Lost Abbey Ne Goeien Saison

Formerly brewed at Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Saison
San Marcos, California USA

Bottle from By the Bottle in Vancouver, WA--750 ML--Poured a light hazy golden body with a thin, silky white blanketing head. Spicy, yeasty bright crispy nose. Effervescent, grassy, snappy mouthfeel. Very refreshing, highly quaffable fruity brew with hints of apples, oranges, lemons, coriander, and pear. Complex and simply smooth. Yum!

Bottle from Capone’s. This one was scarce, and I thank the Doctor of Beers for holding one for me. Pours turbid gold with 2-finger clingy off-white head that reminds me of the Von Ostraden beers. Nose is beautiful, citrus, hops, orangy funky , with florals, and yeasty spicy esters. Tastes dry, very floral and hoppy, with white peppery and yeasty spicy notes. Palate is rich, complex. The flavor drops off a tad late, but this one will pound to into oblivion with its dry, floral, spicy, hoppy profile.

750, corked and baled. Yeah, 2008 will be going down in my personal chronology as the year I became saison’s little bitch. Tomme Arthur didn’t introduce us, but he keeps fixing us up. This one’s not hurting saison’s efforts at all. It’s not like I’ve forgotten IPAs, but, damn, where was I, really, all those years?
Pours a beautifully clouded-up tawny medium orange with a thick, egg-white-y platinum blonde head. Big grassy and floral nose with pleasant undertones of the faintest pine. Plenty of orange and orange blossoms there as well. Oranges roll across the mid-palate. Creamy, lightly sudsy, just shy of medium--perfectly drinkable body. I don’t use words like "perfectly" lightly when discussing beer. This beer is perfectly drinkable. Light resiny bitterness rolls up with the oranges, faint pine, grass, and orange blossoms, tying this all off gorgeously. Great stuff.

Slightly hazy straw color with a white head that has excellent retention and leaves layers of lacing around the glass. Smell is of hay, clove, lemon, tangerine, coriander, and musty grass. Clove and earthy flavors at the forefront, quickly developing notes of tangerine, coriander, and dough before a spritzy citrus and clove finish. Firm carbonation, medium to high level, paired with a light body. I don’t think I actually like this beer as much as my rating shows, but I have to give credit for a great appearance and mouthfeel. Thanks to Weibull for the bottle.

750 ml Bottle. Bought at By The Bottle in Vancouver, WA This beer pours a cloudy straw color with a thick white head and and great lacing. Notes of citrus and earth in the nose. The flavor has the same notes with a nice balancing bitterness. The finish is very clean with a chewy mouthfeel. Well made and very drinkable beer.

Sampled at the brewery for RBSG 08. Pours a clear gold with a thin, bubbly, white head that fades. Fruity, spicy aroma, with sweet citrus. Sparkly, spicy taste, of sweet citrus and a hint of something herbal. Lingering sharp spiciness. Very nice saison.

750ml bottle. thanks to hophead22! pours hazy gold with white head. nose is dry, hay, some pepper and yeast. flavor is dry, grainy, hay, slightly sour dough, extremely dry and drinkable. very classic beligan saison reminded me a lot of saison dupont. extremely straight forward simple saison. all a saison really needs to be. i’ve never had an american saison come off this authentic tasting. this would make a great table beer.

Gold pour with a thick white head. Yeasty aroma with some bread dough. Flavor was heavy yeast, clove, pear, dough, citrus. Finishes dry, more yeast present in the finish. Decent.