I want to make a Biere de Garde, something that I can cellar for a few months and serve as a specialty. However I have never made one before. I have formulated the recipe, but the big issue is finding suitable yeast strain. I am torn between using a White labs/ Wyeast offering, or going out on a limb a culturing from a commercial BDG. Alot of BDG recipes recommend Wyeast 3787 Trappist high gravity, which I have never used. I really want to be authentic, so I'm leaning towards culturing from a commercial BDG. However, commercial BDG's are few and far between in SOCAL. I also was thinking about the New Belgium Biere De Mars yeast. I've used it before in another beer project. It has the nice earthy tones that are identified witha BDG, but it also has a brett mixture in it. The brett is very slight, but is inapropiate for this type of beer......Recomendations?
George
George
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