Moinette Biologique

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

2006 bottle, BB 2010. Pours a lightly hazy, orange color with a full, brilliant white, fluffy-rocky head; head is persistant but inconsistant and leaves minimal scattered lacing. Nose is nice but somewhat subdued; citrus notes of lemon peel and green apple, grass hay, light musty-funky yeast, light peppery hops, and faint banana esters. Flavor is similar but more pronounced; lemons create a light tartness with other notes including honey, grass, light yeast funk, and a spiciness which become more apparent as the flavor progresses as well as a moderate bitterness which comes into the picture late as well. Palate is not quite medium, very lively and a little prickly, and dry, but somewhat queching from the tartness. Finishes dry, somewhat short, and mostly bitter with lemon peel, light grass, and a peppery spice which stick around in the aftertaste. Nice suitable saison, spicy, grassy, and tartly citrus with plenty of carbonation, and a decent bitterness. A style that is great to fall back on every once in a while; never groundbreaking, but always worth the attention and pleasant for numerous occassions.

bottle. above avg white frothy head (quickly dissapating). cloudy orange body. aromas of lemon, grass, yeast, honey, light hops. flavor is bitter-sweet. extremely dry texture. very impressive saison.

Bottled I received was labeled "Foret". Smells like fresh lemongrass and pours gold with foamy log lasting head. Tastes citrusy almost like lemonade. Great saison!

cloudy orange yellow. sour floral aroma with lemony citrus. medium to high carbonation and medium body. tastes of creamy hay and tart lemons with light bittervanilla and pepper. good well balanced but mellow

Bottle sampled. Pours golden/amber with a large white head. Aroma of hay, lemon, spices, honey, and hops. The flavor is sweet, fruit, honey, citrus, and peppery notes. Good brew.

Great beer. Fantastic aroma with a big creamy white head. Begins a bit sweet, honey flavor, which lingers more than in other saisons (e.g. Hennepin). Very smooth, but still quite yeasty.

750ml. Bottle $5.99 Sam’s Downers Grove 2006 Bottling Dupont’s organic saison, Foret poured a glowing hazy golden into my tulip. A big 3 finger dense white head formed on the pour that slowly receded to no less than a half finger cap. As the head receded it left chunky lacing that eventually slid back into the body leaving some patchy spots behind. As I take my first whiff I get a nose full of tart green apples. There’s a candi sugar like sweetness in the aroma but I don’t believe any candi sugar was added. Mild barnyard funkiness shows itself toward the backend. Mild grassiness as well. Very nice. Flavor is like a big slice of tart green apple upfront followed by a quick sweetness reminiscent of bubblegum. The tart apple makes my mouth water uncontrolably. Then the sweetness calms my tastebuds until the barnyard sourness and drying kicks in. Very tasty saison. Body is a liitle more robust than other saisons. Partially because of the higher alcohol content. It’s still on the light side of medium. The generous carbonation tickles the tongue. I could without a doubt sip the day away with this saison. Very tasty and flavorful. Another outstanding saison from Dupont. Wasn’t sure if I was going to be too crazy about an organically produced saison. After drinking this more than satisfies my thirst for a quality saison. 4/30/07

Classic cloudy bright orange-golden with a thick, billowy white head. Spiciness, clove, banana and fresh grassy hops in the nose. Flavor has notes of orange, honey, zesty lemon, grass/hay, light sweet caramel, clove, banana, light pepper and coriander. Very well-balanced - less hop bitterness/emphasis than with Saison Dupont. Perfect, medium body with spritzy, fine-beaded carbonation. I enjoyed this while grilling on a sunny spring day; doesn’t get any better than that.