Saison Chardonnay
Broadway Microbrasserie [BW] in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.82
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750ml waxed bottle.
Dark copper pour, big off white head. First thing is the oak. Right off the bat the aroma is very woody, with some grassy hops, light tropical fruit, and some yeast. Solid mouth feel and carb. The finish is again quite woody, and whatever semblance of a saison is out the window. Im not sure the base beer was big enough to stand up to the barrel. And the fact that it was a chardonnay barrel made zero impact. I can understand the idea of why this would be a wonderful idea, but this is a barrel bomb.
Dark copper pour, big off white head. First thing is the oak. Right off the bat the aroma is very woody, with some grassy hops, light tropical fruit, and some yeast. Solid mouth feel and carb. The finish is again quite woody, and whatever semblance of a saison is out the window. Im not sure the base beer was big enough to stand up to the barrel. And the fact that it was a chardonnay barrel made zero impact. I can understand the idea of why this would be a wonderful idea, but this is a barrel bomb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:38
7/10
Tried
on 07 Jul 2017
at 21:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Un nez assez fruité avec une présence de levures aux notes fermières et vineuses. Présence de mangue et de sucre d’orge. De couleur cuivre profond et limpide. La mousse est abondante, crémeuse et éternelle. Les tons d’épice, surtout le poivre, dominent l’entrée de bouche. Se développent ensuite l’aspect vineux et les notes de chêne. La chaleur d’alcool est réchauffante. Les fruits (mangue) restent discrets mais efficaces. Le petit coté fermier et les notes vineuses de la barrique sont agréablement bien équilibrées. La texture est plus ronde qu’une saison mais cela ajoute beaucoup à son charme. Une belle réussite de cette brasserie trop souvent laissée dans l’ombre du TDD.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2016
at 16:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Poured a clear amber color ale with a large off-white foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of light Chardonnay notes with caramelized sugar notes and light oak notes is not bad. Taste is a mix of Chardonnay notes with some nice oak notes with too much caramelized sugar for my taste and some residual sugar notes. Body is about average with great carbonation. The barrel-aging notes are quite good in this beer but I don’t get why so much caramel malt as used. A dryer finish would have been better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2015
at 11:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A dark hazed reddish amber Saison with a thin white head. In aroma, beautiful fruity malt with loads of grapeskins, Brett notes, light cork, nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with chardonnay grapeskins, Brett notes, boozy alcohol warmth, very nice. Bottle at OttBottShare March 2015.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2015
at 12:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
750 mL bottled January 2014, drunk January 2015
Brilliant, burnished copper body has a slight chill haze and a full, fluffy white head that creates good sheets of lacing and is well-retained.
Lots of oak in the nose; butter, tannins and perhaps some light juiciness from the malt sugars blending with the grape notes (more likely just the yeast esters). Bit of cotton candy, lots of juicy pear and nothing overly rustic albeit some light sawdust/cellar mustiness. Aroma strength is pretty high, though most of it is just (quite forceful) esters. Alcohol not terribly apparent in the nose.
Very full mouthfeel/body, though not overly surprised seeing the abv on this one. Some light grape-like notes combine with the alcohol to give off an almost brandy-like character, but this is kept in check by the strong malt presence (sweet, gooey, doughy, honeyed white bread) and very boisterous fruity esters. Respectable effort but nothing here is particularly alluring. As well, the malt is a bit overbearing and the combo with the somewhat monotonous ester profile gives off more an impression of a boring American Trippel. Thanks for the bottle, MartinT!
Brilliant, burnished copper body has a slight chill haze and a full, fluffy white head that creates good sheets of lacing and is well-retained.
Lots of oak in the nose; butter, tannins and perhaps some light juiciness from the malt sugars blending with the grape notes (more likely just the yeast esters). Bit of cotton candy, lots of juicy pear and nothing overly rustic albeit some light sawdust/cellar mustiness. Aroma strength is pretty high, though most of it is just (quite forceful) esters. Alcohol not terribly apparent in the nose.
Very full mouthfeel/body, though not overly surprised seeing the abv on this one. Some light grape-like notes combine with the alcohol to give off an almost brandy-like character, but this is kept in check by the strong malt presence (sweet, gooey, doughy, honeyed white bread) and very boisterous fruity esters. Respectable effort but nothing here is particularly alluring. As well, the malt is a bit overbearing and the combo with the somewhat monotonous ester profile gives off more an impression of a boring American Trippel. Thanks for the bottle, MartinT!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2015
at 16:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bouteille 750ml. De couleur cuivrée-dorée et voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (pommes vertes, léger d’agrumes, notes de raisins verts et de poires) aux notes épicées (poivre doux) et faiblement rustiques, légèrement boisé (fût de chêne aux notes vineuses), léger de grains de malt pâle secs avec des notes de houblon floral. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-élevé ainsi qu’une texture aux notes vineuses et huileuses. Goût de levures fruitées sucrées (pommes vertes, moyen de raisin verts, notes d’agrumes, traces de poires et d’abricots) légèrement épicées (poivre doux) ainsi qu’aux notes rustiques et terreuses accompagné d’un goût boisé sec (fût de chêne légèrement vineux) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de malt pâle secs et sucrés avec quelques notes de pain mouillé. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve un léger-moyen goût d’alcool aux notes vineuses et réchauffantes jusqu’en finale, où se pointe une légère amertume de houblon floral aux petites notes herbeuses. Post-goût moyen-long et sec, léger-moyen amer d’alcool, léger de houblon floral avec un goût boisé ainsi qu’un moyen goût de levures fruitées (moût de raisins verts, pelures de pommes, petites notes de zeste d’agrumes).
Tried
on 30 Mar 2013
at 18:26
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bouteille 750ml. Couleur orangée, mousse blanche laissant une belle dentelle. Arôme de vin blanc, acidité, fruité, boisé, abricot, alcool. Goût vineux, boisé, acidité en fin de bouche, fruité léger en arrière-goût. Carbonation moyenne-élevée, corps moyen. Plus elle se réchauffe et moins elle est bonne...
Tried
on 11 Mar 2013
at 07:10