Moinette Biologique

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

750ml bottle, labeled as Foret Organic Saison- 2006 on cork. Poured aggressively to create a pillowy cream colored head- collapsed by half then remained a while, leaving some nice tenacious lace. This is my favorite of all the DuPont beers- smell is sweet and fruity, banana and bubblegum. The malt sweetness is the most balanced of their beers, good earthy bittering hops, back of the tongue bite from hops and carbonation. Spicy, earthy flavor, finishes mostly dry with only a bit of residual sweetness. A solid benchmark for saison.

murky gold pour with a 1 finger white head. slight sour scent. interesting flavor that is really yeasty and spicy. not bad at all.

Bottle, bought @ Vinspecialisten, Kolding.
Pours a light hazy pale yellow with a pretty, staying, frothy white head - good lacing. Aroma is great, flowery, ginger, banana, apples, coriander and a wheaty edge. Mouthfeel is great as well, quite dry and fills more than it looks like. Flavour has subdued sweetness, good crispiness and is elegantly spiced. Great Saison!

12 oz bottle via Mys Swap 3.0 (thanks iowaherkeye!). She pours a semi-hazy amber with a huge chunky white head. Nose is a bit spicy with lots of fruity notes. Taste is very nice with some banana, melon, vanilla, and raspberry flavors,upfront, then some spiciness....ginger, pepper, allspice in the middle, and some herbal hops in the semi-dry finish. Very mice and balanced. Body is medium, carbonation is moderately high. Very nice beer and wonderful example of this style!

Had this one under the USA moniker of "Foret Organic." 750 mL Bottle. Enjoyed this one with my Easter 2008 dinner: Roasted duck (marinated with orange puree and rosemary) with caramelized onions, saffron rice with peas, and a balsamic reduction, and rosemary sourdough rolls. Equally amazing with dessert: homemade sweet ricotta tart. Poured into a Unibroue tulip glass, forming a huge foamy/rocky head. This beer is beautiful: the color of gold, hay at sunrise, and strong chamomile tea, with bubbles a-plenty rising from the bottom of the glass. On the nose, this ale continues to unfold a plethora of offerings the longer I linger -- burnt sugar, caramel, grass and hay, almonds, cardamom, and (my favorite), boxwoods after a summer rain. The taste picks up right where the nose leaves off: almonds, spice, white pepper, raw unrefined sugar and caramel, with a tart (almost mild citrus) twist. Superb!! Nor does the palate disappoint: even thought the beer is slightly sweet on the tongue, the palate is cava-dry and bubbly. Wonderful stuff. Overall: More, please!!! And, it’s organic, to boot. Equally amazing with the savory duck and the slightly sweet ricotta tart.

Bottle (7.5dl):Golden, hazy, stable creamy, lacy white head; fruity, a bit cellary, a bit sourish nose; robust sweet-sourish flavour with a light tartness, medium bodied; full sweet-fruity finish with a mild, but distinctive tartness. Well crafted stuff.........

Copper like in color with a decent head. Fruits, particularily citrus in the aroma along with a grainy and earthy aroma. Taste has some yeast, fruits, slight fruits, and dryness.

Bottle. Pours a hazy pale orange with a large long lasting white head that leaves great lacing. Aroma of citrus, yeast spice, floral & earthy hops, and sweet malt. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness, moderate carbonation, and a crisp dry finish. Very good.