Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Clear, amber colour with a reddish hue. Small, off-white head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts and yeasts, only a hint of hops. Some alcohol. Medium sweet taste. Medium body, soft carbonation. Finishes sweet with caramel malts, spices and an alcohol note. Pleasent but lacks bitterness to be a really good saison.

75 cl bottle. Pours hazy orange to amber with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty and caramelish. Bitter, toffee and caramelish. Bitter and light fruity. Smooth caramelish finish.

Bottled. A red beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel, malt, and spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, alcohol, and straw, leading to a dry finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear amber with a small off-white head. Slightly estery nose, Belgian yeast. Medium body, lowish carbonation, sweet caramel and some light phenols. Absolutely no bitterness. A decent Belgian Ale, but has absolutely nothing to do with a Saison. 250113

Small cream-coloured head, disappearing over cloudy red-foxy to amber beer. Fruity, sherry, oxydation as from old wine, vinous; woodbarrels for alcohol. Sharp-ish, but pleasing, as if a rare vintage fortified wine is opened... SAISON they said?! Totally different flavour, at odds with the nose; dry, bitterish, slightly spicy. Retronasal, however, some of the former aromas return: vinous, dried fruit (apricots, peaches?). Also a bit medicinal - sparadrap. MF is light even empty, strange for a 7.8% ABV beer. Carbonation more felt than observed. This might be Authentique as well as Saison de Blaton but it is NOT an authentic Saison - and that’s a fact. Having said that, it isn’t a bad beer by half, even if I think the MF too thinnish.

75cl bottle, BB end of 201?, shared with Tomaz. Cuivrée, col beige disparaissant très rapidement. Arôme d"épices, sucre brun avec une belle profondeur citronnée et ce côté fruité rouge. Palais malté, épices rappelant le girofle, malt grillé/caramel, grains sucre candi presque pain d’épices. Le tout est épais avec ce profile végétale/herbacé, cabosse et cet aspect fermenté pâtissier. Complexe avec un palais qui se développe au gré de la dégustation pour laisse un fruité rouge agréable; cerise, prune. Le tout se mélange bien aux notes maltées. Une belle bière qui m’a bien surpris. Facile à boire et se distance un peu d’une saison typique de base.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Saison de Blaton (by Authentique Brasserie):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5

13/IX/2012 75cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: 201? (last number not readable, coincidence?) (2012-1021)

Little cloudy red brown beer, small aery light beige to yellow head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very sweet, lots of overripe fruits, raisins, caramel, sweet malts, dried fruits, some banana. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet caramel, sweet malts, overrip fruits, overripe banan, big sugary, little bitter. Aftertaste: sweet, caramel, some dried fruits, honey, sugary, bit spicy, cloves, little bitter, some milk chocolate.

Bottle. Pours a hazy amber color with a small off-whit ehead. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma with hints of caramel. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a spicy malty yeasty finish.