Side Project Brewing Noir du Fermier (Blend #01)

Noir du Fermier (Blend #01)
(Batch of Noir du Fermier)

 

Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸

Brewed at/by: Perennial Artisan Ales
  Farmhouse - Black Saison Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.47
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 16 Ticks (all batches): 18
Noir du Fermier is a dark farmhouse ale in which the robust, yet dry malt bill is balanced with the brightness, depth and rustic character of the wild Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus found on our family's Missouri farm. This farmhouse ale was fermented in and aged in red wine and bourbon barrels for several months before being naturally conditioned in the bottle.
 

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8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750mL bottle, 10 Year, drunk at Stout Week line share, 2/18/24. Dark chocolate, good clarity, robust beige head. Nose is tart, lightly chocolatey with heavy fruitiness of cherry and apple. Good Brett and only moderate lactic with just a hint of acetic. Surprisingly restrained, for Side Project, this could be a dark malt and bacteria sourness bomb but instead it has rounded chocolate, fruity cherry, moderately deep malts and just a really interesting interplay of dark malt, wood, base malt and Sacch. The fermier are definitely a standout series.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2024 at 18:40

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught@CBC2016. Deep brown colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is berries, some fruits, mild roasted tones with some slight grassy and herbal tones. Flavour is toffee, brett, some roasted tones with mild fruits as well. Nice toffeeish finish.
Tried on 26 Sep 2023 at 20:38

8.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
bottle. Pours clear deep black, medium tan head, decent lacing. Aroma has a bit of roast, bugs, tannin, leather, lemon, smoke. Flavor is light tart, light funk, tannic. Medium body. Quite nice
Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2020 at 03:34

7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Pours dark, murkey brown. No real head. Smell is tart, sharp, mildly roasted. Taste is sharp and tart, roasted, coffee, liquorice, burnt chocolate. Tartness is mostly lactic. Some dark fruit notes ( mildly ) . Soy sauce like ending ( mild) A decent beer, but not my prefered taste category.
Tried on 30 Jan 2020 at 12:53

8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Tap @ CBC2016. Pours black with a bubbly brown head. Notes of brett, cherries, vanilla, chocolate, malt, vinegar, vinous.
Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle, by way of a trade that went tits up, with B3shine. Cheers Beau. Dark, clear, cola brown. Thin, dense, lasting, beige head. Good looker. Nose has red wine dregs. Old oak. Lemony brett. Hint of blackcurrant. Touch of vanilla. Taste is tart, juicy, and a tad dry. Medium body. Foamy carbonation. Juicy and tart finish. Fresh and bretty with nice red wine character, but the bourbon is lost on me.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2018 at 18:44

8.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle at Bumba. Aroma of tart , red fruit and oak. Taste of tart cherry, oak, ripe red fruit, dry funk and horseblanket. Belgian quality, well done.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2018 at 09:47

8/10
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Tried on 06 Sep 2018 at 09:05

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Blend One on tap at Side Project. Pours vlack with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is roast, cocoa, oak, bourbon. Slick body, roasted malt, cocoa, oak, light dry finish, very nice.
Tried from Draft on 19 Aug 2018 at 17:51

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at CBC 2016, yellow session. Pours dark brown, beige head. Fruity, berries, funky, some wooden notes, vinous. Moderate to heavy acidic.
Tried from Draft on 11 Sep 2016 at 06:04