Fox Farm Brewery Bloom'd

Bloom'd

 

Fox Farm Brewery in Salem, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular
Score
6.97
ABV: 6.1% IBU: - Ticks: 2
This one is for the saison lovers. With Bloom’d, we explore an entirely new fermentation profile - one that layers modern saison character with our approach to farmhouse ales. Following our spontaneous brewing season last April we brewed Bloom’d, sending the hot wort into our coolship. After a night of cooling exposed to outside air, we pitched a single saison strain (a first at Fox Farm) and let Bloom’d ferment in our coolship over several days. The beer was then transferred to one of our oak foeders typically used for farmhouse ales - there our usual house mixed-culture (residing in the wood) started to shine through little by little over a period of four months. Bloom’d was bottled in August and naturally carbonated to a slightly higher level than our typical target. Up front, Bloom’d delivers on the qualities we look for in a saison: characterful yeast, energetic carbonation, firm hop presence. While it’s dry in the finish, the stone fruit and lemon zest we’ve come to expect from our farmhouse ales lends a level of depth and balance.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Tørst. Pours dark gold. Funk, straw, berry, herbal, barnyard. Medium body. Solid.

Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2023 at 03:30


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Brewery draught, 3/3/23. Lightly hazy, canteloupe-bronze-gokden. Small, spotty, white head, moderate retention. Saison yeast front and center and very unmistakeably Dupont (or is it Blaugies :)). The Brett and other critters only come out lightly on the end allowing it to be a classic saison first and foremost. Soft, malty, more Brett and higher acidity in mouth than nose. Rather tart with unripe, acidic apricot skin and light Buddha's hand and kumquat. Soft and malty, clean and attenuated. Wish there was a little more Sacch here in the flavor but the tartness certainly isn't excessive. And man, that nose.....

Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2023 at 22:21