Moinette Biologique

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

Pours a hazy pale straw color with a pillowy two finger head that slowly fades to a thick cap. There’s tons of lacing on the sides of my glass. Smell; lots of farmhouse funkiness. Slight horse blanket and hay, and there’s some nice citrus and honey in the aroma as well as some hints of flowers and pepper. Taste; starts off a bit grassy with a little sweet honey, and then the lemony citrus flavors come out some. As this beer gets warmer it becomes slightly sweeter. That barnyard funk comes out more in the finish, along with a good peppery spiciness that I really like. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a nice crisp carbonation.

Bottle at home. Golden color. Luscious scent of sweet floral and sour. Patch of flavors, including spicy, grassy and peppery. Alcohol kicks in. Bitter finish.

[750 ml] Pours a nice golden yellow color, with a tall frothy head. Yeasty, sweet aroma. Funky, earthy flavors-- initially quite sweet, with some great yeast character and grassy hop flavors. Very nice peppery finish.

75 cl bottle. Golden colour with a nice fizzy white head. Nice aroma of fruitness, bread-like and yeast. Very spicy flavour with a very bitter and dry finish.

750ml, from memory, U.S. labeled Foret bottle. pours a hazy pale color with big head. aroma is pretty funky, yeasty, some mild barnyard smells but also a sweetness behind it. tastes is rather sweet and funky, lemon and pear. finishes pretty dry. i like my saisons to be more funky and dry and this one is a little too sweet for my tastes.7/4/6/4/14=3.5.

750ml bottle, Summer/Fall 2006 bottle, aged around 16months. pours dense straw/golden color with white head. aroma has some lemon, hay, grass, grainy. flavor is pretty sweet with some grainy and citrus, there’s a touch of lemon and yeast. smooth carbonation, alcohol well hidden. i wouldn’t say the age helped or hurt this but I would think it could hold up for a few years. a solid saison but dupont does it better and I can’t find a reason to pick this over it (unless you need something organic).7/4/7/4/15=3.7.

Hazy gold with a large white head. yeasty aroma. Sweet, fruity alcoholic taste with developing sourness and bitterness.

750ml bottle. My admiration for saisons keeps growing and Foret is one of the more consistently fine offerings I’ve had. An absolutely gorgeous amber body - deeper and richer than many - and a huge floral head. I can drink this any time of year, as its subtle spice palette can refresh in summer and warm in winter. Ideally I’d like a slight hint of pepper to balance out the tarter fruit notes but this one is great.

The aroma has light herbal hops dried grass and other plant matter. Very earthy. It is a cloudy orange beer with a very nice white head, even on this short pour. Flavor has lots of salt and very dry hops. Some barnyard, but I didn’t get as much of this as Ben. I do agree it is more suited to warm weather.