Modification to a saison at secondary

[Liam.k.b]

Hey guys!

So I've recently brewed my first Saison, I was pretty reserved with ingredients.

Grains,

Pale malt
Vienna malt
Wheat malt

Hops,

Hallertau blanc
Motueka

And whitelabs 655 yest.

I wanted to try and keep it simple for the first attempt to try and understand the yeast flavours etc and was planning to drink at Christmas.

Yesterday I racked off in to secondary and tried a bit to see how it was doing. Tbh, it was okay... but just a bit bland and not overly impressive.

Before I bottle is there anything I can add to secondary that might give it a bit of a flavour lift ? Or am I too late ?

I did think about some dry hops but I'm thinking more spice / fruit...

Any ideas ?

Thanks in advance!!

 

[strange-steve]

Just checking, did you definitely use WLP655? That's not a saison yeast but is actually a sour blend.

 

[Sadfield]

Good spot.

 

[Liam.k.b]

Sorry!!

White Labs WLP566 Saison II

 

[strange-steve]

I don't see any reason why it won't turn out great, a saison really doesn't need a complex recipe. It's difficult to tell when sampling from the FV, it's going to be flat and a bit green, but with a little conditioning in the bottle it should really come alive. My advice would be to leave it as is

 

[Sadfield]

Agree with the above. Saison needs to be dry, effervescent and refreshing, more carbonated than most styles to really shine.

 

[Liam.k.b]

I think you're probably right, ill let it run its course and see how it goes!

 

[Liam.k.b]

I don't see any reason why it won't turn out great, a saison really doesn't need a complex recipe. It's difficult to tell when sampling from the FV, it's going to be flat and a bit green, but with a little conditioning in the bottle it should really come alive. My advice would be to leave it as is

Just sampled the beer, tastes great. Really glad I left it be. Good shout!