Dupont Avec les Bons Voeux

Brewed by Brasserie Dupont
Style: Saison
Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium

On tap at the White Horse, Parsons Green, London. Luminous goldem, with no head. Deliciously sweet, slightly creamy. Slight sour funk, which is swept away on the finish by wheaty flavour. Some cider. Warms the chest. Powerful, but easy drinking. Excellent.

750ml bottle. Murky yellow with a big white head. Initially, the nose was acrid, cat-pissy and harsh, but after warming and breathing a bit it really changed and mellowed out to a nice, yeasty, white pepper and citrus with a touch of funkiness. Spicy and dry, peppery flavors, yeasty. Good carbonation provides a lively, medium to light mouthfeel. A mild peppery bitter closes the experience. A delightful saison!

Five beers for a thousand - Beer #997. Draught at Delirium Cafe, Brussels. Cloudy yellow/orange. Aroma of fruit & cheese. Flavour is sweet, very fruity and lovely. Not an off flavour in sight, this is incredibly soft and the alcohol is so well hidden. What little alcohol can be detected works so well and is so very pleasent at this massive strength. Wonderful beer.

This blonde ale poured with a generous white head, eliciting a musty yeast aroma. The flavor is spicy and fruity, with a carbonated mouthfeel and a smooth slightly bitter finish. Similar to, but much more complex and balanced than the Dupont Saison.

Murky golden with a lovely meringue white head. Lemon lots of yeast. Quite alcoholic maybe a bit too much so for my tastes. Otherwise pretty good stuff. The yeast is the start here. Very dry and bubbly palate.

My first exposure to saison was Fantome Hiver and I wasn’t a big fan of the super earthy/funky taste. However, this is different in a very good way. Pours an interesting sharp golden color. In the duvel tulip it looks clear and defined, but you can’t see through it. Neat. The head is thick, white, and creamy. The aroma has that sour/funky feel to it, but it doesnt dominate, there are also sweet spicy hints, fruit, bubblegum, and a winey feel to it. The alcohol also shows itself here. the flavor is alcohol upfront, but it tastes like a wine alcohol, there is also a earthy sour taste here but it isnt dominate. Some wine parallels and maybe some spice. The palate is crisp and carbonated with alcohol showing and the finish is dominated by the warming effect of the alchol. I thoroughly enjoyed this saison and it gave me a new perspective after the Fantome. Give it a try for sure.

Sampled at sl holiday event. Pours a cloudy gold with a small fizzy white head. Aroma is sweet fruit, citrus, musty yeast, and light spices. Flavor is medium bodied with a slight sweetness and is lightly acidic with lemon, citrus, grass, and spicy hops and has a dry finish.

Bottle sampled. Pours golden with just a little orange and a big pillow of a white head. Aroma of fruit, spices, yeast, some funk, hay, and hops. The flavor is fruit, sweet, spices galore, some hay, yeast, caramel, and a bitter hoppy finish. Good body, lively carbonation.