Starke Karbonisierung. Etwas alkoholischer, trocken hefiger Antrunk. Herb, mild getreidig. Geringe Kräuternoten. 8/8/8/9//8

Bottle at gent beer festival. Pours deep amber, nose is toffee, vanilla, esters, little soap, taste is dry, toffee, spices, quite fizzy.

Courtesy of 77ships. Very thick, towering, rocky, irregularly shaped, pale yellowish beige head over a deep warm copper coloured beer with tiny bits of yeast floating around everywhere. Interesting aroma of vanilla (quite strong after a while but not really tannin-like), toasted bread, honey, cognac and indeed a hint of bourbon, some wood, walnuts, caramel, thyme, dried peach. Dried fruits in the mouth, nutty maltiness all the way through, sweet caramel touch, bit honeyish perhaps, very strong carbonation (too strong for the flavour to entirely open up), toasted accent, spicy finish, drying with quite strong vanilla, woody accent with some bourbon but not strongly so unless it is the vanilla which has to represent it. Weird, certainly not your average saison, overcarbonated, but interesting and enjoyable flavour. The vanilla struck me as being more present than expected - it almost seems added, but I assume it is established by the bourbon presence.

75cl bottle courtesy of and shared with 77ships. #55/420. Ambrée, col épais crémeux beige. Arôme est légèrement houblonné avec un léger côté grains, bourbon perce en rétro, le tout offrant un profil un peu ’off’ presque chimique mais laissant penser à un Chardonnay. Palais donne un avantage au Bourbon avec une fine note douce de vanille en fin de bouche. Le tout reste cependant amoindrit pas une effervescence nettement trop importante. Retrouve des notes d’épice - coriandre et un malté typique de malt pils, pâle. Le Bourbon progresse sur la fin devenant plus agréable mais sans être spécialement adapté au profil de la bière. Fin de bouche prend une approche presque de brett et encore ce rappelle de vin Chardonnay.

750 ml. bottle sampled & shared. 2015 Version - obv. BBF 05.2017. Bottle number 55/420. Deep amber & huge collapsing head. Nose is bourbon with a ridiculous amount of spices,… huge vanilla, cinnamon, spices, leaves but odd, fizzy with far too many spices, cloves & other stuff. Carbonation & out of hand, ruining the experience a bit; Taste is same huge amount of spices, cloves, cinnamon, spices, vanilla, it is almost a bit like eating a tablespoon of pure spices, quite a bit of bourbon also leaves, fizzy, spices,… Very odd beer,… A real mess but not entirely unenjoyable.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Oosteke Saison Cuvée Bourbon 2015 (by OostEke Brouwers):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5

25/VII/15 - 75cl bottle @ Trillium tasting, home - BB: V/2017, bottle #55/420 (2015-986) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!

Clear deep orange beer, big creamy yellow head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: orange peel, coriander, bit sweet, CO2. MF: bitter, pretty spicy, coriander, little sourish, some caramel malts, alcohol. Aftertaste: orange peel, bit sweet, hoppy, malty, pretty bitter, more coriander, weird sourish finish. Wouldn't be surprised if it was the start of an infection, 6.5% beer doesn't barrel age well...