Saison de Pipaix

Source: 1995 bottle split at Chuck’s.
Glass: Wine glass.
Appearance: Slightly hazy gold pour with a thin white head.
Aroma: Very spicy with a hint of oranges and yeast.
Flavor: Sweet malt with oranges and spices. A hint of iron on the back end.
Palate: Medium/light body with solid carbonation.
Overall: Excellent for the age. These are very hit and miss, and this one was on the high side of hit.

Sampled on 10/17/2009. This saison pours a deep orange gold color from a capped and corked 750ml bottle. Medium sized white foamy head with good retention and nice lacing. The aroma is orange peel, fruity, spicy and sweet. A medium bodied saison. The malts are fruity and sweet. Orange and peaches. Slightly vinous, some must and some funk. Yeasty, fruity and spicy. Finishes quite dry. There is a lot going on in this beer, spices, must, funk, fruitiness all combine and contrast, and change with every sip. Nice lively carbonation. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is crisp and dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter and tart.

Bottle, golden orange grapefruit color,lemony aroma, really crisp smooth tangerine and lemon flavors, smooth beer

Old looking 33cl bottle thanks to Hopscotch. Pour is deep, hearty looking cloudy copper with almost no head. Aroma is brandy, lactic acid, mild funk, apricots, brett-like aromas, and a little green apple. Flavor is more delicate than expected. Lightly sweet and sour up front with a smooth transition into a lightly woody and funky middle. The finish is a bit smoky, with a touch of roasted malt and light hay. Really a different saison but quite tasty. Much easier to drink than I was expecting. Happy to have tried this one.

Aroma of gorgonzola cheese, apples, and belgian yeast. Taste is belgian yeast, dry apples, dust, and cheese. Finish is a bit sweet, some dryness. Yummy.

Pours a darker-than-expected copper color with a quickly fading white head. Pear, old flowers, light wood and spices in the nose. Flavor has notes of ginger, lemon, hay, orange, apple, herbal noble hops and light toastyness. Very well-balanced, ample bitterness for the style, ends dry. Medium to light bodied with spritzy carbonation.

Bottle . Pours an hazy amber/orange color with a modest white fluffy head. At first sniff I get the yeast, then I get a nose full of lemon and pepper. Kinda strange. The taste is very dry, tart, and very peppery. This is not a bad brew, but It’s not what I expect a saison to taste like.

In short: A really fucked-up dark-blond beer of some kind. All kinds of flavours that do not work together but make for an “special” beer. Very good, no. Intriguing, yes.
How: Bottle 750ml, corked. Consumed when about 1 year of age.
The look: A small white head over a cloudy dirty orange body with lots of small particles
In long: Strange musty nose with fruity sourness and a weird wild yeast component that I’d describe as lichen. Taste has a lot of elements. The beer is complex for sure, but cohesive it is not. In no particular order. Baked fruit cake, green apple, orange peels, bread, Acetaldehyde, white grapes sourness, sharp acidity. Feels really “off” yet it is also very intriguing and I had to All over the place really so I’ll stop here, the important thing anyway is that I’ve plugged in Acetaldehyde in one of my rating.