Lees Saison - Riesling
Burdock in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
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6.84
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Lees (not the beer) are what’s left over on the floor after a wine fermentation party and are essentially a huge mixed-culture of bacteria and yeast. They have lots of useful and magical properties that we thought might work well with beer, and it turns out we thought right! Because young lees are living there’s a ton of microbiology at play: you’ve got brettanomyces bringing the funk, lactobacillus/pediococcus bringing the acid, and saccharomyces bringing some fruity spice. The result is a pretty cool mixed-culture style saison that is bright with a side of rustic field grain character.
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Lubiere (24459) ticked Lees Saison - Riesling from Burdock 3 years ago
A lightly hazed blonde saison with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, light ground cherry, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, light fruity esters, very nice and smooth. On tap at Lupulus.
BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Lees Saison - Riesling from Burdock 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
375ml (thx, Peter K.!) @ home. Appearance: hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: rustic and barrel notes with some light manure character on the background. Taste: along the same lines, low acidity, lemony, very simple taste with a good malty backbone. Overall: a table beer with a good body.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Lees Saison - Riesling from Burdock 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
375mL bottle, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of rustic saison yeast, some gentle lemon rind, straw and mineraly notes. Flavour is much along the same lines, with rustic saison yeast, straw, mineraly notes, and a touch of lemon. Rustic and mineraly finish. Simple but decent.