Moinette Biologique

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

Ahh, Foret. A true classic in our own time. Very yeasty head, a very notable amount of spice but not too much, and an alcohol conent we can all agree with. The flavor never disagrees with your meal, and this beaity only gets better with cellaring. If you have never tried this fine Belgian Ale, I dare say that you’ve never lived, sir.

I’m a big fan of this beer. Nice and bubbly with a full, white head. Great summer beer, nice and citrus-ey, with an herby/hoppy aroma. Great mouth feel.

Bottle. Green gold colour with thin white head. Some cereal/citrus aroma, quite lively in the mouth with a wheaty/cereal finish and sharp grapefruit and lemon finish with drying hops. Oddly thirst quenching beer.

I had this as part of the beer/cheese paring at the Brick Store Pub on 04/03/06. It was paired with Toma D Pecora D’Valderi. This was the 1st pairing of 5. The beer was poured from a 11.2 ounce bottle into a mini-snifter glass. It was a cloudy light gold in color and had a thin head that did not last long. The aroma was very earthy. The taste was spicy and floral with a hint of clove. I found it to be refreshing on the palate

Pours light golden with a fully receding wispy wihte head. Aroma of herbs, citrus, grassy hops, and coriander. Taste is grassy herbal bitterness, with yeasty esters providing notes of bublbe gum, orange, blossoms, honey, peaches, and flowers. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with slight stickiness and lush carbonation.

Pours hazy gold with a huge white head. Peppery, wheaty, and tart aroma, with notes of freshly-mown grass and must. Slightly vinous. Very subdued flavor, with a tart wheatiness up front and a bitter, grassy finish. There’s some of that metal that I’ve found in most organic beers, especially a couple seconds after the swallow. A thin mouthfeel makes it incredibly easy-drinking, but somewhat unfulfilling.

Opaque beige-tan colour. Low head. The aroma is big Dupont farmhouse goodness - so dusty, musty and herbal, with a nice honeyed malt layer underneath. On the palate it’s dry, and dustier than regular Dupont. Less stylish in that respect, and the fizziness takes too much sugar away from the palate. The finish is again very dusty and herbal and definitely too fizzy. Good beer, has real potential, but is too assertively yeasty for my taste.

Tap, Max’s 72 hours. Light golden body, small white head. Aroma is pineapple, apricots and spice. Flavor is peaches, lemons and spicey. The mouthfeel is light and refreshing.