Saison de Pipaix

Brewed by Brasserie à Vapeur
Style: Saison
Leuze-Pipaix, Belgium

1995. Pizza Port Belgian Beer Fest. Pour from a 750mL. Lightly musky sea freshness, with piquant acerbic spiciness. Different and mysterious. A rather murkied amber gold, with no head. Peculiar Thanksgiving potpourri over a lightly frayed sour off note. Weird and muddled. Sour and old. Not good in many senses. A lot of bad cork sourness over light sewage and raging oxidation. A brushed-rind cheese brings up the back. Nothing good has happened to this beer in 12 years.

I bought my first one in Ontario at the LCBO. After a brewery tour in 2005 it is amazing that Jean Dit’s beer make it so far in the world. Although I much prefer Dupont’s saison’s this beer should be visited more than once. Page 397 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide and 268 of his 500 Classic Brews to go.

an amber coloured brew,with hoppy banana notes in nose, and sweet honey and sharp fruit , tart orange in flavour.

TK2 bottle at home ... This is not how i remembered it but it could easily be my memory that is wrong. Probably wouldnt score it as 4 this time but as i found bottle at back of cupboard im assuming its may not be at best ... Nice amber colour (4) ... apple woody smoke nose (7) ... fruity tart little lemon, sour apples ... spicy linger (7) ...palate (3) overall (15) giving if i count right 3.6

Filthy golden orange color. Plenty of yeast and spice flakes in glass. Aromas of barnyard funk, lemons, and mint leaves. Softly acidic, some white grape skins, citric peel, peppers and herbs. Seems to have a good amount of Brett character. An unusual Saison. I thought this had a Lambic quality to it without being too funky.

Medium amber color - a bit hazy. Aroma was slightly sweet, but with a hint of barnyard and some peppery spice. Flavor was rather thin and subdued - some tartness, with some ginger and pepper coming through. Finish was dry a a little watery. Disappointing, but the bottle was several years old - need to rerate with a fresher sample.

Huge musty aroma with some apples, and mint. Pours a dark orange with huge white head. At first i got some sour notes with some citrus, and some spices. The more i drank it the more mint i got, in the nose and the flavor. So very easy to drink!

Deep blond orange coloured beer with a small off white head on top. Aroma is malty, yeasty, and has a slight sourness in the nose. The taste is at first dry and malty with hints of yeast and pepper. The afthertaste turns a little sour and ends with a green bitterness of hops.

I wasn’t expecting this!! It’s like it takes all the great characters of a flemish sour and a saison and combines them. Aroma of pears, green apples and white grapes but then the sourness hits you out of no-where. A tart, sour taste with orange peels but it also has a vinous quality to it that it just really interesting, then there’s the acidicness to it. This is an excellent find. Loved this beer. Very complex.