Chevalier Saison
Bridge Road Brewers in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.68
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The Saison is a classic Belgian style, not often seen outside of its homeland. It was traditionally brewed by farmers and their workers as a beverage to consume during the summer months.
Bridge Road Brewers have crafted their own Saison to add to their Chevalier range. This beer is quite unique, light straw in colour, with a tight bright white head. Aromas are dominated by esters and phenolic characters, owing to the Saison yeast strain, which also gives the beer its characteristic tart, dry and acidic profile.
This citrus character combined with grassy hop flavours make this a great food beer, try it with anything from seafood to blue cheese.
Bridge Road Brewers have crafted their own Saison to add to their Chevalier range. This beer is quite unique, light straw in colour, with a tight bright white head. Aromas are dominated by esters and phenolic characters, owing to the Saison yeast strain, which also gives the beer its characteristic tart, dry and acidic profile.
This citrus character combined with grassy hop flavours make this a great food beer, try it with anything from seafood to blue cheese.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Cloudy pale gold with decent tight white head. The aroma is tangy citrus with peppery and metallic notes. Medium body and nice carbonation bordering on fizzy. Tangy citrus foretatse with a peppery and to my mind rather harsh metallic bitterness in the finish. An unusual beer which was just a bit harsh for my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2010
at 17:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours bright orange with a large creamy white head. Smells of orange zest and cloves with light doughy yeast and some funk. Taste is sweet and tart. Finishes tart with punchy pepper/ clove/ ginger. Good blue cheese beer. Eminently quaffable with character and a little intrigue. [3.8][12/10] Tap. Had a bottle a few weeks ago and wouldn’t change what I said previously. On tap it was missing all of the tartness and most of the spice: it was an OK fruity Belgian ale around 3.3. Leaving the rating as per the bottle. [3.8]330ml brown bottle from the advent box. Still the slightly ͘Z҉̣̰̭͚algo label. If anything, funkier than ever. I’d say I don’t understand the ratings here, but it was underwhelming from the keg at the Wheatsheaf - that was five years ago, apparently.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2010
at 03:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 75cl. @ Chris O’s Night of the Gaylords.Unclear hazy medium grey yellow orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light moderate hoppy, fruity, lemon, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light acidic and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091229]
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2010
at 08:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours pale gold with loads of fine bubbles sustaining (building) an impressive white head.Yeasty aroma, quite bready, but also showing lots of spicy phenols and tart orange peel.Flavours are very similar: bready yeast, lots of citrus as well as cloves. Alcohol is soft and clean, but the mild bitterness is quite sharp.High carbonation emphasises the dry finish, while the light body makes for a very refreshing beer.A great attempt at the style.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2009
at 02:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Both on tap at brewery and in 750ml bottle. This is a very classy and sophisticated effort. Has sour aroma and Hooegarden type appearance. Very full-bodied taste, very citrusy and tart. Great lingering aftertaste. I’m looking forward to having a taste of a more matured bottle (if I can resist the temptation to drink it early).
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2008
at 01:22