Savant Beersel

Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸

Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating Out of Production

Score

7.16

ABV: 8.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 27

This year's batch of Savant Beersel began with a strong Belgian-style pale base beer fermented with a favorite strain of Brettanomyces and allowed to mature in red wine barrels for 12 months. We then blended the best barrels with fresh Norton grapes from our friends at Charleville Vineyards in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and allowed it to referment to dryness in stainless steel for 3 months before bottle conditioning for an additional 4 months. The result is a celebration of Brettanomyces and Missouri wine grapes. Tart and bright grape and berry notes combine creating a bracing acidity over earthy funk and subtle caramel malt. The time spent in oak provides a gentle oak vanillin that softens the Norton's firm tannin. Concentrated and complex with lively carbonation. Bottle conditioned.

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bier4der (3358) ticked Savant Beersel from Perennial Artisan Ales 5 years ago

@ 2017

Tried from Draft on 27 Nov 2020 at 00:26

7.8

fiulijn (28383) reviewed Savant Beersel from Perennial Artisan Ales 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Black Christmas 2018, vintage 2016, 2 years old
Hazy copper colour. Sweet and sour, with plenty of berry and stone fruit juice.
Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2018 at 22:21

7.4

BeerPlace (11108) reviewed Savant Beersel from Perennial Artisan Ales 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

During Black Christmas 2018. Hazy golden. Some bread, bretts, barrel aged veggies. Nice.

Tried on 09 Dec 2018 at 04:51

8.5

marius (4936) reviewed Savant Beersel from Perennial Artisan Ales 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Sampled at Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017 - day 1. Semi-hazy ruby pour with a tan head. Notes of cherries, vinegar, oak, light mould, some wine. Medium body, light oxidation, tart finish. Very nice.

Tried on 31 Dec 2017 at 11:40

7.8

Kraddel (15872) reviewed Savant Beersel from Perennial Artisan Ales 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Sampled at Billies craftbeerfest 2017. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Don't mind my visual info to much, as lighting was really terrible. Pours rather clear amber. Smell is intense, sour, fruity, full, oak. Bit sweaty, mild fruits. Taste is sharp, intense FOB style. Bit bloody, but in a nice way. Tad fruity, some oak. Mild lactic acid. Very decent. Not sure if mis-tasted by me, or if the lactic acid was an infection, since they do speak of 100 % brett.

Tried on 11 Dec 2017 at 06:32

6.8

77ships (14509) reviewed Savant Beersel from Perennial Artisan Ales 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

(Thank you!) Sampled 750 ml. bottle @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2017. Clear golden, white head. Nose is milky sour citrus, funk & USA glue sour. Taste is all puckering glue, acidic, pain, varnish, lemon glue. Acidic glue body. Too American paint thinner beer.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2017 at 05:19

6.5

tderoeck (22946) reviewed Savant Beersel from Perennial Artisan Ales 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Imported from my RateBeer account as Perennial Savant Beersel (by Perennial Artisan Ales):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

2/XII/17 - on tap @ Billies Craft Beer Festival - BB: n/a (2017-2049) Thanks to the Belgian, Dutch and German ratebeerians for sharing today's beers!

Clear orange to amber beer, small creamy yellowish head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, funky, lambic, spicy, lots of brett, nice, impressive beer! MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very acidic, way too sourish, lots of lemon juice, don't like.

Tried from Draft on 02 Dec 2017 at 19:01

allesmetkaas (1898) ticked Savant Beersel (2017) from Perennial Artisan Ales 8 years ago

Tried on 02 Dec 2017 at 18:53

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Tried on 02 Dec 2017 at 18:53

Bibax (5409) ticked Savant Beersel from Perennial Artisan Ales 8 years ago

Tried on 02 Dec 2017 at 18:45