Saison Hydrometer Readings
I pulled some hydrometer samples this weekend to see how the saison was coming along.
That’s the one fermented with Fantome yeast, and it’s at around 1.012. The picture shows it at 1.010, but the beer in the fermenter is at about 80°F so I corrected it for the temperature. Not bad for a saison after only one week in my experience. The last saison I brewed took FOREVER to finish, so hopefully this one will get down to single digits in the next week or so.
The one fermented with the RR dregs is still up a little higher at around 1.020. I’m not really surprised since I think this is a brettanomyces culture and I’ve heard that it’s a slow fermenter. I’ll be keeping my eye on it to see if it’s going to finish up on it’s own. I do have a slurry of The Bruery yeast that I kept from my last batch that I’ll try to use if it doesn’t want to finish on it’s own.
The good news is that both samples taste great. The RR one is still quite sweet of course, but the Fantome batch is pretty good as-is.