Szech 'n Brett
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales
- From:
- Logsdon Farmhouse Ales
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Specialty Saison
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.17 | pDev: 6%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 47
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 17, 2022
- Added:
- May 01, 2015
- Wants:
- 16
- Gots:
- 23
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
Fisherman enjoy a beverage while casting away. Weather fishing or imbibing, there are limits, whether it be a 5 leader or 5 liters. Saisons were brewed back in the day for farm workers with a 5 liter daily limit, a satiating standard that would allow for ample thirst quenching in any condition while still being able to complete the task at hand, both then and now. Our session-style Szechuan Brett was designed to do just that. whether farming or fishing, a little lighter beer extends the limit, a little pepper spice provides a little more character without over doing. What ever your limit is, enjoy our Szech 'n Brett, have a good catch, we do!
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.9/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
RBESG 2016 in Barcelona. On tap at NaparBCN. Golden to orange colour. Fruity and herbal aroma and flavour, notes of berries, moderate brettanomyces. A slight sweetness. Very good.
Oct 17, 2022
Reviewed by Viaduck from California
4.13/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Beautiful amber body with a massive white head, lots of bubble action. Interesting aroma, lots of brett, farmhouse & spice. Taste is sour-salty with some bitterness. Flavor: plenty of funk, pepper & spice. Not much alcohol flavor but combined with the heavy carbonation it heats up the mouth. Moderate mouthfeel. Overall a very nice farmhouse ale
Dec 07, 2019
Reviewed by zonker17 from Texas
4.09/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Great farmhouse ale. Highly drinkable with some sourness. Lemon on the nose. Brett major part of the taste but we'll balanced. Finish surprisingly clean.
Nov 02, 2019
Reviewed by wedge from North Carolina
3.84/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle No. 13920
Best by: 08/2021
Gusher. Hazy orange with a tall rocky head. Flowery Brett funk aromas...woody spice, peppercorn, dried apricot, very light cookie dough. Bright floral flavor, anise, stone fruit, and spices. Medium-light bodied, super dry. Pretty good.
Oct 21, 2019Best by: 08/2021
Gusher. Hazy orange with a tall rocky head. Flowery Brett funk aromas...woody spice, peppercorn, dried apricot, very light cookie dough. Bright floral flavor, anise, stone fruit, and spices. Medium-light bodied, super dry. Pretty good.
Reviewed by Radome from Florida
3.94/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted from a 750 ml bottle bought in Las Vegas.
L - Cloudy, straw colored beer with a massive pile of fluffy white head. The head fades to a thick, rocky sheet and lacing.
S - Very funky aroma has a light lemon tartness mixed with Brett. farmyard and a distinct spice (cardamom?).
T - Flavors match the aromas. Early in the palate the funky barnyard notes dominate with just a hint of lemon. Later the Brett. character fades and the strong spice note stands out in the finish. Malt hops and other flavors are so faint as to not matter.
F - Thin body, as expected for the style. Fizzy, slightly harsh carbonation of fine bubbles. Medium to strong hops bitterness that matches the tartness. Low alcohol presence.
O - This is a nicely tart and funky beer that is still drinkable and refreshing. A great summer beer. The spice note is a bit too strong and could be cut back to improve the overall blend of flavors, in my opinion.
Aug 29, 2019L - Cloudy, straw colored beer with a massive pile of fluffy white head. The head fades to a thick, rocky sheet and lacing.
S - Very funky aroma has a light lemon tartness mixed with Brett. farmyard and a distinct spice (cardamom?).
T - Flavors match the aromas. Early in the palate the funky barnyard notes dominate with just a hint of lemon. Later the Brett. character fades and the strong spice note stands out in the finish. Malt hops and other flavors are so faint as to not matter.
F - Thin body, as expected for the style. Fizzy, slightly harsh carbonation of fine bubbles. Medium to strong hops bitterness that matches the tartness. Low alcohol presence.
O - This is a nicely tart and funky beer that is still drinkable and refreshing. A great summer beer. The spice note is a bit too strong and could be cut back to improve the overall blend of flavors, in my opinion.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.29/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales "Szech 'n Brett"
750 ml brown glass bottle, simply capped. "Bottle No. 11425 Best By: 04/2021"
$13.99 @ Wegmans, North Wales, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: The hazy golden body teems with life as tiny bubbles race to the surface to take their place beneath the lofty head of foamy bright white. The aroma displays a medium intensity Brettanomyces note along with a touch of white grape (maybe Sauvignon Blanc?) and some softly floral and grassy notes. That grassiness may be from hops but could just as easily be from the malt or the Brett as well. The flavor offers a soft Brettanomyces character that doesn't particularly show any specific notes, some tart and not too juicy apple, a light bit of white grape, and an almost lemony but not quite lemony citrus note - and just the lightest touch of peppery spice. It's not very bitter but the gentle tartness allows it to finish dry. In the mouth it's light to light-medium in body and bristling with tiny effervescent bubbles that warm in the mouth to become airy and smooth. Looking back the head retention and lacing are both quite good, and perhaps even excellent. I like this beer a lot but I feel that given its strength at 6.5% abv it could be more flavorful. Either that, or lower in alcohol which would be quite fine as well.
Review #6,538
Mar 24, 2019750 ml brown glass bottle, simply capped. "Bottle No. 11425 Best By: 04/2021"
$13.99 @ Wegmans, North Wales, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: The hazy golden body teems with life as tiny bubbles race to the surface to take their place beneath the lofty head of foamy bright white. The aroma displays a medium intensity Brettanomyces note along with a touch of white grape (maybe Sauvignon Blanc?) and some softly floral and grassy notes. That grassiness may be from hops but could just as easily be from the malt or the Brett as well. The flavor offers a soft Brettanomyces character that doesn't particularly show any specific notes, some tart and not too juicy apple, a light bit of white grape, and an almost lemony but not quite lemony citrus note - and just the lightest touch of peppery spice. It's not very bitter but the gentle tartness allows it to finish dry. In the mouth it's light to light-medium in body and bristling with tiny effervescent bubbles that warm in the mouth to become airy and smooth. Looking back the head retention and lacing are both quite good, and perhaps even excellent. I like this beer a lot but I feel that given its strength at 6.5% abv it could be more flavorful. Either that, or lower in alcohol which would be quite fine as well.
Review #6,538
Reviewed by bobv from Vermont
4.31/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle No. 14341.
Best by 08/2021.
Moderate pour yields a 2 inch white head over a bright straw colored body with some sticky, clumpy lacing. Nose of funk foremost, citrus, and a bit of spice. Taste mirrors nose very nicely with more spice on the finish. Very nice feel and as it warms some wonderful floral notes come forward on the nose. Wow, what is that flower??! Overall, I'm glad I sat on this for a little while. Cheers!
Aug 01, 2018Best by 08/2021.
Moderate pour yields a 2 inch white head over a bright straw colored body with some sticky, clumpy lacing. Nose of funk foremost, citrus, and a bit of spice. Taste mirrors nose very nicely with more spice on the finish. Very nice feel and as it warms some wonderful floral notes come forward on the nose. Wow, what is that flower??! Overall, I'm glad I sat on this for a little while. Cheers!
Reviewed by TheDoctor from Canada (QC)
4.22/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Service: Bottle
Best Before: May-2019 (Consumed: Jan-19-2018)
A:
Fairly clear honey color with two+ fingers of fizzy off-white head, settles to a skiff of film. Some drooping lacing. (3.75)
S:
Funky, spicy, zesty, tart, refreshing layers of toasty malt and phenolic, floral yeast. (4.25)
T:
Everything from the nose together, at once. Big phenols and light tartness vying for space among hay, rubber, herbs and citrus. (4.25)
M:
Fluffy, dry, active carbonation, drinkable, quenching. (4.25)
O:
A very nice saison with a lot of character.
It was a little too phenolic for my tastes, but was still and all very good. A precarious balance of just about every flavor you'd expect in a saison. A touch perfumy from phenols, a ghost of tartness, some nice malt in the middle and some floral hops/yeast.
A very nice one. I'd definitely have it again if I saw it and would love to try some of their other beers. (4.25)
Jan 20, 2018Best Before: May-2019 (Consumed: Jan-19-2018)
A:
Fairly clear honey color with two+ fingers of fizzy off-white head, settles to a skiff of film. Some drooping lacing. (3.75)
S:
Funky, spicy, zesty, tart, refreshing layers of toasty malt and phenolic, floral yeast. (4.25)
T:
Everything from the nose together, at once. Big phenols and light tartness vying for space among hay, rubber, herbs and citrus. (4.25)
M:
Fluffy, dry, active carbonation, drinkable, quenching. (4.25)
O:
A very nice saison with a lot of character.
It was a little too phenolic for my tastes, but was still and all very good. A precarious balance of just about every flavor you'd expect in a saison. A touch perfumy from phenols, a ghost of tartness, some nice malt in the middle and some floral hops/yeast.
A very nice one. I'd definitely have it again if I saw it and would love to try some of their other beers. (4.25)
Reviewed by scottfrie from California
4.33/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750ml bottle into tulip. Best by 10/2019.
A: Pours a lightly cloudy dirty golden with a billowing and frothy white head that really frothed up after the pour. Slow motion gusher bottle. The head took forever to fade into into a rocky and soft film, leaving chunks of heavy lace down the glass.
S: Brett dominates with creamy doughy notes mixed with tons of peppery spice and sweet golden fruits, golden delicious apples, pear, and crisp grains. Sweet estery fruit nose.
T: Follows the nose with dry apple cider notes and earthy straw, peppery spice and sweet golden fruits. Leafy, slightly grassy hops in the finish, along with a hint of lavender. Brett aftertaste spicy and slightly bitter. Sweet finish.
M: Medium-full body with a soft carbonation, sweet and chewy mouthfeel.
O: Delicious and easy to drink. Classic saison flavor. On the sweeter side, tons of golden apple, but spicy and complex overall.
Oct 14, 2017A: Pours a lightly cloudy dirty golden with a billowing and frothy white head that really frothed up after the pour. Slow motion gusher bottle. The head took forever to fade into into a rocky and soft film, leaving chunks of heavy lace down the glass.
S: Brett dominates with creamy doughy notes mixed with tons of peppery spice and sweet golden fruits, golden delicious apples, pear, and crisp grains. Sweet estery fruit nose.
T: Follows the nose with dry apple cider notes and earthy straw, peppery spice and sweet golden fruits. Leafy, slightly grassy hops in the finish, along with a hint of lavender. Brett aftertaste spicy and slightly bitter. Sweet finish.
M: Medium-full body with a soft carbonation, sweet and chewy mouthfeel.
O: Delicious and easy to drink. Classic saison flavor. On the sweeter side, tons of golden apple, but spicy and complex overall.
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