From Farmhouse to Brewhouse: Saison
Saison is a beer style that is hard to pin down. It can be brewed with different ingredients, vary in color, be sour or not, and there are many yeast strains recommended for the style. Though they have commonalities from complexity, flavors of spice and earth, and finishing extremely dry with lots of carbonation. Drew Beechum explores what makes a saison a saison and, more importantly, how to brew a great one.
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