June 30, 2009.
Can it be?
My first brew day since St. Patrick's Day?
Ugh, it's been far too long.
So, for the warm days ahead (and the higher fermentation temperatures) a Belgian saison was brewed. A clone of my favorite one, and the classic of the style: Saison Dupont. For inspiration (and for its thirst-quenching abilities) some Brother Levonian Saison was consumed. I can only hope my finished product looks as beautiful as the commercial saison varieties!
The recipe came straight from the book Clone Brews, 150 recipes to recreate some of your favorite beers. Hit up Triad Homebrew Supply last Saturday to gather up the ingredients, started growing my yeast population with a starter and stepping it up daily, then about 6:30pm Tuesday started the brew session. A good time, and some prompt and vigorous fermentation...which is always a good sign.
The recipe:
Just a smidge off on starting gravity: 1.060 compared to 1.064-1.067, but I'll take it. Was a little leery of starting the brew day so late, but with a 2p-10p shift Wednesday, a late night cleaning up in the garage would work out just fine.
And a pretty cool video the morning afterward of some vigorous fermentation. About 8 hours after pitching yeast:
Just a smidge off on starting gravity: 1.060 compared to 1.064-1.067, but I'll take it. Was a little leery of starting the brew day so late, but with a 2p-10p shift Wednesday, a late night cleaning up in the garage would work out just fine.
And a pretty cool video the morning afterward of some vigorous fermentation. About 8 hours after pitching yeast:
3 comments:
trying this clone recipe this weekend... how did yours turn out?
Russ, it turned out really tasty. A smidge darker than the real deal, but the same amount of candy sweetness and yeastiness in the flavor. A good one. Good luck!
Using the picture you took to brew this beer. Would you mind giving the times to make the hop additions. They are really blurry.
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