Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Black

Formerly brewed at Heavyweight Brewing Company
Style: Saison
Ocean Township, New Jersey USA

Dark brown pour with a spritzy, receding head. The aroma is really sour, more like a Flemish than Saison, noting some barnyard funk underneath. The body is light and champagne like, with a long, sour finish. Lots of apple and cherry spritziness as well. Interesting, but not something I would pick up again.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, blankboy, tupalev & jerc - courtesy of jerc. Dark brown, small head. Aroma is sour, funky, with a bit of chocolate - hard to tell if the sourness was intentional. Body is thin and flat. Flavour of mild dark malt and sour cherries - not pleasant.

Bottle, shared with jerc, Hogtown Harry, Blankboy, and GregClow, courtesy of jerc. Deep dark brown pour, murky bubbly slick brown head. Sour aroma, yeast in aroma - is that sourness on purpose? Medium mouthfeel. Taste of dark malt, sour fruit and a lot of sweetness - cloying. I’m really undecided if this is off or if it is supposed to be like this, as all of the elements I described make for one unbalanced and not enjoyable beer. Will try again.

I got the chance to try this back-to-back-to-back with the Hoppy and the Spicy. This was the least interesting of the three in my opinion. Dark brown body with a big head. Sourish aroma. Slightly roasty with cotton candy and pineapple in the supporting cast. Overcarbonated.

Bottle #54 courtesy of Probiere. Black body, smally creamy brown head dissipates. Yeasty sourness over mildly roasty malt in aroma. Slightly lactic sourness dominates the flavour of dilute roast malt. Thin palate. Meh.

Bottle (650ml). Shared with blankboy, GregClow, jerc, tupalev - courtesy of jerc via probeer. Poured deep brown-black with a large foamy head with decent patchy lacing. Aroma is funky and sour, black pepper, vanilla extract, pungent - could be good. Hmm - taste is darkly sour (stale berryfruit), peppercorns, very sour but not in a good way. Mouthfeel acidic and flat, sour - sorry, I just don’t like this much, no balance and I don’t get all those other elements - poured my share off.

Pours with a frothy, three-finger thick light brown colored head. The beer is quite dark, almost black, but really a deep midnight brown color. The aroma is spicy and characteristic of a Dupont derived strain of yeast. I also get notes of chocolate, lightly burnt raisins, a hint of coffee in the finish, some tart apple notes, ginger, and pepper.

The taste is a mix of tart sour fruit notes and lightly sweet fruity notes up front. It finishes with a dry astringency that is characteristic of roast malt, in fact there is a note that reminds of roasted coffee beans. This beer really does remind me of an apple up front; the mix of tart green apple notes and light sweetness is quite refreshing. The interesting aspect is that it completely changes direction in the middle of the beer and becomes burnt and roasted in the finish, though it still remains tart throughout. I also get flavor notes of raisin, hints of chocolate (especially in the finish), . This beer is quite interesting, I really like this new crop of dark Saisons, it is an interesting mix of flavors, that though seemed jarring on paper, actually work quite well together.

Thanks Eric for sharing, and in turn Hopdog for sending it to him. Shiny dark brown/black with thick tan head. Aroma - first was jellybeans and black pepper followed by outdoor chocolate and herbal. Taste was fruity, unsweetened cocoa powder with a sour zing and roasted lemons - ok, that sounds really weird, but this was a really unique tasting beer - one of those that has so many flavors that you can hardly keep up with it’s changes. Excellent and unusual!