 acrdz (4302), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Jul 23, 2007 Updated: Nov 1, 2007
2006 vintage poured at the BCTC festival. I probably drank about three pints of this by the end of the session, as they were being pretty generous with the pours and were basically filling up my tulip (smelled way better than in the festival tasting glass). Perfect appearance, with cascading ripples of white lace slowly crawling down the sides of the glass, and a 60-70% opaque yellow glowing body. The nose of this saison is just incredible, in fact it’s likely one of the most pure funky and bretty aromas I’ve experienced, even more so than 100% brettanomyces beer. The funk is intense and sharp, like stinky, old feta cheese and fluffy hay and barnyard scents... then an amazing grassiness and floral hop quality. Texture is very smooth and mellow, and the flavors are heavily perfumy, with brett potpourri and lavendar flowers mixed in as well. The best beer at the festival by far, and one of the few beers I look back on and easily say it was one of my favorites of all time.
argo0 (6176), Washington DC, USA
Aug 11, 2008 (BCTC, draft, 2007 vintage) Big fluffy white head atop hazy straw body. Aroma is medium sweet, straw/hay, some yeast, light floral. Taste is medium sweet, straw, yeasty, light Brett. Light-medium body.
Ungstrup (11136), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Aug 10, 2008 GABF 2007. A hazy light golden beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of citrus as well as brettanomyces. The flavor is sweet with notes of wheat and citrus as well as lighter notes of spices, leading to a dry wheaty and brettanomyces finish. The body is thin.
JK (2410), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Aug 9, 2008 Bitter hop aroma. Cloudy gold color. A little sweet, but with bitterness and yeast. The yeast gives some weird aroma, but this is much more mild than I expected. Good palate.
TURDFERGUSON (1136), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Aug 5, 2008 Draft samples of both the ’07 and ’08. Also tried a bottle sample of the ’07 courtesy of EDA. Thanks Mike! Pours a hazy golden yellow with a thick white head. Nose has a good amount of floral hops and a good dose of brett. Flavor is very similar with a dry, baryardy finish. Very well executed saison.
puzzl (1732), New York, New York, USA
Aug 4, 2008 Ah, finally a chance to try this beer. BCTC. I had the 08 myself, and had a few sips of the 07, but the differences were few. The overcarbonated keg poured this beer nearly all head, and a resilient head at that, which impeded the aroma a bit without vigorous swirling. However, the revealed aroma was rewarding, with big florals and nice, horsy brett undertones. The brett is apparent though at no point makes this sour, instead just adding a very barnyard kind of flavor to this. The flavor itself is super dry, with cracker, hay, and some salt. Almost reminds me of a gose. Very light drinking but still rich in flavor, also with notes of caraway and rye. Complexity is awesome and this doesn’t feel even close to a 6.5% beer. Great stuff.
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