Collab between Belgium's Senne brewery and Canada's Blind Enthusiasm, apparently a strong saison aged in wine barrels. Medium thick, egg-white, mousy and quite dense, opening head retaining as a thin ring and some flat islands in the middle; misty ochre-tinged apricot blonde robe with enthusiastic (sic) visible sparkling. Quite strong and complex aroma of fermenting apple juice, vanilla-scenting oak wood, yoghurt, quince jam, pineapple, white grapes and Zinfandel wine, yellow plums, sugar bread, pear, background Brettanomyces 'sweat', white Lambrusco, calvados, lime flesh, haystack, unripe peach. Estery onset, sweetish with a souring edge, aspects of green apple, ripe pear, lime, pineapple and white grapes, lively carbonation with refreshing minerally effects, supple and full body but not quite betraying its hefty alcohol content (at least not at this stage); rounded bready maltiness, lightly cake-like edges but equally displaying grey bread-like rye spiciness, spelt graininess and wheat sourishness, playing with ongoing colourful fruitiness and eventually dried by a tannic woodiness that matches well with a warming, calvados-like alcohol glow and pushes old wood and vanilla effects upwards. Ends warming and complex, with bright yellow fruitiness galore as well as very clear wine-like lining, grapey, tart and sweet, contrasting beautifully with the beer's estery and bready features. The wine and wood factors bind everything together and I have no doubt that in time and with proper cellaring, this one may achieve even greater hights - not that this is necessary, as it is already a great beer. Like so many of their previous offerings, another beer to align noble Belgian traditions with indeed modern craft beer enthusiasm, this is Senne at its best, I have no doubt that Blind Enthusiasm has learned a lot from them in this joint project. Fantastic beer, in my book.

Bottle. Hazy golden color with white head. Aroma is white pepper, peach, apricots, light stable. Taste is peach, apricots, light funk, white pepper in the back. Oily mouthfeel with high but fine-bubbled carbonation. Very good!

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Bottle from Belgiuminabox. Cloudy straw coulored with a minimal head. Slightly tart funky aroma, stone fruit, pear, rose hips, with a peppery finish. A bit vinous with BA notes , sweet but well balanced. Complex and still harmonious. I would never had guess that this is 10% abv. Very good.