Searching For The One True Saison Yeast Strain

Searching For The One True Saison Yeast Strain

Is it a Saison just because a commercial yeast company calls it Saison?

Join me as I continue our series on Saisons that we have had with Steven Pauwels, Gordon Schuck, Phil Markowski, Shawn Johnson, and Lionel Van der Haegen. This time I talk with Saison expert Yvan De Baets, coFounder and head brewer at Brasserie de la Senne in Brussels, Belgium. Yvan will share the results of over two decades of research into Saison's, flavor profiles, ingredients, and yeasts.

What You Will Learn about Saisons:

• Go beyond commercial Saison yeasts
• Using Non-commercial Saison strains
• The pre-modern Saison flavor profile 

• Essential Saison flavor profile elements and ingredients

Learn more about Yvan Baets research in his recent article from his Beer and Brewing article: Brasserie de la Senne’s Yvan De Baets Explains Saison’s Greatest Myth: the Yeast

Commercial Calibration:

• Saison DuPont

Question and Answer: Yvan will answer your questions in the second half.

Comments from previous events:

Henry "Thank you for the great presentation!! Excellent content!!!"

Lou: "great presentation Doug. Both educational and entertaining. I've learned a lot on a style I love!"

Erin: "I can't thank you enough, - cheers to you!"

Yvan de Baets: 

Yvan De Baets is Head-brewer, co-owner, and founder of Brasserie de la Senne, Brussels, Belgium. After initial studies in Political Sciences in the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (where he was more often in the classes of the brewing school than in his own auditorium), he took a formal brewing education at the Meurice Institute for Brewing and Malting Science in Brussels. He now teaches History of Beer and Brewing there. He is also a beer writer, specialized in ancient Belgian brewing techniques, and is a lecturer. Yvan judges in different international beer contests, like the World Beer Cup, Great American Beer Festival, European Beer Star, Birra dell’Anno, Dutch Beer Challenge, and France Bière Challenge.