Side Project Brewing Saison du Fermier (Blend #06)

Saison du Fermier (Blend #06)
(Batch of Saison du Fermier)

 

Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Sour Saison Regular
Score
7.47
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 68
Saison du Fermier is the harmony of new and old. It is robust and had the paler color of modern Saisons, yet it is balanced with the brightness, depth, and rustic character of the wild Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus found on our family's Missouri farm. This farmhouse ale was fermented in and aged in wine barrels for several months before being naturally conditioned in this bottle.
 

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8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750mL bottle, blend #6, drunk 9/21/23. Pours an unfiltered, deep maize-copper-golden. Massively carbonated, producing a staunch, frothy, off-white head. I can smell this stuff, through this initial 6 inch head almost across the room. Thankfully, it's much more Brett-driven, with stone fruit and mellower lactic acidity, than some of their other stuff (like CdC) and I don't get much, if any, acetic character. Very fruity, aromatic, clean and well-structured with heavy mineral, moderate wood/oak and lightly fruity, gentle wine character from barrel. Woody, fruity, with gentle white wine suggestions and massive amounts of mineral. Soft, deep malts with good attenuation, provide plentiful honey-like character. Healthy mix of stone fruit-like Brett character, with tropical hints, and juicy, tart lactic acidity that isn't too punchy. Acetic acid is not present, or low enough to not take part in the flavor. No heavy barrel tannin. This is bright, malty, refreshing and complex with a lovely mineral and fruit character and not overdone on the wine aspect. The bigger body, bolder acidity and higher abv move it away from a more traditional saison, but it's still charming and interesting in its own right. So strange how different and variable SP's saisons are.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2025 at 13:27


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Tart and light citrus aroma. Sour and light citrus flavor with light red wine and light oak. Medium bodied. Sourness and light oak linger with light citrus and light red wine.

Tried on 02 May 2025 at 17:43


8

Light and fruity, a bit tart. A bit vinous, faint citrus, dry oak. Crisp and refreshing, very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2024 at 14:22


8

Zesty, mineraly and funky with some farmyard, hints of fruits, citrus and lemon. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2024 at 14:20