Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Spicy

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

Unripe fruit, somewhat tart, doughy yeast and herbal, haylike hops in the nose. Opaque, cloudy, dark copper-brown with generous and lasting, off white head that recedes very slowly to a thick cover. Unripe banana, icing sugar marzipan, hay, leafy tobacco, honey flavour all blend together well with moderate bitterness and some sharper spices in the aftertaste. A cedar-like woodiness emerges as it warms. Medium body with soft bubbled, subdued but very present carbonation. Bottle enjoyed at Spuyten Duyvil in Brooklyn with Olivier_MTL and Rastacouere.

Foggy bronze. Sustained lily pad of foam sticks to the glass. Musty, herbal aromas with green raisins and caramelized peaches. Muted nuttiness and toasted husk whiffs. Lightly worty, as well. Dense, but fluffy, carbonation. Delightfully chewy, densely layered with a slippery fruitiness and spice enhanced dryness. Substantial caramelized malt frames the succulent fruitiness while taking on a sassy licorice, musty yeast snap as things evolve. Juicy passionfruit attaches itself to the toffee glazed nutty sweetness, which is brilliantly restrained at colder temperatures. Pervasive gritty, musty yeast character underlies the fruitiness and softens the awakening sweetness, throughout. Although the sweetness elevates as it warms, an ample dose of minty alcohol resets the palate with a cleansing sweep. Finishes light on its feet despite the resilient malt push, as musty yeast highlights earthy licorice, peppered caramel, and sweet, sappy wort notes. Shew. Talk about a full spectrum of flavors. The alcohol could be a bit more restrained, but this is so solid, overall – It’s well attenuated/moistly full in the mouth; touts a complex yeast character; and the malts are refined yet equally rustic. Another mind stirring, beautifully bizarre Heavyweight concoction.

cloudy copper color, thick creamy & rocky off-white head. aroma is faint mulling spices (orange peel, cinnamon, clove), and caramel malt. flavor is lightly spiced, but more caramel malt, quite like a dubbel of a saison. good sparkly carbonation to enliven the flavors. this series is a lot like Fantomes, and I like that!

Bottle... Murky, golden ale with a small, creamy, white head. Good retention. Herbal, earthy aroma with notes of butterscotch, lemon, black pepper, chicken stock and odd spices. Malty more than spicy. The well-balanced flavor is malty and lightly sweet up front, but adequately spiced and hopped to even things out. Medium-bodied and creamy with medium carbonation. Finishes lightly sweet and not-so-spicy, but very enjoyable nonetheless.

(750ml bottle) Cloudy light copper body with small off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, butterscotch, light spice. Taste is medium sweet, candi sugar, banana, some butterscotch, light alcohol. Medium body, light syrup. Very disappointing, does not seem like I got the same beer everyone else has enjoyed.

- Dark rust color, with a large head. Papaya, mango, basil, apple, strawberries and rhubarb, with obvious spicing, but nothing is dominant. The subtle spice doesn’t cover up the Belgiany fruity notes in the nose. Flavor is again, very enjoyable, with obvious yet not overpowering spice. Perhaps a hint of orange peel, but every other spice seems pretty tame and hidden. The heavyweight saison yeast is pretty special imho, not your typical lame saison strain used by other American brewers. These saisons are very special.

Head is initially average sized, fizzy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is murky dark amber. Aroma is moderately malty (toasted grain), moderately yeasty (cobwebs), with light notes of nutmeg and sage. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lighlty sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. Great mouthfeel and flavor balance on this one! Great tempered use of spices in both the nose and flavor. Big thumbs up...Heavyweight knows better than to overspice a saison, something Tomme Arthur hasn’t quite figured out yet.

flowered aroma with chamomil and dryer sheets. cloudy tan pour with a nice white head. taste is flowery with rose petal notes. very dry.