Tag Archives: Saison de Noel

Down The Drain With You!

Sometimes you brew some beer that, well, just sucks. Today was a day to poor out whatever remained of a few brews that, for whatever reasons, didn’t quite work out. Good bye to my Amber Ale, Saison de Noel, and … Continue reading

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Revisiting the Saison

Back on December 20th, 2012 I bottled my Saison de Noel. Since that time it has been consumed to mixed results. I have hated it, but a handful of others who received a bottle or two seemed to like it. … Continue reading

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Saison Failure

At this point I am going to call a FAIL on the Saison de Noel. Where did I go wrong? Not entirely sure. There’s a possibility it was contaminated during the blowout, but I doubt it. Another idea is that … Continue reading

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The Improving Saison

Impatience bested me this afternoon and I had another of my Saison de Noels. A week ago after only two weeks of bottle conditioning (as the recipe calls for) I felt that the taste was full of too much alcohol. … Continue reading

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Saison de Noel, back to the minors.

It’s been six weeks since my initial boil of the saison. Two weeks in primary, two weeks in secondary and two weeks in the bottle. Temptation got the better of me and despite knowing better, I cracked one open yesterday. … Continue reading

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Saison Bottling Day!

Finally, today was bottling day for my Saison de Noel that I got from Northern Brewer. I despise bottling day and look forward to it at the same time. Getting your brew into bottles just gets you that much closer … Continue reading

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Saison Explosion!

My first blow out! After a brewing 911 to my buddy Chip (Brewing TV videographer extraordinaire), everything was squared away. What you don’t see here is that I actually ended up attached a blow off tube just to play it … Continue reading

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Brew Day In Pictures: Saison de Noel

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