Stone Brewing Saison du BUFF

Saison du BUFF

 

Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery / Victory Brewing Company
  Farmhouse - Saison Special Out of Production
Score
7.11
ABV: 6.8% IBU: - Ticks: 113
A hellaciously herbaceous collaboration of flavor. Collaborators: Sam Calagione, President & Founder, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery / Bill Covaleski, President & Co-founder, Victory Brewing Co. / Greg Koch, CEO & Co-founder, Stone Brewing

This saison has been infused with a herbaceous blend of Stone Farms and locally harvested sage, lemon thyme, rosemary and parsley and dry-hopped with Citra hops for a refreshing finish. First brewed in 2010, this citrusy farmhouse ale was named Saison du BUFF in tribute to the ad hoc coalition that Sam (Dogfish Head), Bill (Victory) and Greg (Stone) formed in 2003. Called Brewers United for Freedom of Flavor (BUFF), it was their way to show the beer industry that they were banding together to make room on the shelf for craft beer. Six years later this farm-to-kettle beer still boasts the use of freshly picked local herbs as well as Citra and Centennial hops to infuse crisp, savory, mouthwatering flavors.
 

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
12 ounce bottle. Pours a light yellow gold color with a small creamy white head. Aroma is sweet malt with notes of lemon verbena and sage. The flavor is more lemon with notes of thyme and rosemary. Malty sweet with some spicy hop bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2015 at 20:22

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 oz bottle poured into a Spiegelau tulip. Clear light golden yellow with a finger of off-white head. Aromas of herbs, spice, light citrus and funk. Tastes of herbs including rosemary and thyme, spice, light funk, some citrus fruit and peel. Medium body with a dry finish. Tasty herbaceous saison.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2015 at 00:45

8/10
Tried on 13 Jul 2015 at 16:43

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle in Brewdog Edinburgh. Pours golden yellow, nose is lemon, herbal, vanilla, taste is similar, floral, dry.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2015 at 02:48

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a clear golden yellow color with an ample amount of small carbonated bubbles that were seen rising. A one finger white foamy head formed and dissipated within a minute.
The smell definitely had the sage up front and did allow a nice sweet refreshing fruitiness to combine and invade. Light lemon surrounds.
The taste was sweet and herbal combined nicely. There was a light herbal aftertaste that led to a slight refreshing finish.
On the palate, this one sat a light on the body with a decent sessionable quality about it. The carbonation finishes smooth and refreshing.
Overall, I say this was a good saison I’d have again.
Tried on 04 Aug 2014 at 08:37

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
0.355l bottle from Whole Foods Market - Tribeca. My first beer in NYC, and my god I need a beer now! In my plastic cup, this one pours a lovely looking blurry peach-golden body with a small but lacing white head. Smells really inviting and fresh with lots of surprising spices. Is it nutmeg, thyme and cardamom? Really unexpected but quite nice. Also some grape zest, hints of hay and dandelions? Really different on the nose, and really nice! Oh, it's spicy in the taste also alright! It has a lovely oily mouthfeel with a gentle but present carbonation level. I get dried orange zest, hay, lots of herbal tea and saison yeast. Light dry mouth in the aftertaste, and there is also a hint of alcohol. Yum! 10.06.2013 --- Beer merged from original tick of Victory / Stone / Dogfish Head Saison du BUFF on 30 May 2017 at 04:54 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: On tap @ City Swiggers. This is a mildly cloudy orange golden colored one with a small bright white head that's lacing quite hefty on the top. Smells really good actually. Really fruity with nectarine, peaches, apricots, some mild lemonic sourness and a little bit of orange zest. A lovely nose. Tastes superb also. Wittiash kinda wheat sweet. It's mild oily on the texture and just about average on the carbonation. Lots of nice zesty flavors her. It's getting zest, spices, grapefruit zest. It has mid ripe strawberries and wheat. A delicious refreshing one. I would not mid to repeat. 18.06.2015
Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2014 at 22:17

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Definitely an interesting one that I’m not sure if it works or not, maybe my palate isn’t ready for something that tastes like the stuffing in a Thanksgiving day turkey combined with the yeast of a fruity saison.
Tried on 21 Jan 2014 at 05:13

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Had this back in December 2012, bottle from Asahiya. Here’s what my notes say: A nice clear golden beer with a good head of foam & nice lacing. The first sip is very floral with a bitter bite. The herbs definitely come through with sage & thyme being noticeable. This beer grows on you.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2013 at 18:46

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Had this at the RB Pgh Halloween Spook-tacular Tasting/Drunkfest fall 2013, nice time at Hornydevil’s place, thanks James & Michelle! For this sample I hand my hat to mtoast, thanks Hart! 2010 bottle. Smells old from the bottle. Has a pretty good level of co2 initially. Leaves a little bitof a medicinal feel to the palte. Odd flavor, difficult at times. Simple yellow color. Just seems a bit cardboard to me.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2013 at 05:24

10/10
Tried on 19 May 2013 at 21:35