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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
Posted in Beer, craft beer, Homebrewing, zymurgy
Tagged amber ale, beer, Belgian Blonde, brewing, coffee stout, homebrew, homebrewer, homebrewing, Saison de Noel, Scottish Ale
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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
Posted in Beer, craft beer, Homebrewing, zymurgy
Tagged craft beer, home brewing, homebrew, homebrewer, homebrewing, northern brewer, Saison de Noel
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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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Tagged homebrew, homebrewing, Saison de Noel
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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
Posted in Beer, craft beer, Homebrewing, zymurgy
Tagged belgian snifter, bottle conditioning, homebrew, homebrewing, impatience, Saison de Noel
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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
Posted in Beer, craft beer, Homebrewing, zymurgy
Tagged home brew, homebrewer, homebrewing, Saison, Saison de Noel
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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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Tagged extreme brewing, homebrew, homebrewing, licorice stout, Midwest Supply, northern brewer, Saison, Saison de Noel, sam calagione
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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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Tagged blow out, fermentation, homebrew, homebrewing, northern brewer, Saison de Noel
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Brew Day In Pictures: Saison de Noel
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Tagged homebrew, homebrewing, northern brewer, Saison de Noel
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