Personally I would scrap the maltodextrin; you don’t really need it in a Saison. I would replace it with some wheat malt if you have some. And don’t be surprised if it finishes a lot lower than 1009, although I don’t have any experience with that particular yeast. Good luck with it. It should be a nice beer. the dex/maltodex is part of the 1kg Brew Enhancer 2 and then planning on adding a box of coopers LDM. the only other grain i have on hand are reds (cara red, cara aroma and red x) and would rather save those for irish reds down the track 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Just now, Stickers said: the dex/maltodex is part of the 1kg Brew Enhancer 2 and then planning on adding a box of coopers LDM. the only other grain i have on hand are reds (cara red, cara aroma and red x) and would rather save those for irish reds down the track I get it now. Carry on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 first pour, i forgot to add the crystal malt so it's a 6.2% rathar than 6.7%. first pour and taste tonight. ferment time: 15 days. time in bottles: 19 days will review later, can say from the very first sip this tastes nothing like anything i've made before and first impressions suggest it is a success! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Stickers said: first pour, i forgot to add the crystal malt so it's a 6.2% rathar than 6.7%. first pour and taste tonight. ferment time: 15 days. time in bottles: 19 days will review later, can say from the very first sip this tastes nothing like anything i've made before and first impressions suggest it is a success! TOP stuff - you don't need crystal, saison should be DRY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 Just now, Green Blob said: TOP stuff - you don't need crystal, saison should be DRY thanks and appreciated it didn't bother me at the time that i'd forgotten and glad i stuck with just the 2 row. its got a bit of a banana like flavour going on and yeah.. dry is a good way of putting it. and it's probably the clearest brew i've done. very happy at the moment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 having used all these ingredients before with ale yeasts, i actually had no idea that changing to a different yeast strain could give a totally different flavour profile. like off the charts different and not just like how alt rock and nu rock are different. i'm a little smashed. anyway, here's wonderwall 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 2/11/2021 at 3:33 PM, Stickers said: first pour, i forgot to add the crystal malt so it's a 6.2% rathar than 6.7%. first pour and taste tonight. ferment time: 15 days. time in bottles: 19 days will review later, can say from the very first sip this tastes nothing like anything i've made before and first impressions suggest it is a success! That’s awesome mate my next brew will be a Saison Dupont clone which will be my first Saison can’t wait. It will be all Pilsner malt pretty simple and dry so I think it was a good thing you didn’t put the crystal in as GB has already stated. Well done and enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, RDT2 said: That’s awesome mate my next brew will be a Saison Dupont clone which will be my first Saison can’t wait. It will be all Pilsner malt pretty simple and dry so I think it was a good thing you didn’t put the crystal in as GB has already stated. Well done and enjoy cheers, i've got a couple of mates expressing interest in trying some after i posted a pic on insta so will be great to get some feedback from the friends. it is more a one bottle a night brew too, so this batch will last awhile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 21 minutes ago, Stickers said: cheers, i've got a couple of mates expressing interest in trying some after i posted a pic on insta so will be great to get some feedback from the friends. it is more a one bottle a night brew too, so this batch will last awhile Yeah I know what you mean by one bottle a night but I am intrigued by the style and can’t wait to make it myself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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