Dupont Avec les Bons Voeux

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

2007 vintage, cloudy honey gold hue, with a thick white head, leaving laces, yeasty, fruity, floral bouquet nose of lavender, rose petal with some spicy, lemon, grapefruit, peach, tangerine hop fruitiness, with some honeyed ppale malt in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, honeyed pale malt, fruity, herbal flower character of lavender, with a faint fruitiness of ripe apples, with a good flowery hop citrusy, of lemon skin, leading towards a warmth, fruity, leafy hop dryness finish.

Spectacularly complex saison. Wild yeast strains, weird wonderful Belgian spicing...difficult to deconstruct...coriander, orange peels, flowers, herbs, cut grass, pepper, lemon zest... Thoroughly refreshing, with exotic flavors and spritzy texture dancing on the tongue. Pairs well with food...I had it with a gourmet vegetarian pizza. Does not get much better than this!

Bottle, April 07. Enormous, striking, saazy hop aroma and horse saddle. Very perfumy and refreshing. Hazy golden-yellow color, very shinny with a medium, creamy, white head. Yasty, phenollic, fruity oranges flavor with comfortable earthy hop notes. Not even the slightest alcohol burn. MF is light to medium, packed with flavor and a sudden, refreshing dry end with an earthy hops aftertaste. Amazing drinkability. Exceptional, flavorfull Saison.

[bottle from beers of europe rating #400] The aroma is yeasty, fruity: peach banana, herbal notes of coriander. fullbodied, dry peppery finish, slightly bitter.

Bright light fruit estery aroma, full of mellowed lemon rind, faint phenolic notes and a mouthful of spicy blend. Pour of clouded deep golden, finged paler. Pour of fluffy ivory cream. Full of rich sweet creamy candied orange rind and gentle spices, with some coriander and white pepper. Incredible mouthfeel, with salty savory sugar and spice, with faint warming breezes, not hot just fulfilling. Excellent balance of dry spice pitted against a dusky yeast bread, creating harmony over the long sweet residuals. Floral and grainy. Outstanding stylistically.

Pale yellow clear color (the result of a careful pour.) Aromas of citrus and hay. With the same citrus and crisp spiciness on the finish. Excellent.

Bottle. Great beer with food. Pours wiht a nice yellow cloudy color. very strong yeast aromas with some funk and spices. Greta flavors of bread, yeast and some spices. Very creamy palate but at the same some bubbliness. Much better in my mind than the regular Saison.

Corked and caged courtesy of boboski - thanks! Cork reveals 2002 vintage - sampled here in December 2007. Super spicy nose - malt- and coriander-heavy. Yeasty with pear, pepper, orange peel, and a bit of lemon grass. Cloudy golden pour, but still very bright, with a dense creamy, rocky white head. Taste is brightly malty and yeasty, with dominate coriander. Full body with a little heft from the alcohol but no burn. Feel is smooth as velvet, and the aftertaste is dry with just a bit of spicy heat/harshness. Nice and woody, and not overly sweet like many a Saison. Classy! And rather excellent.