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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Saison Season
Belgian Farmhouse
Ale: Saison Season
Over the weekend I brewed one of my most favorite styles,
Belgian Saison. This is a style that is extremely difficult both in brewing and
in quantifying. Why is this a difficult style? The saison was traditionally
brewed after harvest time, stored over the winter months, and then served to
farm hands during the spring and summer months. The sasion was brewed with
whatever grains the farm grew. Barley, rye, wheat, it was all fair game. Plus,
many farms did not have temperature control during fermentation and the yeast
evolved to work in warmer temps. The
beer had to be big enough to last for months but also light enough to be thirst
quenching in the heat.
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