3724 almost done after 4 days, it didn't stall?

[mje1980]

So due to my recent infatuation with saison, I'm trying 3724 for the first time. Pretty much expected to wait 3 or 4 weeks at least to hit fg. I took a sample today and it's down to 1.012. I pitched the smack pack without a starter ( normally make a starter but it swelled quickly, and hey, it's a saison yeast!! ) at 25, and raised it to 32-34 after 36 hours. Was going to leave it around 30 but I've had good success with these saison/ farmhouse type yeast strains at hot temps. I hope to give this a secondary before the end of the week. Heard lots about the flavour of this strain, fingers crossed. Sample tasted very nice, fruity and silky smooth on the tongue.

 

[O'Henry]

What was your OG?

 

[verysupple]

Depending on a few things like the recipe, mash temp, etc, I'm not sure it's done at 1.012. If I was making a saison I'd want it to finish a fair bit lower than that. Maybe give it a few more days before racking (which, without meaning to open a big ol' can of worms, probably isn't worth it doing anyway) and see if it's still chugging away slowly.

 

[bullsneck]

In my experience, this yeast will do 95% of the ferment in the first week, then take ages to finish and drop out. It should go below 1.010, but many factors can effect that.

 

[mje1980]

1.045 og. I'm definately not doing anything til it hits 1.002 or close, all the saison or farmhouse yeast I've used always get to 1.005 minimum. I just read so much about this yeast stalling at 1.030 or so that I was surprised when it didn't.

 

[Tex083]

My last saison did a similar thing went from 1.048 to 1.014 in a couple of days. Left for another week while I was away and came back to find it at 1.007 and tasty, that was at 27 degrees.

 

[mje1980]

Jinxed myself. It's now sitting at 1.008 for the past week!. Got the heat pad on keeping it at 32-34. I'm impatient at the best of times haha

 

[mje1980]

Well, I kegged it at 1.004, and served it yesterday, right on 24 hours after kegging. Reasonably clear and I must say, this has been my favourite saison so far. I will stick to this yeast for my saisons for now. I like the fruitiness of saisons, and i don't like huge phenols, and this yeast seems to have quite a "soft" phenol character. I'm pretty sure this one had some spelt in it but I don't recall tasting anything that may have been spelt.