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LCI farmhouse

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is Brett forward with lots of fruity notes. Some light cherry notes with some bright stone fruit, lemon lime, grapes and tropical fruit. Light grain notes and light alcohol notes. Pours a slightly hazy, golden color with a medium sized, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs. Flavor is slightly sweet upfront with light grain notes and a touch of acidity. Medium bitterness and light alcohol notes. Fairly fruity with lemon lime, cherry and grapes. A bit of stone fruit and a touch of a plastic note. Light peppery phenolic notes. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice Brett saison, especially in the aroma. Super fruity fermentation characteristics, especially in the aroma. The flavor had a bit of an off Brett note, but not overly so.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. BXL Beer Festival 2023. ABV 7%. Large gusher. Color: Hazy yellow golden, white head. Aroma: A lot of Brett funk, hints of stone fruit. Taste: Citrus fruit notes, stone fruit, dry mouthfeel, a lot of rural Brett funk, hopbitterness at the background. Slight tartness, light to moderate sweet and bitter. Slightly metallic at the finish. Ok.

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

0,75l bottle at home. Vintage 2020. BB 05/2040. yellow murky color, medium big white head. smells funky, earthy, grassy, bretty, spices. nice smell. full body, pearly carbonation. tastes spices, citric, grassy, yeasty, bretty, earthy. finishes lightly dry with notes of pepper, grass and bretty notes. pretty good one, not the most complex, but for the abv pretty smooth and easy to drink. Rather enjoyable.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

75cl bottle. A hazy yellow golden beer with a white lacing. Aroma of grapes, tart fruits and brett. Taste of pale malt, brett, tart grapes, okay!

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Trockener runder Brettantrunk. Milde Herbe, cremig, helles Malz. Trockener mittellanger Abgang. 9/10/11/10/7/9

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Pours tad unclear blonde, medium white head. Smell is full, grainy saison. brett is hidden. Taste is full, bitter, dry. Malty, slightly buttery. Brett is mild, somewhat fruity (yellow fruits) . medium body, medium high carbo.

7

BXL pack 2020. Clear golden with white head. Bottle keeps foaming. Sweet malts, brett, dead yeast, white pepper, woolly mammoth, cooked apple, light marmalade, hay. Light sweet and quite bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. Tasty funky Orval wannabe.

7.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home. Some gushing. Almost clear golden with white head. Stinky Brett, apricot, pineapple, sweet malts, soft white wine, more funky and wild Brett notes, soft hay. Medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. Must have been some very bretty barrel they blended in here... Good beer!0

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Saison from this craft brewery in the Jura region in eastern France, refermented with Brett and created especially for the BXL Beerfest of this year, which due to the Covid-19 pandemic could not take place; 75 cl shared with Craftmember. Irregular, snow white, cobweb-lacing, mousy, gradually breaking and opening head on a hazy, deep golden blonde beer with apricot tinge. Aroma indeed very funky-Bretty in a highly phenolic, almost somewhat 'chemical' kind of way, reminiscent of the classic 'horseblanket', stale urine, slight band aid, hint old sweat, watermint leaf, banana, damp tree leaves, moist jute bags, old wrinkled apples, peach, lemon zest, cloves. Estery onset, quite lively and colourful, unripe banana and peach mixed with pear and lemon peel aspects, medium carb, soft enough not to interfere with the flavours; supple body, a lovely bready maltiness with mild sourish accent underneath, dryish finish with a herbal hoppiness but also a lot of Brett-induced phenols, clove-like but a bit band aid- or 'hospital'-like as well; spicy, funky, grassy, quenching ending. Very Brett-forward indeed so delivering what it promises I guess, but feeling a bit as if the wild yeast grew up in a lab rather than in a more natural environment; still convincing enough, though, so if you like wild ales with a lot of Brett effect, this one is for you. Enjoyed it, all things considered.