Saison D'Erpe-Mere Lentebier
KleinBrouwerij De Glazen Toren

500mL undated bottle poured into a teku glass at just above fridge temp 8% ABV per label. The beer pours hefe-hazy orange amber in color with fizzy & fluffy off white head. The head recedes to an uneven ring and island that persists. No lacing. The aroma is mild with musty, slightly sweet malt. The taste is semisweet malt with apple and pear notes before the earthy, mildly bitter finish. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with above average carbonation and a dry finish. Overall, excellent. Absolutely delicious beer with the right ratio of sweet malt, fruity notes and dryness.

 

Orange cloudy body with a fat finger of eggshell white foam. Nose is springy with floral toned belgian yeast, estery apricot, and lemon peel. Taste has that lovely spring saison yeast front and center with notes of apple, apricot, light herbs, and lemon all arising. Feel is medium bodied, soft and yeasty the whole sip. The wife loved it. Obviously a great beer for spring

Lightly veiled golden appearance, with a beautiful and creamy foam, ivory colored.
Smell of malt, candy sugar, flora, white fruit, peach, camomile.
Malty and sugary taste, maybe just a bit too sugary. Yeasty.
In the aftertaste, along with a honeyed notes, also some bitterness,grassy, hay.
Overall, a decent balance. Classic belgian, alcohol hidden. OK.

 

Although the kickoff to the Lenten season offers the promise of warmer weather to come, the climate can still put quite a chill on the skin. This beckons for a beer that hold floral promises but still with the strength to warm the gullet as the cold weather draws to a close.

Saison D'Erpe-Mere's Lentebier is such a Saison, pouring with a pale straw and a yeasty overcast. As a voluminous and arid froth rises from the glass, the nose soon fills with the floral whimsy of lavender, rose hips and honeysuckle. Candied in its scent, the backdrop of the perfume is sharp with grassiness, peppery spice and a twinge of white wine. A gentle sweetness glosses the tongue with the thin breadiness of wafers and a touch of honeysuckle once more.

What was floral and gently sweet early on the palate, quickly turns to fruits of pear, orange peel, lemon, apple and white grape on the middle palate. Dried in its moderate fruit portrayal, the spices of the beer quickly wins out with a piquant balance of peppercorn, vinous spice, lemongrass, dried herbs and an overall bitter straw flavor on the late palate.

Threatening with a mild detergent-like finish, the beer's dryness is a stark contrast to the more floral upstart. A medium long linger of lemon pepper from hops and vinous spice from yeast allows for a bitter white wine character to echo firmly behind.

 

Pale saturated orange, with a huge billowing head of meringue foam that slowly rises above the rim. Ample lacing and lasting surface coverage.

Aroma is floral and herby, sweet biscuit and estery Belgian yeast.

Biscuity malt backed by some grassy whole cone hop florals via the Aalst region. Dried fruit, malt sweetness, expressive yeast, light peppery phenols linger in the aftertaste. Medium bodied and effervescent, not quite as dry as Glazen Toren’s excellent Saison de Erpe-Mere.

Seemingly far less bitter than Saison De Erpe-Mere, but just as characterful.
Makes a great pairing with green peppercorn brie and Humboldt Fog, and likely very versatile with other foods too.

I’ve heard this is the house beer at ‘T Velootje in Ghent, hope to drink it there on my next trip to Belgium.

 

Christmas Eve dinner beer! Bought this past summer at Jesters King.

Beautiful beer with a cloudy yellow color and a wonderful foamy, creamy head and great lacing. Sweet fruity smell. Flavors of honey, lemon, and sweet herbs, and maybe a bit of lime. This beer is great with food and I will buy again if I find it again!

i had never seen this stronger version before, on tap at bull and bush last night, those guys always have the best guest drafts! this is apparently a special edition for spring, much stronger than the original saison, almost drinking more like a tripel. it has some of that candy sugar type sweetness to it, the booze stands out a bit, especially in the nose, and its quite floral, like daffodils or something, elderflower bitterness for balance too, and a honey note through it, kind of delicate for being bigger, fruity like white wine, pears, and green apples too, lots going on here and pretty cohesive. the yeast isnt as dynamic and striking to me here as it often is in beers from these guys, not as drying and rustic and peppery and peppy, it has a light chemical wash to it, a thinness, still an agreeable spice complexion, but just not as forward in the mix or as grounding, a little estery with the residual sugar here, it lingers awhile. good carbonation and awesome belgian flavor overall, i love the beer these guys make, but i think the original saison is one of the best in the game, so its hard to really compare this to that. cool to have it on tap here in denver, i hope we keep seeing this stuff come through! a pretty classic old world belgian strong pale here.

 

Trying this beer at Kickbacks in JAX with boss and brought in law. It poured a hazy orangish with white head that is leaving a nice lace. The scent had hints of apricot and Belgian spice. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with Belgian clove and tropical fruit. The mouthfeel was medium in body with good carbonation. Overall it's a solid saison.