S47 Dry Hopped Saison

18/VIII/20 - 33cl bottle from the brewery, shared @ home, BB: 14/XI/20 (2020-794)

Little cloudy dark amber beer, big creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: malty, grains, some caramel, yeasty, some banana, sweet ripe summer fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sweet, caramel notes, fruity touch, ripe banana, soft acidity, some lime notes. Aftertaste: fruity, lots of peaches, some caramel malts, ripe banana, pretty yeasty, bit sweet, banana peel, bit fruity.

11 June 2020. At Brouwbar. Shared with the lovely Anke! Pours hazy dark orange witha stable, foamy, off-white head. Aroma of ripe orange, mango, brioche, lychee, white grape, pepper, banana peel, herbs. Taste has sweet green banana, orange & melon on top of soft biscuity & brioche-like malts, sour touches of wheat & citrus zest against a spicy, tad herbal backbone. Dry, spicy & earthy hoppy finish, soft estery & tropical accents lingering with breadiness returning retronasally. Medium body, slick texture, medium carbonation. Aromatic hops pairing well with estery Saison profile. Quenching, nice!

trade with tderoeck

Another new Brouwbar beer released during the coronavirus lockdown period, a dry-hopped reiteration of earlier saison interpretations, the last ones so far dating back to 2018 already. Bottle(s) straight from the brewery, cheers Benjamin! Medium thick, off-white, mousy, quickly opening but generally well-retaining head, misty deep and pure amber colour with 'rusty' to even pinkish tinge. Aroma of lychee, jasmin blossoms, melon, green pear, orange orchard, soggy biscuit, strawberry wine, crumbled dry orange cake, white grape juice, honey, hint of sweet cherry tomato. Sweetish onset with a very light sourish edge, softly carbonated, expressively but cleanly fruity with impressions of lychee, mandarin, melon and ripe pear, for the majority derived from the hops' aromatic effects; slender, slick body, bit oily. Lightly biscuity malt profile with a slight soapy edge to it (wheat) but not in an annoying way, retaining very high drinkability all the way through; retronasal lychee, sweet orange and even guava effects from the dry-hopping, some tropical floweriness as well, but only softly bittering in the end. Very softly even for a saison, and a somewhat more 'active' carbonation would probably be better as well - but even if I would not identify this one as a saison 'per se', there is no denying that it has a very distinct aromatic character that breathes elegance and graciousness in a very fruity way. Typical Brouwbar restraint, elegance and cleanness, highly agreeable on a sunny spring day. How I miss that pub!