North Coast Brewing Company Le Merle

Le Merle

 

North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular
Score
7.04
ABV: 7.9% IBU: 26 Ticks: 156
Le Merle is a rustic ale, pale in color, inspired by the rich brewing traditions of the Flanders region. Abundant hops and a Belgian yeast strain contribute exotic aromas of tropical fruit.

For all she has contributed since the brewery’s founding, North Coast Brewing is pleased to honor our Merle, co-founder Mark Ruedrich’s wife, with Le Merle (the Blackbird), a subtle sophisticated Belgian-style Saison beer.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

0.355l bottle from Beer Republic. Aroma is yeasty, dried fruity, floral, gummy and dusty. Pours clear golden color with thick creamy off-white head and sparkling appearance. Taste starts refreshing fruity, yeasty and slightly vinous, following is sweet malty, phenolic and medicinal, mouthfeel is warm but dry, while finish is heavy herbal bitter. Full body, oily texture and lively carbonation in palate. Wild and free as a blackbird…

Tried from Bottle from Beer Republic on 24 Nov 2025 at 14:55


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

Bottled. Pours a cloudy yellow. Way too citrusy and acidic for a saison to me.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:56


7.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tasty little saison, with bright notes of fresh grass, clove, and vanilla, underlined by a slightly tart note and a yeasty finish. Good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2025 at 00:07


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

Bottle. Amber with a medium sized head. Aroma is fruity with hints of hay. Taste is mildly fruity, almost like peaches.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 05:13


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Aroma is spicy yeast, fruity, bready malt, floral notes, bubblegum, hint of funk. Flavour is moderate sweet with a little bitterness in the fairly dry finish. Body is medium, pretty lively carbonation. Rich and tasty Saison.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:41


6

Tastes like an interesting... I'm not sure...

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:55


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

Poured from the tap. Clear yellow gold with small white head. Farmhouse sort of with feint esters and citrus, okay.

Tried from Draft on 09 Feb 2024 at 08:14


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

A golden and slightly hazy beer, a head is small and white. Aroma has generic fruitness and sweetess of fruits, some grain and hint of earthyness. Taste has fruitness of perries, some earthyness and sourness, also light spicyness. Medium bodied. Balanced and nice saison. I like this.

Tried on 18 Feb 2023 at 10:09


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried on 01 Oct 2021 at 00:58


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours clear golden amber, small off white head, decent lacing. Aroma is Belgian yeast, field grass, white pepper, coriander, floral notes. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter. Merlin body. Hits the classic saison notes well.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2021 at 02:46