Propolis
Brasserie Dunham

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From:
Brasserie Dunham
 
Quebec, Canada
Style:
Saison
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.79 | pDev: 8.18%
Reviews:
11
Ratings:
45
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 20, 2019
Added:
Jun 17, 2013
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  0
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Rated: 3.67 by ADKbeerguy from New York

Mar 20, 2019
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Reviewed by TheBierdimpfe from Canada (QC)

3.82/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bright straw color with moderate activity. Gets more hazy and cloudy as more yeast poured. Foamy white 2 finger head, lasting around 5 minutes, with good legs and swirl reaction. Flavors of wheat, sweet barley, lemon, light grapefruits, brett yeast, honey, peppercorn, and floral hops. Slick and fluffy medium body with a good sharp crisp. Light to medium strength finish, mostly a flowery and straw feel, with a balanced soft barnyard effect. Slightly sour and dry with a bit of cheese. Well attenuated and highly fresh. General sensation is a well done table Saison of low intensity and subtly spiced, similar to a Sofie. Great balance and nice complexity. Overall high quality craft.
Jul 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.14 by ZachT from Canada (BC)

Dec 02, 2017
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.98/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
750ml bottle - a Saison made with oats, rye, honey, and spices. You know, just for kicks.

This beer pours a slightly hazy, pale golden yellow colour, with three fat-ass fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and yet fizzy off-white head, which leaves some streaky land bridge lace around the glass as it quickly dissipates.

It smells of gritty and grainy pale malt, a bit of peppery rye, weak clover honey notes, further indistinct spices, a touch of phenolic yeastiness, and some very tame earthy, weedy, and dead floral noble hops. The taste is grainy and bready pale malt, wet wheat crackers, a bit of muddled tropical fruitiness, ephemeral yeast, equally hard to pin down generic honey, faint mixed table-top spices, and a bit of meek leafy, earthy, and musty 'verdant' hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly active in its palate-tugging frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and mostly smooth, with but a subtle yeasty incursion making a minor dent in the new paint job here, as such. It finishes trending dry, the mixed graininess petering out, and the lingering spice and yeasty essences picking up the slack.

Overall, this is a rather well-rendered version of the style, with none of the guests really overstepping their bounds. Easy to drink, duly balanced, and a pleasant offering to while away the rest of this fragrant near-summer evening. Yeah, June is my favourite month, 'apropos' of nothing #sorrynotsorry.
Jun 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.31 by CurtisD from Canada (NB)

Apr 05, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by bpfrush from Wisconsin

Aug 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by 2GOOFY from California

May 30, 2016
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Reviewed by Sheppard from Massachusetts

4.09/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a golden hue with white head. I think this bottle gushed a little bit. Some aroma of Belgian yeast and some sweetness. This is a really smooth, biere de miele. It is smooth and pretty dry with a light amount of sweetness from the honey and yeast character. Solid but nothing special. I'd drink this again.
Apr 15, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Dave_Treat from Virginia

Apr 05, 2016
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Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida

3/5  rDev -20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
On tap at the Farmhouse. Very cleqr. Brief head. Smell is pilsner malt, light phenolic yeast. Taste is also bland. A bit of bubble gum. Some maltiness and a bit of fruitiness. Medium low carbonation. It’s really blah.
Mar 22, 2016
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

4.01/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured into a Stone Brewery flute. Pours a hazy, light yellow-golden amber with a two finger white head with good retention and lots of lacing. Aroma of saison yeast, brett, light lemon citrus, apple and pear, light biscuit malt, hint of honey. Flavor is nice grain forward light biscuit, lemon citrus, light rye flavor and mild tartness, light peppery spice, coriander, light honey. Light to medium bodied with nice peppery carbonation. A very nicely made rustic ale with a deft touch of honey and brett. Surprisingly flavorful for the light ABV, tasted like a much bigger ale. This is what I hope for in a farmhouse ale, flavorful with spicing and brett handled lightly. Quite enjoyable. Hope to see more from this Quebec brewery.
Mar 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.18 by kmoen from California

Feb 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by tykechandler from Kentucky

Feb 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3.81 by fastestmanalive from Florida

Feb 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by SocalKicks from California

Oct 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by Gop from Canada (QC)

Aug 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.73 by Cynic-ale from Texas

Mar 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.46 by mltobin from Connecticut

Mar 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.35 by markgugs from New Jersey

Feb 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.52 by Iz-GOod from Canada (QC)

Oct 24, 2014
Propolis from Brasserie Dunham
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 45 ratings