Brasserie de la Senne Schieven Enthusiasm

Schieven Enthusiasm

 

Brasserie de la Senne in Brussel / Bruxelles / Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪

Collab with: Blind Enthusiasm Brewing
  Farmhouse - Imperial Saison Special
Score
7.70
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 39
Schieven Enthusiasm is a collaboration with our friend (and former intern) Doug Checknita of brewery Blind Enthusiam in Edmonton, Alberta, CA.
She turned out a strong version of a farmhouse ale, with no less than 10% alcohol! Aged in barrels for over a year with our Brettanomyces yeasts, her nose reminds us of saisons. We get fallen apples, a fleeting acidity, quince confit and the funkiness of the Brett yeast. In the mouth, she develops a certain softness. This comes entirely from the amount of alcohol, given that the beer holds no residual sugars at all. After this we get pineapple, acacia-flowers, red fruit on alcohol, a delicate woodiness and always those Brett flavours to enrich the whole. Her finale is soft, long and fruity, but all the while without being sugary. Her saturation is very light, which reinforces the vinous character of the beer. It’s a true beer fit for keeping, complex but nonetheless dangerously easy to drink. Beware…
 

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

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is vinous and a bit funky with grapes, white wine, oak, estery yeast, bretty funk, stone fruits, apricot, pale malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and a bit tart, body is medium. Hides it's hefty abv pretty well. Beautiful wine barrel Saison, right up my alley.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:27


8.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10

Bottle from Malt Attacks, Brussels, in the garden, evening sun, 4th June 23. Pours clear golden, big white head. Aroma is funk, rose, citrus, yeast, complex. Taste is rose, funk, so smooth, light tart, farmyard, wood and barrel, very layered, no sign of the ten percent, incredible beer

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2023 at 18:59


9.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10

Bottle at 't Brugs Beertje Brugge. Hazy pale gold colour lasting white head. Authentic funky lambic aroma. Some saison too. wow that explodes in the mouth with white grape flavours zingy tangerine wow that is a mouth full of joy. that is so surprising. the amount and intensity of thd fruit. white wine. some light orange dessert wine. some barrel age character. stunning. beer of the day so far. hides abv well just amazing. 10% really? it's wonderful peach and apricot flavours other creamy mouthfeel re rate its even better I can't think of a better beer in Brugge 4.8

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2022 at 15:41


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

Bottle, 10%. Citric aroma, vinous grapes, lambiek notes. Cloudy golden colour. Stable white head. The flavour is nicely citric with a mild, but good lambiek acid. Good wooden lambiek notes. A surprising gem.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2021 at 22:13


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Pours slightly hazy straw with airy white head. Clear aroma of citrus, yeast and hops, with dusty notes. Bitter and dry flavour of hops and Saison yeast, with touches of malt and dusty notes and touches of barrel. Dry and estery aftertaste with funky touches. Warming alcohol presence. A very nice piece of work. Dry and dusty but well-balanced and satisfying.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2021 at 22:11


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

@Warsaw Beer Fest 2021, tap. Golden hazy pour with a tick white foam. Nose: champagne, white wine, Chardonnay mostly…laurel a bit, lemon. Mouth: tart with a feel or macerated fruit a bit sweet a bit lemony. So much peculiar

Tried from Draft on 09 Oct 2021 at 17:14


8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

bardzo dobry i pijalny saison. w takie upalne dni jest doskonaly. piana gigant, zlotawa lekko mglistawa barwa. pachnie cytryna i skorka cytryny. w smaku cytrynowe, kwaskowe, mineralne, lekko kwasne i mocno nagazowane. fajnie chlodzi w upalne dni

Tried on 20 Jun 2021 at 09:26


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330 ml bottle from Etre Gourmet, bottled 08 Oct 19. Orange, medium hazy body, with a big, fluffy, lacing, off-white head. Aroma of Brett, grass, flowers, citrus, moderate spices, vanilla, some bread, some white grapes, slight stone fruits. Tastes similar, with some more barrel notes. Meidum, a bit creamy mouthfeel, with an average carbonation. Finishes yeasty, medium spicy, medium dry, slightly warm, astringent, citric, a bit floral, with moderate Brett, some vanilla Very nice. The alcohol is almost hidden, except some astringency in the finish. Lovely combination of Brett and some barrel, fruity notes and a sweet malt body. Drinks a bit heavier than the average DLS, but surprisingly smooth for the ABV, greatly balanced. Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 15

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2021 at 20:59


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330ml bottle from Craft Republic in Moscow. Pours hazy gold with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty, funky, leather. Taste is medium sour, funky, fruity, vinous. Dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2020 at 10:49


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


Bottle 330ml. @ home.🐝🦋

[ As De la Senne / Blind Enthusiasm Schieven Enthusiasm ].
ABV: 10.0%. Clear medium to light orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, moderate hoppy, moderate yeasty, fruity yeast, grapes - wine - passion fruit, light tart, light funk. Flavor is moderate sweet, light to moderate acidic and bitter with a long duration, funky, wine - grapes, grapes, saison yeast, balanced, grapes - apple cider. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200924]
8-3-8-3-16

Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2020 at 10:13