Bay and Pepper Your Bretts
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production|
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7.00
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This culinary delight is a rich farmhouse-style saison brewed with a generous helping of aromatic Turkish bay leaves and a dose of coarsely ground Tellicherry black peppercorns. The wild fermentation is finished off with cultured brettanomyces, which lend a noticeable sour note. As a collaboration between celebrated Louisville chef, Josh Lehman, and the brewers at Against the Grain, this beer highlights the interplay of cooking and brewing in a single glass. Complex, yet refreshing, this beer has a wild, perfumey aroma that prepares the palate for the tangy, yeasty flavor that mingles with spiciness from the spices as well as the phenols produced in fermentation.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks Ariel. Cloudy yellow. Pleasant funky aroma with citrus, pepper and some bay leaves. Flavor is dry, funky, slightly sourish, with fruitiness and mild peppery spiciness. Medium-bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2014
at 08:47
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Clear bright golden color, thick white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of funky peaches left in barn attics. next to some lemons. Taste is peppery, dusty haystacks and citrus Nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2014
at 17:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Small sample at Spuyten Duyvil from a bottle: Pours murky gold with a white head. Aroma is spicy, definitely getting hints of the pepper, but not so much of the bay leaves, some perfume, and some farmhouse funk. Body is pretty light, but it has a nice bite from the pepper and/or hops. Contrary to what the bottle of the beer would have you believe, this was a rather subtle beer that didn’t try to hit you over the head with anything.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2014
at 12:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
15 cl. draft @ Delirium Hoppy Loft. Clear pale golden with a white head. Tastes of lavender and bay leaves, spices, hay, yeast, soap, light citrus and grapes, herbal with some Monster energy touches. Light bodied. Not as bad as the previous sounds but definitely odd and honestly I have no idea where they were going with this. Not really getting brett nor pepper (maybe some white pepper if I really try). Odd one out but interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2013
at 00:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Beer Temple. Slightly hazy golden orange colour, white head. Aroma of strong spice, like cardamon (probably the bay leaves), light Brett funk, lime. Flavour is medium sweet, light peppery, strong spice, again very cardamon-like and a little like eucalyptus, light lime, light tart, spicy and light peppery finish. Light-bodied. A bit too spicy imo.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2013
at 13:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at MikkellerBar. Pours almost clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is bretty and peppery spiced. Citrusy, light bretty and mild pppery. Smooth fruity and lingering hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2013
at 06:03