La Ruche
Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating|
Score
7.70
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La Ruche is a delicate Missouri Saison fermented using a blend of our local microflora and a traditional Saison yeast. Orange Blossom honey was added to this soft beer for refermentation in a Missouri Oak Foedre and was aged to maturity before being naturally conditioned in the bottle.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
75cl bottle, label: Blend 5. Thx tiong! Poured golden and slightly cloudy. Light vinegary with apricots, light funk, sourness, dark fruits, finishes dry and bitter. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2023
at 10:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Floral, tart and funky with some farmyard and sourness, hints of honey and apricot. --- Beer merged from original tick of La Ruche (Blend #5) on 18 May 2023 at 21:02 - Score: 8. Original review text: Floral, tart and funky with some farmyard and sourness, hints of honey and apricot.
Tried
on 18 May 2023
at 20:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
(Bottle, 0.75l, thanks tiong, at VastActiv, 20230518) The beer poured golden and hazy. Its head was small and white. Aroma had fruitiness, tartness, wood and sourness. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, tartness, sourness, wood and bitterness. Aftertaste was dpiy tart and bitter. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2023
at 18:11
8/10
Love these saisons, so much citrus, soft and flavorful. Bit sour on this finish. Real nice honey notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2023
at 16:45
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Mar 25, 2026 (8/4/8/3/16=3.9): Poured from 750mL bottle (blend 4). Hazed yellow with small white head. Light tartness and funk over light rustic grains, enjoyable. Same overall rating.
May 21, 2022 (8/4/8/4/15=3.9): Poured from bottle at Masonry FHF (blend #4). Hazy gold with small white head. Honey, mild oak and funk.
May 21, 2022 (8/4/8/4/15=3.9): Poured from bottle at Masonry FHF (blend #4). Hazy gold with small white head. Honey, mild oak and funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2022
at 20:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, shared by mansquito. Pours orange. Funk, tart, citrus zest, grain. Medium body. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2022
at 01:00
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from source: pours light orange with a white head. Aroma is honey, yeasty funk, some citrus. Taste is acidic, honey, light sweetness, nice complexity. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2022
at 00:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the 3/13 PS tasting thanks to Brian! Hazy yellow, large frothy white head, good retention. Aroma of tart lemon, funk, wine, oak. Taste is lemon, oak, funk. Delicate, bright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2022
at 01:40
7/10
Light, tart, dry. Citrus, orange blossom, a bit of yeasty funk. Nice and clean but a bit 2-dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2022
at 17:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska från Side Project, blend 4. Blekguldig, klar med klar vit krona. Mycket citrus, citrusskal/vita, snällare i syra, snäll honungston, väl utjäst, vete, torr, lätt. Törstsläckande.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2022
at 20:55