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French Saison Ale
First time milling malt
Steep it
Steeep iiiiiiiit!
Malt extract
Boiling goodness
Spices and hops in at various points in the boil.
Chill out.
Bloomed yeast
Fermentation. Love that krausen.
Bottled!
Another picture of the same finished product because it was weird to not follow up the Spongebob thing.
LucienSeptim
I love a good saison. My favorite is saison Dupont. Good luck, and keep the good work!
MathiasHallberg
Why is the glass so dirty?
UncleGlum
Clean your glassware and go all malt.
Skaboofle
I love brewing. That is a very nice color, good head, too.
JamFuel
Clean your glass, man! Or lady!
BeerIsProofThatGodLovesUsAndWantsUsToBeHappy
grukman
If bubbles stick to the side of the glass it’s not ’beer-clean’. Could be grease or detergent. Tricky to keep beer glasses clean.
ronnes
If you make a habit of this invest in a wort chiller =D
Munchman347
I made beer for a couple of years, it was a fun hobby, but it's still way cheaper, faster and easier to buy quality beer at the store...
devin7
They sell beer at the store.
ParaBellumOutfitters
What yeast @op ?
NatKingCole
I don't remember ?. Not the exact one from the recipe I posted within the top comment, but it was a saison yeast.
IHaveABoneToPickWithDeath
You could’ve been fermenting turds, I still would’ve upvoted just cuz of sponge Robert
haadyy
Recently found this style. Big fan now. Very nice. That looks awesome
DavidBowiesEyepatch
Very nice! If I ever live in a place with enough room, I'd try the craft.
NatKingCole
It doesn't take up as much room as I thought, I started in my smaller apartment.
DrankTooMuchMead
But no mead?
Ifyourenotfirstyourelast
S-steep it real good
dasAchteck
Always upvote bubbling airlocks. Cheers.
ArcadianForest
Nice!
phalanxausage
Yay, my favorite beer style! As part of my first trip to Europe I made a diversion of several days to go through saison country. So good!
phalanxausage
What yeast did you use? Yeast management is the most important part of making a good saison.
NatKingCole
I don't remember ?. Not the exact one from the recipe I posted within the top comment, but it was a saison yeast.
Smedeby
How much for a six-pack? Including shipping
AntiProtonBoy
Got recipe/process?
NatKingCole
Within the top comment!
precipitousness
The fact that you brew into 22oz instead of 12oz won me over. Fewer bottles. More beer. Nice looking siason, how's it taste?
NatKingCole
Eventually I want to update to a keg. Bottling is equal parts fun and tedious.
Waytigo
Kegging is so much easier and well worth the price of quarter keg, tank and regulator.
scarloclorne
That’s a nice grinder. Mine is drill or hand operated. Making the jump to full grain soon?
NatKingCole
I don't know if my pot is big enough for full mash. One day. One day.
imcrimson
You can do "dunk sparge", i.e steep the bag again in a separate vessel. I do this in two stages.
NatKingCole
Do you break up the malt into multiple portions for that technique?
scarloclorne
Been using a big orange water cooler to mash with for years. A 7-10 gal pot is needed for the boil though.
scarloclorne
I need a bit more space before I can upgrade to a triple pot setup.
Volpe42
All that work just to make a glass to take pictures of beer in
keeppdxweird
Beer was probably good, glass looking eh
TheJazzButcher
Unfortunately it’s not a clean glass. Nucleation sites on the side of a glass that means there’s residual something. Source: I’m a brewer1/2
TheJazzButcher
But the beer looks great. Great work @OP. Would love to taste it ??? 2/2
NatKingCole
The bubbles sticking to the side? Glass was just run through a dishwasher, any tips?
TheJazzButcher
That means there’s some residual detergent left behind. I always give my glasses a water rinse even if they’re clean. Gets dust//soap out ??
TheJazzButcher
A half fill of water, a few swishes around to coat the inside, then dump and you’re good to go! Or you can spray it with a sink sprayer, too
RyanOfAthens
What's the best spot to make something like this in? Does it make a lot of odor while it's fermenting? I want to make beer/mead but don't 1
RyanOfAthens
want to stink up my house. 2
NatKingCole
I ferment in a spare shower if I can, keeps dark, drain in case of overflow, ventilation.
NatKingCole
It can make a yeasty smell but not too bad. It needs to be in a dark spot so you could control odour by choosing your location well.
wintercoat
How does it taste? And not that artsy "fruity, spiced notes with a light hops finish" stuff. Put it in words dumb people like me understand.
LiquorishSunfish
Tastes like beer.
NatKingCole
Sweet, caramely, bright (not rich like a Guinness), bubbly, and like a little bit of ginger.
wintercoat
That actually sounds pretty tasty. Not a big beer drinker, but I'd try a glass of that!
imjustsomerandomdude
But how was it?
NatKingCole
Tasty tasty. Will make this recipe again.
junioru1234
Should leave it to mature in the bottles for a couple of weeks. The Saison only gets better with time, the yeast keeps working in there ?
NatKingCole
Agreed, left it in there for three weeks.
JDashR
Do you mind posting the link to the recipe?
NatKingCole
Not at all! https://www.joshuaweissman.com/post/homemade-beer
UncleTwistyFresh
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TheAtomicRectum
Whiskyyyyyyy business
carvinbass18
Dot
Thistimeitsjustme
. And thank you
IwanJerkow
Of course it's Joshua...