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So I see autolysis can occur from a long primary. I also see that this may be beneficial during champagne making..?

Homebrewer who entered the world of winemaking here.. I've done 6 batches of wine so far, and, I'm still getting used to the smell of wine during the process. Sometimes it smells pretty awful. I always use kits fwiw.

Whoops! I was cleaning out my basement and I found a bucket of sauvignon blanc (primary container) from April of 2012! I have several batches of wine and beer going down there, and this one completely got away from me...! I've let wine batches go for weeks or an extra month or two (or...

No, I haven't. Thanks!

I plan on brewing this soon. thanks

How did this come out?

Or an imperial nutbrown ipa? I'd like to do this for Thanksgiving, but I can't find any existing recipes. Thanks

Well, I used sugar and pasteur champagne yeast at bottling in April. I waited to try one until mid May and there was barely any carbonation (750 ml corked)-- despite this it tasted GREAT, like a true saison. I had them sitting in a closet just below room temp. So I turned each bottle upside down...

How did this turn out?

How's your saison coming along?

apologies for the late response. i dryhopped and it came out GREAT! much better than i expected. I made labels and gave a bunch out as xmas gifts. one thing i noticed, after about 2.5 months of being in the bottle, the nice, crisp hop taste subsided and didn't taste as good or "fresh". i was...

Nice. I just watched an episode of Beer Hunter where M. Jackson visits several Belgian breweries, one of which uses wild yeast. He claims it's the only brewery in the world that does this. Here's the link http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/travel_and_culture/watch/v19943448PQkr5pN7

another question; what temp should the bottles be conditioned at? thanks again

Thanks for the responses. So, do you think I should add a package of yeast before bottling too? The same strain or something like a champagne yeast? Or I could try to harvest yeast from a commercial bottle? Side question: I've read multiple articles that mention that saisons were brewed in the...