{"id":3427,"date":"2012-11-27T12:17:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T17:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:19:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:19:33","slug":"brewing-saison-beer-with-nathan-smith-beersmith-podcast-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/27\/brewing-saison-beer-with-nathan-smith-beersmith-podcast-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewing Saison Beer with Nathan Smith &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #50"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/27\/brewing-saison-beer-with-nathan-smith-beersmith-podcast-50\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"blog-mic\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This week Nathan Smith joins me to talk about how to brew the perfect Saison or Farmhouse Ale. Saison is a light, refreshing beer that is highly drinkable and Nathan shares his secrets on how to brew a perfect one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-50-Smith-Saison.mp3\">Download the MP3 File <\/a>\u2013 Right Click and &#8220;Save As&#8221; to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n<p>[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-50-Smith-Saison.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c5J_sPo3aj0\" height=\"360\" width=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (48:42)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nathan Smith is my guest this week. Nathan is a nationally award winning home brewer, and also a frequent guest on the Brewing Network.<\/li>\n<li>We start with a discussion of the history of Saison or Farmhouse Ale as it is also known<\/li>\n<li>Nathan describes the style and taste of a typical Saison<\/li>\n<li>We discuss how to brew the perfect Saison starting with the grain bill<\/li>\n<li>Nathan talks about which hops are his favorite for use in this style and how to use them<\/li>\n<li>We discuss brewing techniques to use and also the mash schedule for a Saison<\/li>\n<li>He explans which yeast strains work best with Saison, and also how to ferment them<\/li>\n<li>We talk about the sour\/acidic finish that some Saisons have and how to achieve those flavors as a home brewer<\/li>\n<li>Nathan explains the importance of water in brewing a good Saison<\/li>\n<li>We talk briefly about Single Malt and Single Hop brewing &#8211; Saison is a popular beer to use with SMASH as it is a fairly simple style<\/li>\n<li>Some of the popular <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmithrecipes.com\/searchrecipe?uid=&amp;term=saison&amp;sort=Rating&amp;rated=0&amp;submit=Apply\">Saison recipes on our BeerSmithRecipes.com recipe site<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Nathan Smith for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Great News!<\/strong> We&#8217;ve been featured in the New and Notable podcasts on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are not using iTunes, you can subscribe using this feed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/BeersmithcomHomeBrewingBlog<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And finally, don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to the blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\">my newsletter<\/a> (use the links in the sidebar) \u2013 to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet This week Nathan Smith joins me to talk about how to brew the perfect Saison or Farmhouse Ale. 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