Recent content by LandoTheGambler

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I have tried a couple of saison yeasts that descend from the classic Dupont yeast... White Labs 565 liquid yeast and the Belle Saison dry yeast from Lallemand/Danstar. These yeasts will work great at high temp, and actually prefer to be over 75 degrees. What I do with them is either make a...

I'm an avid saison brewer, and I think this recipe looks really interesting. Here's my thoughts: You're gonna get some lemon/lime character from the Motueka hops. So if you want it to be really subtle on these flavors, you could potentially drop the zest and just use Motueka as both your...

I personally think spices kind of muddle the flavors of saison... you already get so many aromatics from the yeast. My opinion on this isn't from actual experience brewing with spices, but from comparison of commercial saisons made with and without them. I haven't tried this, but your recipe...

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A much delayed thanks! to you COLObrewer. That eased my mind enough to wait the month or so that it took to indeed settle out. I guess I was just surprised at how sharp the gradient shift was between the two layers, but like you said, it all settled out and the beer was fantastic tasting, if...

Hi everyone, this is my first post! I've been brewing for about a year, and recently started all-grain batches. I haven't had any snags with a batch up until now, so I'm very curious as to what's happening with my latest batch. This is my second all-grain batch, and I did a pretty...