Oude du Blé
Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.93
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Oude du Blé is a Chardonnay barrel-fermented and -aged expression of Saison du Blé, our Missouri Wheat Saison. Our mixed fermentation of local microflora and a classic yeast strain with extended aging in French Oak produced an exceptional Saison with deep layers of complexity and soft, rounded oak nuances. This farmhouse ale was aged for more than a year before its release.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750mL 2019 vintage, drunk 8/20/22. Good clarity in this blonde-to-light-amber beer with a small, white head showing moderate retention. Pretty straightforward mix of lactic-acetic acid with fruity brett, cherry, caramel-to-honey-like malt. Fruity, tart, clean, maybe a bit maltier than I'd like, with still somewhat aggressive acidity. For three years old I'd expect more mildness from the cultures. Still, it's fine, no problems. In the mouth it's richly, thickly wheaty with tart acidity leading to sweet cherry, light caramel, moderate vanilla and fruity, cherry-heavy brett notes. Malty, medium-full body, a bit aggressive/unrefined acidity and strong barrel tannin, though no remnants of the Chardonnay. Clean and no alcohol, but honestly quite pedestrian. Not exactly a hot take, but I'm sure this would be about .5 points lower if it didn't have the Side Project name. Maybe in 5 years this will be better? Would certainly happily test that theory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2026
at 15:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750mL 2019 vintage, drunk 8/20/22. Good clarity in this blonde-to-light-amber beer with a small, white head showing moderate retention. Pretty straightforward mix of lactic-acetic acid with fruity brett, cherry, caramel-to-honey-like malt. Fruity, tart, clean, maybe a bit maltier than I'd like, with still somewhat aggressive acidity. For three years old I'd expect more mildness from the cultures. Still, it's fine, no problems. In the mouth it's richly, thickly wheaty with tart acidity leading to sweet cherry, light caramel, moderate vanilla and fruity, cherry-heavy brett notes. Malty, medium-full body, a bit aggressive/unrefined acidity and strong barrel tannin, though no remnants of the Chardonnay. Clean and no alcohol, but honestly quite pedestrian. Not exactly a hot take, but I'm sure this would be about .5 points lower if it didn't have the Side Project name. Maybe in 5 years this will be better? Would certainly happily test that theory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2026
at 15:31
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle. Clear gold. Spitty white head. Lemony, green grapes, neutral oak. Good minerality. Nice. 7 8 8.5 8 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2025
at 14:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours unclear blonde. No real head. Scent is fruity (yellow fruits), funk, overripe citrus. Taste is full , tart, very refined. Higher acidity (far more than the 2020 I had besides) More complex fruityness as well. Less specific on the citrus though. Bit high on acidity.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2025
at 16:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours clear blonde. Scent is sharp, grainy, saison style. Taste is sharp, honey-like funk, citrus, tart. But very, very mellow. Medium carbo. Sharper MF. Great summerdrink.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2025
at 16:39
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle. Pours murky blonde with white head. Aroma has tons of rustic saison yeast, dry barrels, some tannic wine character. Flavour has rustic saison yeast, bugs, some acetic acid, lots of buttery oak barrel and white wine character. This is excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2024
at 04:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is very complex, with lots of wild bugs, buttery chardonnay, and oak. Flavour is light-to-moderately acidic, with some buttery chardonnay, oak, and rustic saison yeast. Tons of buttery chardonnay, rustic notes, and oak, with just a touch too much acetic character on the finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2024
at 04:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pale and a bit of haze. The head died down fairly quickly. On the palate, it's tart, bretty, with a decent amount of acidity. The chardonnay lends some fruitiness, especially in the finish. Lemony, decent, but it might be a bit on the simple side.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2024
at 04:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml (thx, Brent D.!) @ Matt's house. Vintage 2019. Appearance: a bit hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: funky, some oak, slight notes of manure, quite sophisticated. Taste: along the same lines, bready, malty, funky, some noticeable tartness here that's observed mostly in STL saisons. Overall: good, but was overpriced as everything close to be good from SP.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2024
at 04:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazy blonde gold with small white head. Oak, soft saison yeast, light tartness, underlying chardonnay quality. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2024
at 04:37