Leon

Stillwell Brewing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦

Farmhouse - Saison Regular

Score

6.84

ABV: 4.8%

IBU: -

Ticks: 3

Leon is a grapeyboi that was made with Léon Millot and NY Muscat grapeskins, both from Blomidon Estate Winery. We selected 3 neutral ex-wine barrels to age on a metric frig-ton of pomace, let it macerate for about 5 months, tasted it, then blended some fresh saison with it to get it where we fancied. The result? Well, we're pretty happy with it. It's not particularly sour, like many grape ales, and is just under 5%-- for maximum quaff-factor. Dry, aromatic, complex... and drinkable.

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6.8

Ferris (26026) reviewed Leon from Stillwell Brewing 5 years ago

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

Cloudy reddish with almost no head. Light funk with some red berry. Light funk, touch of and glue.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2020 at 05:47

7.1

mcberko (47456) reviewed Leon from Stillwell Brewing 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

750mL bottle, pours a cloudy rusted dark red with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of Muscat grape skins, lots of oak, saison yeast, and a touch of tartness. Flavour is very oaky, with lots of harsh oaky wood, saison yeast, and some musty dry grape skins. Oaky and musty finish. A little harsh but tasty enough.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2020 at 05:37

7.1

Oakes (33493) reviewed Leon from Stillwell Brewing 5 years ago

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

It's a lightish purple, opaque, not much head. Nice grapey aroma to this, with a bit of buggy complexity. But on the palate, it comes across very light, without a lot of sugar support but nor is it all that dry. So odd that way. A bit of toastiness, so wonder if that's from the barrel.

Tried on 11 Sep 2020 at 05:37