Saison Imperiale
De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.76
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml rubber-corked bottle. Deep opaque brown with a lacy off-white head. Aromatic honey and sugar, spicy Belgian yeast tones. Pretty awesome, wasn’t sure what to expect when you see Imperial, but this is smooth a mellow, with no trace of harsh imperialness. Rich, but creamy and smooth brown malt tones, not unlike a Biere De Garde. The soft body is quite impressive, this is a world class beer. A touch soft on the carbonation, assumably from the closet aging, but it works.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2010
at 00:47
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Unclear dark golden with an off-white head. The aroma sweet with notes of yeast, over ripe fruits, malt, and spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of over ripe fruits, vegetables, lightly tart and dry finish. More like a imperial Biere de Garde, not that exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2009
at 16:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Dark amber color. Caramel cocoa notes, semi-sweet. Somewhat dubbelish rather than saisonish but that doesn’t really matter. Lightly fruity, lightly phenolic. Balanced and easy drinking even with some malty heft.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2009
at 17:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared by hopscotch. Pours clear copper with a tan head. Biscuit malt aroma with Belgian yeast and some brett funkiness. Light bready flavor, brett, mustiness and some pepper. Body seems too light for the flavor. Lively carbonation and a dry mouthfeel. It is good, but the flavors just don’t seem to live up to the aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2009
at 16:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cloudy and amber. Funky nose with deep fruit (apple, pear) and some light clove. There’s also a mac & cheese note in the aroma, which makes no sense at all. Herbal, berryish (blueberry, boysenberry), funky light foot, alcohol, rich caramel, and spice...lots of stuff going on here. For all its complexity, though, it really is not very cohesive.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2009
at 22:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours brown into a snifter. Fluffy beige micro head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Pit fruit and pepper aromas. Crisp and well balanced. Fruity upfront with a dry hops and sour brett finish. Quite nice.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2008
at 19:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a slightly hazy amber color - a little odd for the style, but no points lost here - lasting, creamy head on top - fairly soft on the palate for something with such lively carbonation - a bit zesty and herbal, with some bitter orange peel adding a tartness to it - a little sweet, with a kind of bready maltiness that again is odd for the style, but seems to work - quite earthy and subtle - pretty nice.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2008
at 17:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750ml bottle. This was not what I think of when I think of a saison. Slightly hazy amber pour with off-white, lasting head. The aroma is full of barnyard and leather with hints of feet and honey — not immediately appealing, though certainly complex. The flavor is slightly to mdoerately sweet and moderately bitter. Alcohol comes through in the flavor. The finish leaves a funky aftertaste that got better as the beer warmed. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2007
at 21:12