Forest & Main Brewing Company Lunaire

Lunaire

 

Forest & Main Brewing Company in Ambler, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular
Score
7.53
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 19
Lunaire has been with us since the beginning. We love how it is always different and evolving, but somehow always the same; like the witness inside your consciousness. We brew Lunaire with local malts from @DeerCreekMalt, hop it with a blend of European and American hops, ferment with our Foraged Yeast Culture, age in wine barrels with our mixed culture, and condition in the bottle. This batch is presently showing notes of classic Brussels-style oaky brettanomyces, where you simultaneously talk about tropical fruits and rustic barnyard horse blankets, but also, wild cherry soda, whiffs of caramel, and some ethereal grapefruits and pineapples.
 

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

750 ml bottle from brewery. Hazy amber orange pour. Finger-high creamy beige head. Earthy, rustic bread aroma hints at honey and oak. Flavor is tangy malt, earthy yeast, crusty bread, apple peels and deciduous funk. Hints of preserved lemon, toffee, wood and tangerine peel. Smooth mouthfeel, but zesty. Nicely done.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2024 at 04:21


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Sampled from the tap at Tørst. Pours a clear reddish amber with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice red wine barrel note with some slightly tart stone fruit, hay and a bit of raspberry underlying. Flavor has light stone fruit and strawberry with red wine and a bit of straw backing.

Tried from Draft on 25 Feb 2024 at 19:21


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle, thanks Jan! Pours hazy yellowish with a smooth head. Aroma of funky farmyardy notes, tartness, spices, fruits, bretta, oak and wood. Taste is funky, farmyardy and tart with some yeast, earthiness, bretta, wood and spices. Finish is really funky and woody with some tart fruits, earthy notes, farmyard and yeast. Quite funky and farmyardy. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2017 at 11:00


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours crystal clear golden, medium creamy off-white head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is hay, oak, brett, vinous, horse blanket, mineral water. Flavor is dry, light tart, light plus funk. Medium body. Quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2017 at 10:07


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from the source: pours deep and slightly hazed gold with a white head. Aroma is light tree, but so much of the aroma is must and basement funk. Taste is also funky in this filthy and dirty way. Some light sweetness. Subtle but sharp tanginess. The sort of fruitiness you would find in a strange foreign soda. Complex. Interesting. Enticing. Loud yet delicate.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2016 at 20:11


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle dated May 21, 2014. Aroma is fruity with a lot of stone fruit, pineapple, tropical fruit and light citrus. Light white wine notes and oak tannins. Medium light phenolic notes. Pours a hazy, bright, copper color with a medium large, moderately thick, white head that slowly recedes. Moderate lacing and small legs. Flavor is slightly acidic with some light grain notes and sweetness. Medium pineapple and stone fruit notes with a bit of cherry. Some white wine and grape notes with a bit of oak tannins. Medium bitterness with some moderate phenolic notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a pretty nice Saison. Nice barrel and wine notes with good yeast character. Phenolics are nice as is the citrus character. I guess the phenolics are slightly medicinal but its very faint.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2015 at 19:30


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy light amber golden color. The nose is pronounced with lots of sourness funk, oak, oranges and brett going on. Much tarter than expected. Very sharp, high adicity, with white wine blending nicely. The oak dominates perhaps a bit too much and has some tannins at the end from the oak. Decent beer, but not a saison.

Tried on 05 Sep 2015 at 02:20


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle split at the 5/7.5/10K tasting, from an trade thanks to fbc24, 30/12/14. Hazed orange amber with a big old off white covering that retains well. Nose is mellow fruit peel, pineapple, tangerine, mandarin, woody, funk, straw, lemon rind, shades of green berry. Taste comprises tangy apricot, citric rinsed straw, light plum notes, gooseberry, barnyard, woody licks, soured grapes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid BA saison.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2015 at 15:33


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

30th December 2014
5 Kay, 7.5 Kay, 10 Kay tasting. Thanks to Colin. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and crisp. Mild bretty savoury vibe. Bitterish peel and floralness. Light dry finish. Quite bitter for a saison but all right.

Tried on 18 Jan 2015 at 06:11


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at the 5K, 7.5K & 10K tasting, thanks to Colin. It pours hazy orange-amber with a thick white head. The nose is fresh, funky, dough, orange rind, sherbet, light spice, some acidity and vinous notes. The taste is crisp, doughy, earth, straw, sour yoghurt, spice, orange, tangerine, winey stuff and toasty grain. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Well rounded and easy-going.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2014 at 09:58