The Bruery Saison Rue

Brewed by The Bruery
Style: Saison
Placentia, California USA

sampled @ grape & gourmet. pours a very nice dark amber with a fluffy, cream head and solid lacing. aroma was very nice and certainly bretty with notes of spice, apple, cinnamon, coriander, and a hint of citrus. flavor was outstanding with a great blend of tart, spiced apple, dark pumpernickle bread, brett funk, a touch of sugary sweetness, and a bit of lemon zest. palate was medium bodied and highly carbonated with a lively mouth feel. overall, a delicious brew.

750 ml bottle poured a clear golden amber with a lasting creamy white head. Aromas of rye, straw, light carmel, light fruittiness and light spice. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of rye, straw, apple and spice with a crisp dry spiced finish.

Pours a nice amber with a large cream colored head. Aroma sweet malts, spicy rye, funky brett, brown sugar and earth. Flavor is a great mix of spice, funk, tartness, apples, some grapes and earthy hops. I love this beer!

Very fantastic and beautiful saison. Good crispness to balance out the traditional syrup that comes in "farmhouse" beers. This is a summer drinker despite its color. Highly recommended. Nice town name too... Placentia? Really?

it pours hazy... a brassy coppery color with a monster cooked cream shade of off white tinted head. soapy clingy lace is present. the aroma is definitely bretty... add that to flowers, earthy yeast, cinnamon, herbaceous-ness, orange, caramel, cardamom, a light tart sensation and a bit of washed rind cheesy funk. the palate is just a touch too sweet (give it a year and this will prolly be rockin’) though it is fairly bitter on the finish and prickly throughout. flavors of pale malt sweetness, freshly squeezed orange juice, cardamom, cinnamon, minerals, lemon and light earthy seeds with a slightly numbing quality coming from the rye. medium bodied, prickly, dry and possibly over carbonated. 8/4/7/3/16/3.8

Brown bottle, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on July 12 2009; eye: caramel with an orange hue, slightly hazy, slight effervescence, voluminous white head that turns into a tiny sheet, slight lacing; nose: Brettanomyces yeast, horse, coriander, fresh, light perfume, light medicinal; mouth: Brettanomyces yeast, horse, coriander, fresh, malt, medicinal, perfume, dry medicinal finale with presence of horse, rather carbonated, medium body, foamy, slightly sour; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 12 juillet 2009; œil : caramel avec une teinte orangée, très légèrement voilée, très légère effervescence, mousse blanche abondante qui tombe et se transforme en une petite couverture, très légère dentelle ; nez : levure Brettanomyces, cheval, coriandre, frais, léger parfum, léger médicinal; bouche : levure Brettanomyces, cheval, coriandre, frais, malt, médicinale, parfum, finale courte médicinal avec présence de cheval, plutôt carbonatée, corps moyen, mousseuse, très légèrement aigre; en résumé : bien aimé

Bottle, poured a hazy golden color with a tall fizzy white head. Nose is spicy with malty, yeasty notes. Medium bodied with very lively carbonation. Very ginger ale like flavor with spicy notes of coriander and a mild brett presence. Finishes dry and slightly bitter.

Musty brett fumes come from this hazed dark orange fluid, with a touch of cheesiness and finish like fluffy lemon cake. The head was nice and fluffy. Flavors were bretty and clean with touches of wheat and/or straw. Not much different than most of the brett fermented ales on the market these days, but nothing wrong with that.