KuntzBrewing
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I know Saisons are supposed to ferment warm 80-90s but will this produce hot alcohol flavors like other yeasts will at that temp?
I'm doing a big (1.074) saison now. Been in their fermenter since Saturday night (march 9). I'm using wy3724 which I didn't realize but is notorious. Read about it on thier site they say a vigorous start then dies at 1.035. Range is 70-95 (yes) and they say you have to get it up to 90 to finish. I have it in a bucket in a swamp cooler with aquarium heater. Started the temp off at 74, then bumped to 78 today. Not a vigorous start at all, didn't even need a blowoff it turns out, but its still going. Will keep posted this one should be interesting.
MNDan said:I've fermented up into the mid-80's with 3711 and my Saison's have been very clean! Saison yeasts truly are a totally different animal...
I recently did a saison experiment, brewing enough to put about .75 gallons of the base beer into 9 separate gallon jugs. More on the recipe here:
http://spontaneousfunk.blogspot.com/2013/02/ambrosia-namur-recipe.html
As part of the process, I created a spreadsheet that shows the temperature overlaps of each strain based on WL and WY recommendations. That's on Google Docs here (the ranges for the commercial dregs I cultured are mostly guesswork):
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7K327OhPJV9TVZHQ0xiSnRnWjQ/edit
I fermented each at 70 F for this round. Soon enough, I plan to do the same thing at 75 F. For those that turn out well there, I'll bump again and try 80 F.
I'll eventually post my tasting experiences at each temperature. I'm looking forward to trying out the first round.
I want to see the result of this experiment
I know Saisons are supposed to ferment warm 80-90s but will this produce hot alcohol flavors like other yeasts will at that temp?
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