Last April I was lucky enough to get a vile of yeast from BKYeast. It was his C2 release, sourced from a bottle of 2007 Cantillon Iris. Dmitri, the man behind the BKYeast website has a home yeast ranch and blog which he explores all sorts of yeast used in brewing. (Its a great homebrew resource which I really recommend checking out.) I was lucky enough to receive was the C2 strain for testing. In return I promised to give Dmitri my brewing notes concerning the yeast and attempt to send a bottle out his way thanking him for his efforts.
The sourced (C2) 2007 Cantillon Iris strain is said to be big on strawberry flavors. So in constructing the recipe, I paired it with Belma Hops. The propitiatory new hop from Hops Direct, which is said it have a general melon/strawberry flavor. (Which I struggled to find in my Saison test batch) Before figuring out the malt,, I knew this beer had to be a Blonde Ale. As simple a recipe as possible. Sticking around 5% ABV. My original though was to add tart cherries into the beer during secondary but that all changed when I tasted the flask holding the starter.