Saison Brett
(has 5 batches)
Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating|
Score
7.75
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Dry-Hopped Farmhouse Ale with Brettanomyces (Smokestack Series)
Saison Brett, based on our very popular Tank 7, is assertively dry-hopped, then bottle conditioned with various yeasts, including Brettanomyces, a wild strain that imparts a distinctive earthy quality. Though this farmhouse ale was given three months of bottle age prior to release, further cellaring will continue to enhance the “Brett” character, if that's what you're after.
Saison Brett, based on our very popular Tank 7, is assertively dry-hopped, then bottle conditioned with various yeasts, including Brettanomyces, a wild strain that imparts a distinctive earthy quality. Though this farmhouse ale was given three months of bottle age prior to release, further cellaring will continue to enhance the “Brett” character, if that's what you're after.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: 750 ml bottle from Colonial Wine and Spirits, 6/27/11
Aroma: The nose yeast, bread, grass, citrus, orange, spice, malts, and a little bit of funk
Appearance: The pour is a mostly clear golden color with a foamy white head and good lacing
Flavor: Tastes of bread, citrus, and bitter orange flavors, but the brett/funk is much stronger in the taste
Palate: Medium bodied with a somewhat creamy mouthfeel, and a long dry, bitter and funky finish to it
Overall Impression: Overall, this is a pretty interesting beer. The nose doesn't do justice to reveal the bitter and funkiness that comes out in the flavor of this one. Anyway, this is a very solid saison with an interesting yeasty-bitter-citrus-funk character that I didn't describe that weel, but that is kind of hard to describe any better than that. Trust me though, it is worth trying.
Aroma: The nose yeast, bread, grass, citrus, orange, spice, malts, and a little bit of funk
Appearance: The pour is a mostly clear golden color with a foamy white head and good lacing
Flavor: Tastes of bread, citrus, and bitter orange flavors, but the brett/funk is much stronger in the taste
Palate: Medium bodied with a somewhat creamy mouthfeel, and a long dry, bitter and funky finish to it
Overall Impression: Overall, this is a pretty interesting beer. The nose doesn't do justice to reveal the bitter and funkiness that comes out in the flavor of this one. Anyway, this is a very solid saison with an interesting yeasty-bitter-citrus-funk character that I didn't describe that weel, but that is kind of hard to describe any better than that. Trust me though, it is worth trying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2011
at 19:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Happened to be in KC on release day and snagged a 2011 bottle. The beer pours a slightly cloudy bright yellow-orange color with a medium thick and creamy white head that diminishes slowly. Sticky rings of lacing. Aroma of citrus, yeast and herbs. Medium body with a partly funky character of semi-sour fruit, yeast, grassy hops and spices. Surprisingly no pine tar. The finish is tart and fruity with a lingering farmhouse funk left behind. Great entry level type Sour beer, enjoyable all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2011
at 19:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
11th June 2009
Milky gold beer. Thick frothy white head. Soft frothy and semi dry palate. Typically mildly sour saison but balanced perfectly. A little elderflower sweetness offset by hop bitterness in the finish. A little spicy aniseed. A very decent saison.
Milky gold beer. Thick frothy white head. Soft frothy and semi dry palate. Typically mildly sour saison but balanced perfectly. A little elderflower sweetness offset by hop bitterness in the finish. A little spicy aniseed. A very decent saison.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2011
at 10:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours orange. White head. Nose of tangerine rind, lemon zest, tart citrus, yeast and lemongrass. Taste of lightly tart tangerine, lemon zest, lemon grass and yeast. A lightly tart saison. Quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2011
at 15:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
2009 Bottle (#8683): Pours a light golden with a large, creamy off-white head. Sticky lacing. Nose is floral and slightly sweet. A little bit medicinal. Tastes of tangy florals, grassey, and brett. Gets some medicinal notes too. Nothing real funky or earthy or sour, just a little off-putting in the end. Dissapointed...
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2010
at 10:06
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Golden orange color, funky citrus aroma, horse blanket. Great head retention, lovely silky pillow head. Lemon and grapefruit in the nose, amazingly drikable, bits of mango and other sweet fruits lying under the sour brett citrus. Almost perfect, really. Amazingly complex, balanced, and drinkable.
Tried
on 28 Jul 2010
at 22:10
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled, bought in Spokane, WA. Cloudy golden, lively head. Grassy hoppy nose with funky sweaty brett underneath. Medium dry with gentle mouthfeel and mildl sparkling carbonation. The Orvallish sweaty bitterorange funky brett character is strong, but it still retains balance. Finishes with evergrowing bitterness. Lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2010
at 09:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours a hazy, straw yellow with a foamy, very active white head. Grassy aroma, floral, hay, lemon peel, spice, musty, earthy, flower petals. Flavor is sweet, floral, perfume, malts, grass, hay, light spice, coriander, like white pepper. Very earthy, like eating the tops of a carrot or the leaves of a strawberry plant. Medium bodied, chalky and very soft on the finish. Very nice. An easy drinker with nice complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2010
at 19:01
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy yellow with a modest, fizzy white head. Tart fruit aroma with some spice, funk, wood and barnyard. Lightly sweet flavor with some lemon, then quite tart and sour, with a very crisp, dry finish. Light to medium in body, well carbonated. A wonderful beer. (4.2)
Bottle shared at THE Sour and Saison Tasting - London. Many thanks to the fella who brought this one. Vintage 2009, drank in late 2012. Pours lightly hazy, bright gold with a creamy white head. Big herbal aroma with lots of brett and mild bread. Medium sweet flavor with pale malts, strong and juicy brett, some orange, light alcohol, faint white sugar. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Light dry brett finish, lightly warming, with further herbs, light grass, hints of anise. Quite ballsy but wonderful altogether. (4.1)
Bottle shared at THE Sour and Saison Tasting - London. Many thanks to the fella who brought this one. Vintage 2009, drank in late 2012. Pours lightly hazy, bright gold with a creamy white head. Big herbal aroma with lots of brett and mild bread. Medium sweet flavor with pale malts, strong and juicy brett, some orange, light alcohol, faint white sugar. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Light dry brett finish, lightly warming, with further herbs, light grass, hints of anise. Quite ballsy but wonderful altogether. (4.1)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2010
at 08:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle #7456. Hazy orange body, puffy off-white head. Herbal bitter nose with light tartness and lemongrass. Bitter body with hints of pineapple and wood, again slightly tart, but mostly herbal and spicy. Puffy, creamy body. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2010
at 18:01