FNA SAISON is here (Brighton now, Salem in a few days)! A guest brew from industry legend and the nicest human in beer, Jeff Biegert (aka @biergoat). Jeff hails from New Belgium Brewery and teaches at the Colorado State University brewery and fermentation program. Jeff chose to brew something radically different than what Notch does on the day to day, Belgian ale!

Jeff brewed this classic Saison at our Salem Brewery, using a variety of spices (Gentian Root, Cubeb Berries and Mugwort), local malt from Valley Malt in MA, and a classic Saison yeast open fermented at an uncomfortably high temp for max flavor. Champagne like carbonation, a massive pillowy head, and a nose of complex pepper and spice, this beer hooks you from go. Bitter, pepper, spice, 5.8% ABV, and not made for a child’s palate!

Jeff’s connection with Notch is a special one, as he spent five years brewing with Notch owner / head brewer Chris Lohring at Boston’s Tremont Brewery, and both lived to tell the tale AND still be in the beer industry decades later.