Le Saisonnier - Dry-Hopped (Blend #02)
Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.93
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Le Saisonnier is named after the seasonal workers for which the first, old-world Saisons were originally made. We brewed this table beer with European malts, hopped it assertively with European hops and then aged it in a Missouri Oak Foedre for 6 months with a blend of Missouri microflora to create a delicate, yet expressive experience from this naturally conditioned beer.
Note: Unlike Blend 1, the hops were not specified. This blend can be used for unspecified dry hop blends, going forward.
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Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
sampled from tap @ TBCW 2025.
Poured bright deep yellow in color. Thin head.
Funky nose, lovely dry and lots of aprocot like fruitiness. Interesting and very good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hazy golden colour and small white head. Fruits, light tartness in the aroma. Light-bodied. Some tartness, fruityness. Simple and easy. TCBW 2025.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750mL bottle drunk 3/6/25.
Clear copper-brass. Large, white head, well-retained.
Intensely aromatic with lovely saison yeast (stone fruit, unripe tropical fruit skin, touch of pepper), bit of breadiness from the malt and probably some more NZ hops (batch 1 was Rakau, batch 2 was unlisted). It's delicate, dainty and fruity with tons of green guava and plentiful mineral. A lot going on for such a small stature.
Juicy hop and light mineral with a lighter body, though certainly not problematic for its size. Lots of tropical fruit character from hop and yeast, maybe augmented somewhat by the wood. Lingering juicy guava and light pineapple suggestions. Cracker-heavy malt character makes me wanting a bit more depth and richness. As is, it's very, very light-bodied and the malt doesn't quite do a good enough job of balancing the acid/tannin from the yeast, hop and wood.