The Lost Abbey Saison Blanc

Saison Blanc

 

The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Special
Score
7.28
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 66
Inspired by crisp white wines, Saison Blanc features New Zealand hops, golden raisins and white pepper for a decidedly bright, spicy, and robust low ABV beer. Finished with Brettanomyces at packaging, this beer will evolve for many more years to come.
 

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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Well I had to get the cork out using my teeth! After that, aromas of meadow with sporadic wildflowers. Slight lemon and pepper became more apparent as it warmed. Hazy golden-orange with full white head of soapy bubbles that are retained. Taste is moderate spice and citric squeeze of lemon. Slight grittiness of sheathed wheat field. Finishes nicely dry. A little bit of barn but not too much. Very pleasant to drink.
Tried on 01 May 2015 at 23:25

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Hazy orange color with big white head. Grapey, fruity, funky fresh aroma. Fruity taste, dry, high carbonation, vineous, spicy. Even a little bit salty. A nice one, okay-priced as well! Quite complex.
Tried on 18 Mar 2015 at 14:05

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle poured at a blind tasting. Thanks Eugene. Pours a reddish orange color with a short fizz head. Slightly sour tropical fruit aroma. Sweet gummy fruit flavor with hints of spice.in the finish. Interesting. Nice beer here.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2015 at 17:06

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
37,5 cl bottle (5,5%) @ tiong
Aroma is a bit musty with some grainy malt and apricot. Also some citrus. Flavour is odd with berries, some soapy citrus, apricot and hayish wheat. Also fruit candy. Only faint traces of bretta here. Not that good.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2015 at 11:54

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
375ml bottle from Bierkompass

Pours clear orange with a thick white head. Aroma of bretta, funky yeast, tropical fruity hops, crisp malts and spices. Taste is crisp, funky yeasty and vinous with notes of bretta, fruits, spices and tartness. Finish is vinous, funky and crisp with notes of berries, bretta, spices and mild tartness. Quite interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2015 at 11:52

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle, 0.375l, shared with friends. Hazy pale golden color with thin creamy white head and average sparkling appearance. Aroma of funky brett, barnyard, white wine and fruits. Taste starts with light sweet biscuity malt, follows refreshing yeasty, vinous and fruity with dry peppery mouthfeel and moderate bitter finish. Full body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Excellent funky saison...
Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2014 at 12:53

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
375 ml bottle, vintage 2013. Aroma is rather fruity with some overripe stone fruit and red apples. Quite a bit of grape character with some white wine notes. Medium white pepper character. Light grain notes. Pours a cloudy, pale, yellow hay with a small, thin, white head that recedes quickly to the edges where it disappears. Light lacing and small legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with some grape tannins and moderately strong white pepper notes. Some medium light raisin notes with some light stone fruit and red apple. Medium bitterness with a moderate mineral character. Light bready, graininess. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a decent saison but I don’t know that it is anything special. The white pepper seems a bit strong, especially in the flavor. I feel the water is a bit hard as well.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2014 at 21:08

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Pours ever so slightly hazy yellow, with a small airy head. Aroma is spicy yeast with lots of fruits, as well as sweet malts with bread, kandi and notes of biscuits and earth. Light body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is peppery yeast and sweet malts with bread, kandi, raisins. Sweet peppery yeast in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2014 at 12:55

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Lively and sparkling beer. Aroma of champagne and dry white wine, with a hint of pepper and farmhouse. Complex taste of grassy yeast, grapjes, brett and a nice spicey white pepper afterburn. Quite an original saison.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2014 at 13:45

6.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Flaska från Galatea. Mycket grumlig och i princiip inget skum. Ser ut som ofiltrerad äppelmust. Fin lätt yrlig doft med brett, saisonjäst, vitpeppar, gröna druvor och lite citrus. Syrlig, citrus, brett, gröna druvor, rejäl beska. Lite platt utan krispighet. Kanske inte helt okej. Dåligt skum och syrligheten indikerar något fel men ändå drickbar och riktigt god.
Tried on 13 Sep 2014 at 10:47