Balance Brewing & Blending Spectral Diffusion

Spectral Diffusion

 

Balance Brewing & Blending in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular
Score
7.09
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 4
Fusing traditional styles and techniques with modern brewing advances is something that excites us at balance. For this beer we worked with BarthHaas to utilise Spectrum, a liquid hop extract, that we used to dry hop a blend of barrel aged saisons.

We got our hands on Ernest and Fuggle in Spectrum form, two British hops that work wonderfully in our beers. There's a tropical punch of flavour: mango, pineapple and pomello carried on a base of subtly bready malt and the pithy bitterness of pine pollen.
 

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7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden. Aroma is sour and fruity with a tart vinous edge. Hazy opaque copper. Thin white head just clings to the rim. Flavourwise it's sour- fruity with a vinous edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry astringent finish.
Tried from Draft at Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden on 31 May 2026 at 07:31

Tried at home. Pleasantly tangy
Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2026 at 13:54

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried from Draft at The Old Shoe on 08 Feb 2026 at 13:28

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Keg at Gravity 2025 Saturday. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light sour cereal. Taste is pretty sour for a saison. Not getting the doughy and peppery notes I was looking for. Sour finish.
Tried on 28 Sep 2025 at 08:54