yespr (55501) reviewed Avena Saison from Brasserie Deseveaux 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
75 cl bottle. Pours cloudy orqnge with a small white head. Aroma is estery to phenolic. Toasted, mild fruity, light estery. Smooth fruity. Mellow. Fruity and slight citrusy. Estery far finish.
Koelschtrinker (42542) reviewed Avena Saison from Brasserie Deseveaux 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Herber, deutlich karbonisierter Antrunk. Malzig, hell wenig würzig. Hell bitter 10/8/10/8//10
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Leicht bitterer, deutlich intensiv hefiger Antrunk. Geringe Herbe, deutlich würzig. 10/10/9/9//9 --- Beer merged from original tick of Sarazen Bio Blonde on 23 Apr 2016 at 13:53 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: Herb hefiger Antrunk. Leichte Herbe, wenig intensiv, bananig. Würzig bitter. 9/9/10/9//9
diabel (1874) reviewed Avena Saison from Brasserie Deseveaux 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Crystal clear blond body. White fizzy head. Lightly hoppy nose. Moderately bitter, moderately sweet flavour. Not very well balanced.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Avena Saison from Brasserie Deseveaux 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours clear blonde, good white head . smell is dry bitter, but also sweet and a bit aromatic. taste is Sharp, citrussy, very yeasty ( saison yeast ) bit sweet at the End. Feels a bit oxidized, too.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Avena Saison from Brasserie Deseveaux 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ home. Lightly hazy yellow color, medium to full sized a bit fluffy white head that lasts for a decent while and leaves fair to good lacing. Aroma is wheat, lightly malts, citruspeel. Taste wheat, malts, yeast, citruspeel, moderately bitter. Decent body and carbonation. Very solid saison.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Hopduvel. New buckwheat beer with very thick and frothy, cream white, cobweb-lacing head and lightly hazy orange blonde colour with tiny bits of yeast floating everywhere; turns deeper lightly brownish orange and misty with deposit. Aroma of green apple, unripe plum, sweet banana, raw rhubarb, fresh sorrel, white bread dough, a deep sourish graininess I assume represents the buckwheat, pear, artisanal honey, dry earth, white pepper, soap, old paper, dried flowers, sweat. Crisp, fruity-estery onset, gooseberry, pineapple, pear, passion fruit, sweetish banana hint, spritzy carbo becoming even somewhat overcarbonated in numbing the tongue a bit and adding a dull sourishness especially in the beginning, followed by a smooth bready malt sweetness with a caramelly and honeyish edge alongside a deep, soft, basic grain sourishness and notable soapiness (undoubtedly the buckwheat); spicy accents too, a bit resinous mouthfeel in the end, while honeyish sweetness seems to increase a bit, insufficiently countered by a mild, floral, bit herbal, lightly spicy hop bitterishness. The honeyish malt sweetness gets the last word. Interesting and enjoyable, with certain saison-like traits, or at least it would have if it were drier and hoppier.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from de Hopduvel. Hazy orange colour, white foam. Sweet malty, bitter finish. Fruity with grainy notes. Well balanced. Bitter finish. Good!
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Avena Saison from Brasserie Deseveaux 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
And here we have yet another new saison, but this time actually coming from Hainaut where the style was ’invented’ so I guess this has to live up to high expectations. Bottle from De Hopduvel, thanks Silke for the recommendation. Cobweb-lacing, off-white, moussy, thinnish but very stable head over a clear ’old gold’-coloured beer hardly showing any visible fizz, becoming more ochre and a bit murky with deposit, but not overly so. Aroma of apricot, green apple, chamomille, some banana, straw, dry earth, sourish grains, white grape peel, tulips. Crisp onset of apple peel, unripe gooseberry, raw pineapple and a vague touch of (green) banana, more sourish than sweetish, minerally carbo, spritzy and not disturbing here considering the style, supple sourish ’graininess’ (oats?) and a light bready maltiness providing sufficient structure for a deep, earthy, peppery hop bitterness which is already apparent from the start, but gains strength towards the finish, which has a drying, very quenching effect, a bit earthy but still quite ’clean’ with retronasal grassy and floral effects; a narrow trace of juicy graininess creeps through but cannot prevent the ending from being bone dry. In all, this is a well-balanced and very credible example of the style, with all the refreshing, quenching qualities one would expect. No technical flaws here in spite of the brewery’s (very) young age, I’d say this does live up to the expectations one might have of a ’true’, stereotypical saison. This is not going to change the world of farmhouse ales in any way, but if you’re looking for a typical, balanced, classic example of the style, I dare say this qualifies, more than many other new generation saisons in Belgium. I’d still prefer Dupont over this, though, but I living in Belgium, I guess I’m just spoiled when it comes to saisons. Moderately recommended, I’d say...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Deseveaux Sarazen (by Brasserie Deseveaux):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
19/XII/15 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 23/IX/17 (2015-1738)
Little hazy blond to orange beer, creamy off-white to yellow head, very stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: floral, spicy, coriander, bit dusty, dry. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, pretty fruity, banana, bit sweet, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: citrus, bitter, grassy, bit spicy, yeast, hint of banana.
--- Beer merged from original tick of Sarazen Bio Blonde on 24 Dec 2015 at 15:06 - Score: Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Imported from my RateBeer account as Deseveaux Sarazen Bio (by Brasserie Deseveaux):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
24/XII/15 - 75cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: 29/IX/17 (2015-1773)
Little hazy blond to beige beer, creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: spicy, some orange peel, citrus, banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity, lots of banana, yeast, bit sweet. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, banana, little spicy, some citrus, bit grassy.