Saison de Mai

Brewed by Brasserie Saint-Monon
Style: Saison
Ambly, Belgium

Bottle (Mallaskukko, Turku) Dark orange, no head. Aroma of sweet dark fruits - plums. Malty christmas spice and fruit peels taste. Have this instead of a muscat at the end of your meal.

Cloudy orange color, white head. Honey, herbal aroma. Sweet flavor has some greenery, but not much bitterness. Somewhat thick mouthfeel, but a bit wet. It is none of those things that I usually identify wth saisons: hoppy, refreshing, lively nor dry. Noticeable alcohol despite sweetness. More of a dessert beer, I guess, not for matching with a hearty meal on a warm day. I admit that I had to look up "woodruff."

Cloudy orange-brown (looks dirty) with a small white head. Nose is spicy and medicinal. Taste is dominated by an unusual flavour that I’m not used to, supposedly it is an aromatic plant called the woodruff. I can only describe these aromatic flavours as mint, spices, medicine, lilac. All that floating on top of a rather malty and caramelized body. Like having sex with a really dumb cheerleader, this is good stuff as long as you don’t have it too often.

Bottle. Cloudy orange, big creamy eggshell head. Sunbaked clay, peaches and fresh herbs. Light yet chewy body. Fruity base, bready, sweet - the woodruff shines through now and then. Hides strength very well - drinkable like soda. Bready aftertaste.

Bottled. Amber color with weak head. Sweet and fruity aroma with notes of melon and plum. Sweet herb liquer like flavor with licorice, plum and raisins. Sweet and spicy finish. Very sweet but still a pleasant dessert beer. To my mind a saison should be dry and refreshing. This is just the opposite.

Deep golden in color,crystal clear before the yeast dumpo,cloudy/hazy after with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty,oranges and spice. Flavor is Spicy, with a note of warming alcohol,creramy mouthfeel, a big saison.

Bottle. Nice typically peppery saison, with some citrusy, orange rind bitterness. Lightly cheesy, lightly vinous, with some peachy, apricoty fruit aswell. A very pleasant saison

Bottled. Hazy nut brown colour, small off white head. Aroma of barnyard, some alcohol, hops and yeast. Flavour is alcohol, sweet fruity malts, hops and some notes of yeast. Not that much barnyard in flavour in this one.