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Category 12 Brewing in Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Farmhouse - Saison Series|
Score
6.65
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Chardonnay wild saison
Barrelholder Series - 2021 Vintage
Bottle Refermented
We allowed a red fife wheat saison to mingle with five hundred pounds of chardonnay grapes from Devine Vineyards for 18 months in our foeder. Refermentation with Brettanomyces has resulted in a beer bursting with notes of berry, white wine and funk, a true farmhouse ale!
Barrelholder Series - 2021 Vintage
Bottle Refermented
We allowed a red fife wheat saison to mingle with five hundred pounds of chardonnay grapes from Devine Vineyards for 18 months in our foeder. Refermentation with Brettanomyces has resulted in a beer bursting with notes of berry, white wine and funk, a true farmhouse ale!
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, thx Adam V! Muddy darky golden, traces of a head at best. Creamy woody oaky aroma, bit vegetal, bit of oxidized maltiness. Lean dry creamy oaky taste, bit of berry, bit vegetal, nicely smoothy, odd profile for brett presence. Not bad, not fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2026
at 16:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Nice cloudy gold body and zero foam. Nice wood and wine character aroma, a little thin, saison not pronounced. Tastes of a nice wood character, tart white wine, but missing a good saison kick to help expand it. So, it ends narrow and looking for cereal like me tomorrow morning with my hangover.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2022
at 00:55
7/10
A lightly hazed golden saison with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, light grapeskins, musty notes, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light fruity esters, light Brett, light lactic notes, light cork, very nice. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2022
at 01:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Category 12, pours a hazy golden yellow with a tiny white head. Aroma has some fusel alcohols, subdued white wine, and a bit of earthy funk. Flavour has buttery notes from the Chardonnay, with spicy saison yeast, a bit of wild earthiness, and dry toasted grains. The buttery Chardonnay character comes through decently, but I'm not sure about the wild yeast presence here — it's a bit earthy and muddled. Good effort, but it doesn't seem like it is what it could be.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2021
at 19:40