Curious to see others feedback as this starts to get used
http://www.fermentis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SafAle-BE-134_EN.pdf
You’ve peaked my interest!! I cannot seem to find it available from any supply shops yet. Have you seen it available anywhere yet?
I think they just announced it so my guess is that it may take a bit to get to suppliers.
Yep, that sure looks like a saison yeast. Ferment up to 82.4*F, woot. I wonder what strain it’s close to?
This product might only be sold in 500 g packages at this time. If popular, it might then be sold in 11 g packages.
Sounds like 11.5 g sachets it is…
Thanks for the info. Will this be available in 11g sachets as well?
Yesterday at 6:52am
Fermentis Dry Brewing Yeast In 11,5g sachet - Yes it will 
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Very curious to see how it will compare to Belle Saison which I enjoyed the one time I used it.
I hope its not belle saison in a different package. Not talking down on that yeast, but It’d be great if it was a different yeast for varieties sake. The specs seem different.
we seem to be entering a golden age of saison yeast. Every few weeks another comes out.
Good point about hoping that it is different.
Now only if there was a dry kolsch yeast out there…
one can dream. Same for a nice Scottish strain.
If I had to guess, I’d bet on Dupont. But at the very least it should be different than Belle Saison, since the description does say that it’s a Belgian yeast. Belle=French=3711, in my opinion.
If it really is Dupont, I’d be curious to see how it ferments compared to 3724, which we know is great and finicky. A less stall prone version would interest me if the flavor profile were comparable.
Even if it hits the same stall, you could copitch Belle just like you could copitch 3711+3724
Oh yeah, I pitch both normally when I want some Dupont character. It’d just be cool to have a version that was easier to use on its own. 565 is a little better in that regard IMO. I didn’t have the luck Drew does open fermenting it - still stalled on me. Regardless, I’m really happy with Imperial Rustic (aka 3726) right now - has more character than 3711 IMO but easy to use.
I have a sample from HomebrewCon. Brewing a saison with it tomorrow. FWIW, I get pretty good results from Belle Saison, too. I am brewing it side-by-side with this yeast for this batch, 10 gallons split into 2 fermenters. I will respond to this thread with info about how the 2 yeasts performed.
It was rolled out at NHC a couple of weeks ago. The BSG people had a Saison on tap at their hospitality booth made with that yeast and it was very nice. I noted that the pepper phenolics were pronounced. I think it should be a good choice for Saisons.
did you note a lot of glycerol?
Cool! I look forward to hearing your comments.
Nothing out of the ordinary.