Saison Bouffant
Arbor Ales
- From:
- Arbor Ales
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2015
- Added:
- Jan 30, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
3.84/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A 500ml bottle with a BB of May 2014, so it's well out of date. Being a Belgian style, I'm hoping it has improved rather than deteriorated. Purchased a while back from Trembling Madness in York. Described on the label as a session-strength saison fermented with a blend of house/saison yeast and hopped with NZ varieties.
A: Poured into a tulip pint glass. Bottle conditioned. A deep, hazy orange-amber hue with plentiful fine sediment and intense carbonation. Produces an enormous head of creamy white foam with excellent retention; this slowly reduces to a thick surface layer. Good lacing.
S: Aroma of fruity saison yeast with hints of coriander, dry spice, subtle grass/hay, earthiness, mild grainy malt and faint stewed leaves. Delicate and decidedly yeasty, but superbly rounded.
T: Tastes of fruity yeast esters with a lingering dry finish. Notes of coriander, dry spice, subtle fruitiness, grass/hay, earthiness, mild grainy malt, faint stewed leaves and a twinge of aromatic hops. Highly attenuated, followed by restrained, leafy bitterness upon swallowing.
M: Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with spritzy carbonation and good body. Dries the palate. Somewhat astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of earthy yeast, fruity esters and stewed leaves/cardboard.
O: Pretty good - probably too old to be quite as the brewer intended but a decent tipple nonetheless. Looks fantastic, while the aroma and flavour are dry and yeasty with hints of spice, fruitiness and grain. Good body. Little in the way of hop aroma; this has fallen by the wayside. However, an interesting effort that goes down a treat.
Jan 31, 2015A: Poured into a tulip pint glass. Bottle conditioned. A deep, hazy orange-amber hue with plentiful fine sediment and intense carbonation. Produces an enormous head of creamy white foam with excellent retention; this slowly reduces to a thick surface layer. Good lacing.
S: Aroma of fruity saison yeast with hints of coriander, dry spice, subtle grass/hay, earthiness, mild grainy malt and faint stewed leaves. Delicate and decidedly yeasty, but superbly rounded.
T: Tastes of fruity yeast esters with a lingering dry finish. Notes of coriander, dry spice, subtle fruitiness, grass/hay, earthiness, mild grainy malt, faint stewed leaves and a twinge of aromatic hops. Highly attenuated, followed by restrained, leafy bitterness upon swallowing.
M: Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with spritzy carbonation and good body. Dries the palate. Somewhat astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of earthy yeast, fruity esters and stewed leaves/cardboard.
O: Pretty good - probably too old to be quite as the brewer intended but a decent tipple nonetheless. Looks fantastic, while the aroma and flavour are dry and yeasty with hints of spice, fruitiness and grain. Good body. Little in the way of hop aroma; this has fallen by the wayside. However, an interesting effort that goes down a treat.
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