La Moneuse

Brewed by Brasserie de Blaugies
Style: Saison
Dour-Blaugies, Belgium

Small coarse white head. Light copper body with carbonation. Complex sweetish aroma of tropical fruit, champagne, and cake. Bitter champagne flavour. Initially there is extreme carbonation in the mouth, which makes it hard to analyze it in any detail, but gradually this settles down. Metal, grain, marzipan, and fruit. Quite a bit of alcohol heat. A bit thin-bodied and harsh for me. (0.375l bottle. Quite old, with yeast particles in the bottle; should probably re-rate at some point. Only rating beer from the top part of the bottle. Had a real struggle opening the wire cage; in the end the wire just broke. They could market this as a negative-calorie beer.)

Bottle... Hazy amber ale with a huge, frothy, white head. Terrific retention. The nose is breadsy and spicy with notes of citrus fruit, grain, unknown herbs, white pepper and orange peel. The well-balanced flavor is both herbal, and tangy. Medium-bodied and creamy with soft carbonation. Finishes mildly acidic, lightly bitter and, in the end, dry.

Cantelope Coloring with White Head. Bready Aroma. Dark Bread, fruity and Quite Musty Flavor. Very Carbonated. Dry, Lightly Bitter Aftertaste. Flavor is Robust Enough Where A Sip at a Time is Quite Enough.

Bottle at Fourquet (the brewery tap), dark cloudy amber with a large pillowy white head. Pip fruity in the hoppy aroma. A full mouthfeel, the initial maltiness leading to a bitter dry finish.

750ml bottle: Pours a cloudy reddish orange with a thick large-bubbled white head, huge aroma with musty oranges and bready earth, starts lighty bitter and ends more bittter, medium bodied with a bit too much carbonation. Nice dry ending and an excellent saison.

Cold 750ml bottle corked: Volgon removed the cork and poured this Saison for us. It pours a cloudy orange with pink and yellow tones with micro suspended floaties (of yeast?) with a moderate fluffly ivory head that slowly dissolves and leaves nice lacing. Aroma and taste are lovely; of sweet malt, citrus, nice yeast, hay, and light floral hops. Dry and effervescent. Great saison aroma, taste and palate. Well carbonated.

37.5 cl bottle, ’bbe’ 2007. Foam pours over the bottle neck when opened. In the glass, the beer settles to a golden copper body, slightly turbid, with numerous yeast patches and topped with a two fingers thick white cream. Subtle yet rich aroma combines yeast, fresh bread with sesame seeds and hints of fruit (apple, melon, orange). Some ’animal’ hop notes are revealed, too. The taste is smooth but generous, with malts, some yeast, grapefruit and a a very convincing bitterness in the aftertaste. A lot of dusty bitterness and some more grapefruit retronasally. A warming sensation in the throat, thick body. Strong and lively. Too strong to be a real ’saison’, though.

Bottle from Brandon (bigsilky) Thanks! Pours out an orange yellow color with a huge white head that goes away as qucik as it forms. Smell is musty, malty, yeast, some hops, and spicy. Taste is smooth and tasty, some richness and earthy tasting. Spicy with some tart notes. Pretty good stuff. A good style, really like these kinda beers.