Saison quick fermentation

[spiderwrangler]

No, I'm going to add priming sugar to carb, only using the cartridges to dispense, since I'll only be serving it at portable type events anyway, but I wanted to be able to hit it with some CO2 to purge the keg before I fill.

[sweetcell]

After reading numerous accounts of Saisons being finicky in fermentation; getting stuck, taking forever, requiring extra temps,

those problems exist only with the Dupont saison strain (Wyeast 3724, WLP565). other strains, like Belle Saison, don't have those issues. they generally ferment like champs.

Dupont is indeed a pain in the ass to work with, but i think it's the best saison yeast out there. BS and 3711 are really easy to use but don't quite measure up. to get around Dupont's fermentation issues, i use it as my primary yeast, get the initial flavor blast from its growth phase, wait for it to stall out in the 1.030's, then use a secondary yeast (typically 3711) to finish the job. best of both world but a bit more expensive because i need to buy 2 yeasts.

[Ozwald]

No, I'm going to add priming sugar to carb, only using the cartridges to dispense, since I'll only be serving it at portable type events anyway, but I wanted to be able to hit it with some CO2 to purge the keg before I fill.

Pfft. Just over fill it until beer comes spilling out through the lid opening. That'll get all that O2 out of there. Ask me how I know.

[spiderwrangler]

Unless I have less beer than keg volume...

[Ozwald]

Pee in it first.

Or put your big boy on & brew bigger batches.

[spiderwrangler]

Finally kegged it... hydromination says that this puppy is ~10.7%. Sessionable.

[Ozwald]

Finally kegged it... hydromination says that this puppy is ~10.7%. Sessionable.

Quite.