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Saison with Rye and Roasted Wheat

4.5 kg German pilsner malt
0.91 kg flaked rye
0.91 kg roasted wheat

20 g Perle @ 60 min (8.5% AA)
20 g Perle @ 30 min (8.5% AA)
60 g Perle @ 1 min (8.5% AA)

1 pack Wyeast French Saison 3711

Mashed in 15 L (plus additional 1L of cool water) for 149 F initial temp. Mashed 1 hour.
Mashed out with 10 L for 165 F temp for 15 minutes.

Added 5 L cool water after boil.

OG 1.060
FG 1.005
7.2 ABV

This is nice. Saison character isn't super strong on the nose but it's present. Moreso in the palate. Super clean, a bit fruity and a bit spicy from the rye (and the hops I guess). Doesn't feel like 7.2% which would make this a dangerous beer to have on hand on a hot summer day.

This is nice. Saison character isn't super strong on the nose but it's present. Moreso in the palate. Super clean, a bit fruity and a bit spicy from the rye (and the hops I guess). Doesn't feel like 7.2% which would make this a dangerous beer to have on hand on a hot summer day.

Super nice beer! Love the toasted flavours. And yes, dangerous. Cheers

Wow! What an amazing looking beer! I didnt shake the proteins up into the beer until the last dribble, so the beer was crystal clear with bubbles dancing from the bottom of the glass up. Nice brilliant white head lasted the whole way down. Fantastic job with the carbonation!

Something fruity on the nose. Subtle and i cant quite put a name to it. probably the hops as i dont know the caracteristics of Perle. Cookie and biscuit flavours with a light and bubbly mouthfeel.

Fantastic beer. Deceptively easy drinking and very refreshing.

How many volumes of CO2 did you calculate for? I wish i could get my lighter beers to carbonate like this!

I primed it for 2.7 volumes of CO2.

Drinking this one this eve, Great beer Peter! A great saison to pick out all kinds of subtle flavors. I like that, nothing is over powering and there is lots going on it this beer Hard to believe that it's 7.2% as well.

Very nice saison! Lots of great fermentation character, spicy phenolics. Also has an interesting malt flavour thats hard to describe (maybe roasty, ash like) that I'm assuming is the roasted wheat. It works though, thanks!

Thanks folks. I do find the malts make it a more intriguing saison, if not the best I've brewed. Gets better with age for sure.