Pitted Against Drie
Foam Brewers in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating Out of Production|
Score
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Farmhouse Saison with fresh peaches and brettanomyces.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a semi-pale golden bronzed yellow color with a good sustaining white foamy head that fell off at a medium pace. Subtle lace, somewhat in rings.
The aroma had some sweet yet funky peach up front, flesh-like but with some of it’s skin. Light Brett influence coating some lime and then some green pepper and ending with a little bit of soft sweet dough.
The flavor was somewhat tart with the peach emboldening a sweetness that wanted to come forward, but even that held in the balance of it all. All seemed to blend mellow-like into the aftertaste and follow through in the finish with a little bit of black pepper.
The feel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a tad under with a good carbonation about it. Funky to sour portions didn’t distract too much with the Brett being more of just another part for the flavor previously mentioned. ABV felt as appropriate by the brewer.
Overall, pretty nice sour ale well worthy of having again.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a semi-pale golden bronzed yellow color with a good sustaining white foamy head that fell off at a medium pace. Subtle lace, somewhat in rings.
The aroma had some sweet yet funky peach up front, flesh-like but with some of it’s skin. Light Brett influence coating some lime and then some green pepper and ending with a little bit of soft sweet dough.
The flavor was somewhat tart with the peach emboldening a sweetness that wanted to come forward, but even that held in the balance of it all. All seemed to blend mellow-like into the aftertaste and follow through in the finish with a little bit of black pepper.
The feel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a tad under with a good carbonation about it. Funky to sour portions didn’t distract too much with the Brett being more of just another part for the flavor previously mentioned. ABV felt as appropriate by the brewer.
Overall, pretty nice sour ale well worthy of having again.
Tried
on 09 May 2017
at 15:04
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Draught at Return of the Belgian Beer Fest, 9/17/16.
Pale, blonde-golden body, flaxen-hued and with a light haziness and large, well-retained, white head.
After trying all of their previous sours and saisons, most of which (excepting Saison de Foam 2.0) were much more in the American sour vein, I was very surprised to smell a soft, sublime, understated, funky, plastery nose with light suggestions of peach (very highly-macerated, leaving lots of pit and skin-like character) and very nicely developed brett (light band-aid, soft guava-lime) and lactic notes. No alcohol or flaw and full of light pepper and light dough-biscuit.
The flavor is awash in tartness, peach pit and funky, bright, fruity and band-aid-laden brett notes. Ultra-soft, light lactic acid rounds out the opening flavor and it transitions in to a lightly doughy-biscuity, finely carbonated texture with strong attenuation and light honey suggestions. Pepper and apple-strawberry-melon esters abound giving it very strong traditional qualities while cobwebby funk, peach and brett linger on the finish with light lactic character, as well. It’s like one part American Sour, one part Belgian Saison and one part Lambic. Stunning and my favorite beer of the fest.
Pale, blonde-golden body, flaxen-hued and with a light haziness and large, well-retained, white head.
After trying all of their previous sours and saisons, most of which (excepting Saison de Foam 2.0) were much more in the American sour vein, I was very surprised to smell a soft, sublime, understated, funky, plastery nose with light suggestions of peach (very highly-macerated, leaving lots of pit and skin-like character) and very nicely developed brett (light band-aid, soft guava-lime) and lactic notes. No alcohol or flaw and full of light pepper and light dough-biscuit.
The flavor is awash in tartness, peach pit and funky, bright, fruity and band-aid-laden brett notes. Ultra-soft, light lactic acid rounds out the opening flavor and it transitions in to a lightly doughy-biscuity, finely carbonated texture with strong attenuation and light honey suggestions. Pepper and apple-strawberry-melon esters abound giving it very strong traditional qualities while cobwebby funk, peach and brett linger on the finish with light lactic character, as well. It’s like one part American Sour, one part Belgian Saison and one part Lambic. Stunning and my favorite beer of the fest.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2016
at 13:46