Saison Sauvin
8 Wired Brewing in Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
7.54
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This is a very modern, you might say new world, interpretation of this style. Based on the tradition 8 wired have used a French Saison yeast, which provides a plethora of funky, earthy, very “Belgian” flavours. From there they have upped the ante a fair bit by doubling the amount of malt, and thereby the alcohol, and loaded the kettle with punchy Nelson Sauvin hops. Unlike the original, this is not a beer meant to be drunk by the gallon. Moderation is the key for full enjoyment of all great beers.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Old rating from 2015 - 500ml bottle, pours hazy golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of grapefruit, lemon, melon, passion fruit, earth, spice & yeast. Medium body. Dry finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2025
at 11:26
9/10
That's really fucking good
More flowery and sweet than saison.
More flowery and sweet than saison.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Hazy goldeny orange colour with a mediumsized foamy white head. Aroma is mild farmyardy elements, some citrus, yeast, and a bit grainy tones. Flavour is sweet citrus, some earth, mild funk and tartness with some bready and grainy tones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2023
at 19:32
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 7%. Deep golden colour, large white head. Lovely aroma of Nelson Sauvin hops, with notes of gooseberries, white grapes and tropical fruits, also a hint of pine. The flavour is medium sweet and very fruity, Nelson Sauvin elements dominate, but the beer is not too bitter. The Belgian / French saison yeast is more subdued. A fine and very drinkable beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2021
at 14:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Golden color. Grapefruit and peppery hops in the aroma and flavor. Melon. Sharpish citric hopbitter aftertaste. Very well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2018
at 23:23
7/10
Tried
on 09 Oct 2018
at 14:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Color: Slightly hazy yellow, frothy white head. Aroma: Malt, yeast, hop. Taste: Very smooth, saison yeast, notes of peach, apricots. Hints of pear. Medium to over medium sweet, sugary notes, light to moderate hopbitterness. Soft carbonation, medium body. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2018
at 14:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
hazy pale yellow colour, medium sized white head which lasts for several minutes; aroma of grapeseeds, lemongrass, earthy-wine cellary-yeasty as well as some floral notes, some grapefruit and citric acid; taste of earthy-yeasty-white wine notes, malty and grape sweetness, tropical fruity notes, as well as dry-bittery grapeseedy-hoppy bitterness; great one!
Tried
on 03 Aug 2018
at 17:31
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2018
at 21:25