Subsidiaries
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Blend 5 draught at the brewery, 12/26/22. Lightly hazy, burnished brass. White head slowly to ring/cover. Peachy-lactic-laced fruity acidity. Deeper grains with some light toast from the barrel. Clean, no alcohol. Soft, fruity, lots of wheat softness and light nuttiness. Brett and lacto strong on the end with barrel tannin. For 5% this is much lighter and timid than the BdPays. But perhaps that's intentional. Still, nothing wrong here. Lots of lemon, wheat, Brett and moderate lacto. Nutty, almost. Champagne like with a creamy carbonation. Hmmm, maybe talking myself in to liking this more and more w every sip. If you look at it as a Pinot Meunier champagne of sorts....
Tried
from Draft
at
Side Project Brewing
on 10 Mar 2026
at 14:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
10 Year, drunk 2/10/24. Strong gusher. But still clear brass. Small, white head. Stinky nose, very sulfur forward with big mineral, chardonnay and lots of soft wheat. Good body, lots of chardonnay but it's not too acidic or tannic. Still maintain that it's slight on the Sacch character. Kind of lost in the shuffle. The chardonnay and mineral is lovely though...
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2026
at 14:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
10 Year, drunk 2/10/24. Strong gusher. But still clear brass. Small, white head. Stinky nose, very sulfur forward with big mineral, chardonnay and lots of soft wheat. Good body, lots of chardonnay but it's not too acidic or tannic. Still maintain that it's slight on the Sacch character. Kind of lost in the shuffle. The chardonnay and mineral is lovely though...
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2026
at 14:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Batch #3 bottle, drunk Spring 2016. Lovely pour, as usual from SP, with a big, well-retained white head topping a minimally hazy, bright flaxen-golden body. Oak again, and wine, but it’s nowhere near the intense, overpowering levels of the previous batch. While I think the complexity of this one is still a bit suspect, overall, being heavily given to oak/wine/tannin, this is certainly still respectable and a far cry from the pure Chardonnay bomb that was batch 2.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2026
at 14:02
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Batch #2, 750mL bottle shared by AdamC on 7/24/15.
Lightly hazy golden body is topped by a moderate amount of white head that slowly recedes to cover. Smacked in the nose with chardonnay....perhaps smacked isn’t the right word, as I like chardonnay, and this is a fine example of it; not too buttery/oaky and with good acidity and juicy fruit notes. The flavor is a mouthful of chardonnay as well, albeit on a soft, tightly carbonated and lean body. Some lactic notes break through....almost no saison character....really grasping at straws to find much other than chardonnay here. Seems like the base beer must be nice, but there’s just no getting past the wine character here.
Lightly hazy golden body is topped by a moderate amount of white head that slowly recedes to cover. Smacked in the nose with chardonnay....perhaps smacked isn’t the right word, as I like chardonnay, and this is a fine example of it; not too buttery/oaky and with good acidity and juicy fruit notes. The flavor is a mouthful of chardonnay as well, albeit on a soft, tightly carbonated and lean body. Some lactic notes break through....almost no saison character....really grasping at straws to find much other than chardonnay here. Seems like the base beer must be nice, but there’s just no getting past the wine character here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2026
at 13:59
4.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 4
Can is date stamped 12- 18. Aromas aren't that good with malt, oxidized resin, cooked cereal and rotting fruit. Flavors are similar to nose with some other odd flavors I can't place.l lighty sweet. Drain pour.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 10 Mar 2026
at 00:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
16 oz can. Aroma is chocolaty, minty, molasses, wet stone. Pours like motor oil with a thin tan head that reduces quickly to a ring. Taste is mostly sweet with some light bitterness around the edges and some umami. Very rich, so best shared.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 09 Mar 2026
at 01:32
9.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Shockingly well hidden alcohol given that it’s 18%. Really good. Heavy wood presence with nuttiness, dark chocolate, vanilla and booze in a nice way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2026
at 08:28
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft tulip at Oak & Steel in Kansas City, Missouri. The pour is orange golden, slightly hazed, with a foamy ½ inch white head that leaves behind nice lace. The aroma is soft leather Brett, citrus of pineapple and tangerine. The taste is a really gentle blend of grain Saison notes, the citrus of the pineapple and tangerine and finishing with the drying Brett. The palate is medium bodied with soft carbonation and the dry citrus Brett finish. Really nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Oak & Steel
on 08 Mar 2026
at 03:58
9.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bloody lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2026
at 17:25