Biere De Saison Vic Secret
The Kernel Brewery
- From:
- The Kernel Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 7.6%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 26, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 11, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Our Bière de Saison is fermented with our house mixed culture of yeast, wild yeast and bacteria, and develops into a dry, effervescent and tart beer after a bit of time. We then either age it in old wine barrels/puncheons/foudres for 8-9 months and often dry hop it, or we use this beer as a base for refermentation with fruit, as the seasons permit.
A mix-ferment Saison aged in wine barrels, dry hopped with Vic Secret.
A mix-ferment Saison aged in wine barrels, dry hopped with Vic Secret.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.77/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.77/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I'm liking The Kernel's persistence and consistency of saisons. This variation of their base blend uses wine barrels well.
Vic Looks average in a lively style. (I know, the Brett/Wild reduces foam.) Smells are as much wine barrel as the barley and mixed malt bill getting sweet. But the Wildness keeps any sweet in check and I get mostly a balanced tart. The dry hopping with Vic Secret certainly has a role in a semi-dry middle. But by the finish, I get mostly tart. Almost medium-mouthed among this tart subset of saisons.
While I'm not going to choose to drink Vic Secret as a table ale (except maybe a snack like fries), I still give The Kernel good Overall Hugs for its innovation and persistence in expanding the London beer tradition.
Sep 26, 2025Vic Looks average in a lively style. (I know, the Brett/Wild reduces foam.) Smells are as much wine barrel as the barley and mixed malt bill getting sweet. But the Wildness keeps any sweet in check and I get mostly a balanced tart. The dry hopping with Vic Secret certainly has a role in a semi-dry middle. But by the finish, I get mostly tart. Almost medium-mouthed among this tart subset of saisons.
While I'm not going to choose to drink Vic Secret as a table ale (except maybe a snack like fries), I still give The Kernel good Overall Hugs for its innovation and persistence in expanding the London beer tradition.
Reviewed by Spike from England
3.98/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330ml brown glass bottle.
L: Hazy, dark orange colour with a short-lived lumpy head that collapses to a heavy smear with spotty lacing.
S: Pickled cabbage. Heady combination of white wine vinegar and malt vinegar.
T: Extra tart and fruity. Loads of pineapple. Wine barrel aging is right up-front. White wine?
F: Mouth-puckering with a gently dry finish.
O: A very sour but (almost) approachable saison. Impressive and complex. Not a thirst-quencher. One is sufficient.
Sep 01, 2023L: Hazy, dark orange colour with a short-lived lumpy head that collapses to a heavy smear with spotty lacing.
S: Pickled cabbage. Heady combination of white wine vinegar and malt vinegar.
T: Extra tart and fruity. Loads of pineapple. Wine barrel aging is right up-front. White wine?
F: Mouth-puckering with a gently dry finish.
O: A very sour but (almost) approachable saison. Impressive and complex. Not a thirst-quencher. One is sufficient.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
4.5/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottled, bottle conditioned and purchased from Beermoth in Manchester City Centre
Pours a hazy lemon jello coloured body with good white head
Aroma is big sharp acerbic sour lemons that attack the nostrils at first then betray some pine elegance
Flavour is tangy ultimate bitter lemon super sour
Jul 15, 2023Pours a hazy lemon jello coloured body with good white head
Aroma is big sharp acerbic sour lemons that attack the nostrils at first then betray some pine elegance
Flavour is tangy ultimate bitter lemon super sour
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