Belgian and farmhouse
Saison
Bone dry, highly carbonated and peppery, from a yeast that will ferment further than seems reasonable and wants to be kept warm while it does it.
Vital statistics
Each bar is drawn against the full range of all 98 styles
Original gravity
1.048 - 1.065
1.048 - 1.065
Final gravity
1.002 - 1.008
1.002 - 1.008
Bitterness
20 IBU - 35 IBU
20 IBU - 35 IBU
Colour
5 SRM - 14 SRM
5 SRM - 14 SRM
Alcohol
5% - 7%
5% - 7%
Colour also 10-28 EBC
What goes wrong
Cooling it. Saison yeast commonly stalls around 1.020 and finishes only if the fermentation is allowed to free-rise into the high twenties Celsius.
Commercial examples
Reference examples of the style, as listed in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Availability varies by market and year.
Vital statistics as published in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Checked against the published guidelines.
Brew it
A recipe on this site brewed to this style
Every figure below is computed from the ingredients and checked against the ranges above before the page is built.
The rest of the belgian and farmhouse family
Plan a batch to these numbers.