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Wyeast | 3711 French Saison | Beer Yeast | Activator Smack-Pack System™ | 100 Billion Cells
WY3711

Wyeast | 3711 French Saison | Beer Yeast | Activator Smack-Pack System™ | 100 Billion Cells

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Description
  • 3711 is a very versatile strain that produces Saison or farmhouse style beers as well as other Belgian style beers
  • Highly aromatic (estery), peppery, spicy and citrusy
  • Activator Smack-Pack System™ "proofs" the yeast and shortens lag time when it hits your wort
  • When smacked, the Activator™ packet releases sugars and nutrients to initiate the culture's metabolism
  • Wyeast has been a pioneer in craft brewing for over 35 years and is committed to creating the finest fermentation products available
  • Although beneficial, cultures do not need to be activated prior to inoculation

A very versatile strain that produces Saison or farmhouse style biers as well as other Belgian style beers that are highly aromatic (estery), peppery, spicy and citrusy. This strain enhances the use of spices and aroma hops, and is extremely attenuative but leaves an unexpected silky and rich mouthfeel. This strain can also be used to re-start stuck fermentations or in high gravity beers.

Attenuation: 77-83%
Flocculation: Low
Alcohol Tolerance: 12%
Optimum Fermentation Temp: 65-77°F
Cell Count: 100 Billion

Styles:
Belgian Blond Ale
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Belgian Specialty Ale
Bière de Garde
Saison

For best results we always recommend ordering an ice pack with your liquid yeast.
 

Please Note: When choosing an ice pack option beware that the liquid yeast will not arrive cold even when shipped together. Ice packs and insulated mailing options are designed to keep the yeast colder for longer during shipment, but they will not ensure that your yeast arrives cold. We will not replace liquid yeast that arrives warm. During warmer months we strongly recommend you choose dry yeast.
 
 
Item # WY3711
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Availability California - In Stock
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Weight 0.20 LBS
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MoreFlavor Store
This yeast is a beast!
Josh H on Mar 6, 2023
Local shop doesn’t have this available
Lori K on Apr 25, 2022
This yeast is a beast!
Josh H on Mar 6, 2023
I like it for a dry wit beer!
Robert M on May 4, 2022
Local shop doesn’t have this available
Lori K on Apr 25, 2022
Making a mixed fermentation ale
Robert F G on Apr 13, 2022
used before great yeast
Paul F B on Jul 7, 2021
Historic use
Sean B on May 27, 2021
Boulevard Tank 7 Type
Mathieu J on Jan 30, 2021
It's a great yeast.
Travis E on Nov 8, 2020
To make a farmhouse ale
Gene S on Aug 15, 2020
Saison
Michael m on Jun 27, 2020
Love the "spice" this adds to my Farmhouse recipe
Gary L on Mar 31, 2020
blend with 3724 to make a grisette
Will K on Jan 13, 2020
I hear it is more citrusy and with fewer banana esthers.
Frederick S on Jan 4, 2020
great yeast
Valued C on Dec 11, 2019
Doing trials
cperac on Nov 16, 2019
I'm making a low-carb lager.
James Hart on Oct 17, 2019
If you want my data/feedback, pay me
Andrew R on Sep 30, 2019
good reviews
Daniel K on Sep 13, 2019
So I can make beer.
Terrell H on Jul 8, 2019
BEST SAISON YEAST FOR CLEANER SAISONS. NOT FICKLE AT ALL.
Justin B on Jun 15, 2019
HEARD GOOD THINGS
JEFFREY R on Mar 21, 2019
tiny bubbles....in my beer...makes me happy...makes me not care
Jeffrey P on Feb 4, 2019
heard it was a robust saison yeast
Rory D on Nov 25, 2018
My favorite saison yeast strain
Robert F G on Oct 29, 2018
My go to Saison yeast! It works in all temp ranges; all the way up to 90°
MW on Jul 17, 2018
Great yeast
William H on Jul 12, 2018
Great yeast to use
ANNAMAY J on Jun 26, 2018
Recommended to brew with Brett C
Kirk S on Apr 25, 2018
great attenuation
jeremiah t on Mar 27, 2018
Brewing a true Saison, it was between this and the Belgian yeast. The French can ferment at a slightly lower temperature and I've had decent success w/ it in the past.
Valued C on Mar 20, 2018
most consistent saison yeast
Jason S on Feb 26, 2018
Best Saison and Belgium IPA yeast ever. Bar none.
Dennis Ellis on Feb 1, 2018
High attenutaion, high alcohol tolerance. Using it with the Biere de Garde kit.
AJ T on Jan 20, 2018
Because it's my favorite strain for saisons.
Matthew A on Jan 19, 2018
Best Saison yeast in my opinion. Originally used it after reading about Tom Fitzpatrick's Saison as eulogized by Gordon Strong in Sep/Oct '13 Zymurgy.
Chris N on Jan 12, 2018
I like it for a dry wit beer!
Robert M on May 4, 2022
Making a mixed fermentation ale
Robert F G on Apr 13, 2022
How old is too old for yeast? It's middle of October and I was sent yeast from middle of June. There has to have been fresher yeast to have sent me.
Derek Day on Oct 23, 2020
BEST ANSWER: I noticed this back when I use to do small batches ordering yeast through here. Fore a typical Purepitch on a larger scale ideally that is used within a week. I would go on to Brewer's Friend and find "Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator". Input the information you have, target gravity, wort volume, target pitch rate (dependent on starting gravity, would imagine 0.75M cells for you based on choice of yeast), yeast type (packs/vials in your case), number you have, and MFG date. This will show you how viable the yeast is for the beer you want to make. It may have a low count, but you could grow it with a starter. Hope this helps, happy brewing!
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Rated 1 out of 5
I was skeptical and right to be
Perfect brew day, hit all the targets and Wyeast didn't finish the beer. This is the second time in recent brews Wyeast has not finished one of my beers. Not sure why? the OG was 1.074 and fermentation stopped at 1.027. Last beer I used WhiteLabs and it finished at 1.014. Recipe specified this yeast so I went with it in spite of my reservations.
I typically steer away from Wyeast and use WhiteLabs, Safale or Imperial and don't have these problems.
May 17, 2022
Purchased
 1 year ago
Response from MoreFlavor
Hi Chris,

Sorry to hear that you're disappointed with this Wyeast. This strain in particular is kind of tricky to deal with and tends to like to take a break in my experience. I've done a few fermentations with this one where it will stall about a week into fermentation, then suddenly pick back up a week or so later. You could try bumping up the temperature or adding in some nutrients to coax it back into fermentation if it is still in the fermenter.

Hope this helps!
May 19, 2022
Malcolm lieban
Rated 5 out of 5
Great yeast for Saison
Chewed 1.048 to below 1.000 very quickly. The favor is great so far.
August 31, 2021
Purchased
 over 2 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Crazy attenuation
This is some impressive yeast! I've ordered it probably 5 times so far in the last few years, and it's consistent in its high attenuation (I've ranged from 85 to 98 depending on recipe & mash temp) and ease of use. I never use a starter with this, even though I do with most other yeasts. It's more citrusy than other saison yeasts. I've also had it create crystal clear beer with half a tab of whirlfloc and 2-3 months of bottle conditioning at room temp (no cold crash), but it stays hazy for a long time.
February 10, 2021
Purchased
 over 3 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Love the “Spice” this lends to my Farmhouse!
I have been using this specific yeast for 5+ years for my Belgian Farmhouse. Paired with a very simple malt Bill, and Saaz hops only, I get a spectacular beer!
April 13, 2020
Purchased
 over 4 years ago
Rated 4 out of 5
Citrusy, fruity, dry saison flavor with notes of the French origin saison and a new age flavor infusion.
it’s not saison dupont but if your not looking for that it’s a beast of a yeast. it’s great for a citrus flavored infusion with fruit forward flavors. Especially if you want a saison in less than 6-8 weeks with less temperature management. This fermented in 5 days cold crashed in one and I added a tincture of lemon zest and lemongrass which really gave it a smooth summer flavor that I really enjoyed. I used it for a Tired Hands SaisonHands clone which i am very happy with (and I live 20 minutes from tired hands)
Post cold crash
Pre cold crash. I got a great yeast culture from this too!
Finished product was great!
August 30, 2018
Purchased
 over 5 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Great flavor
I use this in my most popular brew, a saison that sometimes uses blackberry extract but is great even without it. Nice pepper/spice notes and it usually chews through 1.070 wort down to 1.006 or so in a week if I keep it in the low- to mid-70s degF.
July 31, 2018
Purchased
 over 6 years ago
Rated 4 out of 5
want high alcohol - go for it
if you like very dry or very high alcohol saison, go for it. flavors are great and can be changed with temperature, but it will break down longer chain sugars in your wort and ferment to absurd alcohol levels. Leaves nice mouthfeel
May 2, 2018
Purchased
 over 6 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
A Productive and Hard Worker
3711 is a yeast that “clears out” a beer in 12 days…then continues to convert sugars to the good stuff for another couple weeks. Be prepared for massive attenuation, even in a beer reaching an OG of 1.100. 11% ABV with only an initial pitch, with a 3L starter, is possible. 86% attenuation is achievable within 30 days.
3711, on its own with light DME, has a unique and strong flowery development that is aromatic, deep, intense, succulent, full, warm, sweet, whole, well-rounded, wide-ranging. In a finished beer, it will add complex profiles and add a peppery-ness that becomes mellow and desirable with age. I don’t taste citrus at all. Like a bouquet of fresh, strong, exotic flowers with that peppery kick that might depend on grains.
Oddly, people seem to take this yeast for granted if you tell them it's French.
3711 functions well straight out of the package and also re-used, when wort is poured on top of a bed. Impressive. Easiest 5 stars I could give!
March 10, 2018
Purchased
 over 6 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Delicious
Fermented at 69 degrees. Produced a wonderful fermentation with bright fruity esters (citrusy and pear or apple), but not the banana and dried/rotten fruit of some yeasts, and a balanced moderate peppery phenolic. Went from 1.049 to 1.002 in about one week. With an extra week in secondary and bottle conditioning ( I usually keg, but wanted more carbonation for this than kegging allows), the beer is still slightly cloudy, though some of this is probably haze from chill and wheat.

Esters and phenols blend very well with my hop bill: about one third of an ounce each tettnager, santiam, and sorachi ace for ten minutes plus sorachi ace for sixty to about 25 IBU.

I made a saison, but this would undoubtedly make a great trippel or golden strong too. I am going to tweak my grain bill, but I have basically found a recipe that I want to brew every year in early spring for the coming summer and the recipe is basically all about this excellent yeast.
June 26, 2014
Response from MoreFlavor
I should add: I pitched straight from the smack pack (no starter) and that the beer definitely has an excellent mouthfeel--medium light bodied but silky, not thin.
December 14, 2017
Philosofool
Response from MoreFlavor
After two years of working with this yeast--one of my very favorites--I have found than underpitching results in a beer too estery and over pitching mutes the esters too much. At least for my taste. I ferment it around 72 these days and I love the beer that it makes.
December 14, 2017
Philosofool
Response from MoreFlavor
I should add: I pitched straight from the smack pack (no starter) and that the beer definitely has an excellent mouthfeel--medium light bodied but silky, not thin.
December 22, 2017
Philosofool
Response from MoreFlavor
After two years of working with this yeast--one of my very favorites--I have found than underpitching results in a beer too estery and over pitching mutes the esters too much. At least for my taste. I ferment it around 72 these days and I love the beer that it makes.
December 22, 2017
Philosofool
Rated 5 out of 5
Tons of flavor
I had it up to 85 degrees at the end of fermentation and it has a ton of flavors
May 28, 2014
 
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