Saule
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.86
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Ale Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Saule is French for “willow”, a traditional nine-year anniversary gift. Our ninth anniversary ale, Saule, follows in the footsteps of our anniversary releases before it, which are loosely based on an English-style old ale, fermented with our house yeast strain, aged in bourbon barrels and blended using the solera method. This means that a portion of each anniversary ale is saved in oak barrels and blended in with the next year’s production, providing more complexity and depth of character as the years go by. The result is layered in robust and complex flavors of toffee, caramel, dark fruit, vanilla and oak.
Saule is French for “willow”, a traditional nine-year anniversary gift. Our ninth anniversary ale, Saule, follows in the footsteps of our anniversary releases before it, which are loosely based on an English-style old ale, fermented with our house yeast strain, aged in bourbon barrels and blended using the solera method. This means that a portion of each anniversary ale is saved in oak barrels and blended in with the next year’s production, providing more complexity and depth of character as the years go by. The result is layered in robust and complex flavors of toffee, caramel, dark fruit, vanilla and oak.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
a: dark brown coloured body | thinnish, relatively fast-dying tan head
a: tobacco | bourbon (big!) | pitted fruits
f: raisins | earthy malts | nutty finish
t: figs | alcohol warmth | rich caramelised sugars
o: deep & robust | rustic throughout | polished & complex (aged well, most likely!)
75 cL bottle | Balducci's (grocery): Alexandria (Old Town), Virginia | 28-November-2020 | US$34,99 | no bottling date | sampled: 21 & 22 December 2025 in conjunction with my 2025 Advent Calendar
a: tobacco | bourbon (big!) | pitted fruits
f: raisins | earthy malts | nutty finish
t: figs | alcohol warmth | rich caramelised sugars
o: deep & robust | rustic throughout | polished & complex (aged well, most likely!)
75 cL bottle | Balducci's (grocery): Alexandria (Old Town), Virginia | 28-November-2020 | US$34,99 | no bottling date | sampled: 21 & 22 December 2025 in conjunction with my 2025 Advent Calendar
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from Bottle
from
Balducci's
on 22 Dec 2025
at 23:06
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2024
at 19:48
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared. Dark brown. Bourbon, more bourbon, massive bourbon feast. Caramel, alcohol, creamy, dried fruits, some bitter hops. Quite sweet, boozy bitter. Full bodied. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2022
at 17:42
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2021
at 03:22
7.5/10
Stewed fruit, vanilla, cloying sweetness,
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2021
at 16:49
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2020
at 19:05
8/10
Hazy brown bod large foamy tan head. Toffee fruity caramel arma. Toffee fruity vanilla caramel flav. Full bod mod carb. 8/4/8/4/16 4.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2019
at 21:13
8/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2019
at 19:35
9/10
Almost clear brownish dark red. Complex nose. Bourbon and sweet malts. Taste is incredibly complex. Toffee sweet, coffee. Vanilla, some more
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Muted Horn
on 16 Oct 2018
at 17:41
6/10
Tried
on 11 Sep 2018
at 15:22