Side Project Brewing La Ruche (Blend #01)

La Ruche (Blend #01)
(Batch of La Ruche)

 

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

  Farmhouse - Saison Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.61
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 65
La Ruche is a delicate Missouri Saison fermented using a blend of our local microflora and a traditional Saison yeast. Orange Blossom honey was added to this soft beer for refermentation in a Missouri Oak Foedre and was aged to maturity before being naturally conditioned in the bottle.
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Beer Republic. Blend #2. Sour and tart with stone fruits, malt, peach. Moderate to medium sour. Medium body. Fruity and sour, very nice...

Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2025 at 07:04


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Golden with a white head - Malt aroma with some wood hints - malt body with some wood and some sweetness as well - malt and wood flavours goes into the finish - This was good

Tried on 04 Jan 2025 at 11:35


8.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Sample at the roost pours a clear gold with a ring of white head. Nose is nice, green grapes and green apples, lemons and straw. Flavor is more complex and nice, lemon and grape, but unripened stone fruit, champagne and neutral barrel. Tart, dry, medium full bodied. Nice.

Tried on 27 Sep 2024 at 23:15


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle @MBCC 2024, Blue Session, courtesy of the US neighbours. Funky fruity aroma. Some leather and straw. Sweet fruity flavour, sweet citrus and slightly rough funk.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2024 at 08:50


7

From backlog. Taster, from Bottle, at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2024. Cloudy pale yellow/ Golden with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, lemon, floral, honey, sour, sweetness.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2024 at 20:14


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Some honey, some vanilla oak. Don't get as much almost, maybe a little. Orange. Pours light clear golden with decent head. Plenty of lemon. Tart finish, but not excessively so. Tap at Churchkey.

Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2024 at 21:29


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Imazato. Hazy gold. Lemon, honey, vanilla, grapefruit, bit fnky nose. Sweet vanilla and lactose, honey, tart, grapefruit zest, lemon, orange. Crisp and lovely sour ale.

Tried from Draft on 06 Jul 2024 at 01:08


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Blend 5 Hazy golden beer, no head. Aroma of sour apricot, apples, brett. Taste of sour yellow fruits, pineapple, apricot, barnyard, refreshing finish.

Tried on 15 May 2024 at 11:35


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tried on 13 May 2024 at 18:22


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

MBCC. Courtesy of the US guys. Blend 5. Hazy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and honey. Flavor is quite sweet and light acidic. Sweet and light acidic finish. 100524

Tried on 10 May 2024 at 17:07