Thursday, August 27, 2009

Saison Updates

Rêve de Wallonia
  • Having some fermentation issues
  • Despite high temps the fermentation was stuck at 1.035 (Wyeast #3724 is notorious for getting stuck)
  • Sample pulled was murky (lots of yeast still in suspension) and very sweet
  • On August 14th a second yeast starter was dumped into the carboy containing a different saison yeast, Wyeast #3711 French Saison
  • As of August 27th is is down now to 1.027 - still quite a bit high
  • Sample pulled was still murky and overly sweet
  • Still need to wait, but getting to be a long time now sitting on the trub and yeast cake; keeping it too long like this could start to produce off flavors

Saison de Deux Médecine
  • Transfered to secondary on August 2nd
  • No more yarrow was added
  • Split into 2 carboys - 2.5 gallons in each
  • Brett has not been added yet; waiting for Wallonia to be ready b/c I'm splitting the package of yeast between the two
  • Crystal clear and had interesting vegi/asparagus flavors
  • Planning to bottle the first half this weekend (8/29) - can't wait to drink!!


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