Lemon Gin Saison
Bridge Brewing Company

Lemon Gin SaisonLemon Gin Saison
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From:
Bridge Brewing Company
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
Saison
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.68 | pDev: 8.15%
Reviews:
3
Ratings:
12
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 13, 2019
Added:
Mar 19, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
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Rated: 4.16 by FadetoBock from Canada (AB)

Jul 13, 2019
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Reviewed by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)

3.83/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
So, with apologies to my sister and her history of poor decisions when lemon gin was involved, this is a remarkably good beer. It pours gold with a bountiful head of white foam. Nose is a terse lemon gin, with a disconsolate malt undertone. Taste wise, holy high school, the marriage of saison and panty remover is a happy one in this instance. Weird, but weirdly good.
Apr 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by Corson from Canada (AB)

Oct 18, 2017
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Rated by HarveyL from Canada (AB)

3.71/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Interesting blend...It works for me.
Sep 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.03 by ILOVEHAM from Canada (BC)

Aug 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by bumchilly25 from Canada (BC)

Nov 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by jrempel from Canada (BC)

May 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.73 by Erik-P from Canada (BC)

Apr 29, 2016
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Reviewed by Mlkluther from Canada (AB)

3.77/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Great looking beer with a creamy head that lingers and laces. The nose is very least T and tells you that if you like gin - you'll like this beer. I like gin.

The beer is crisp and clean and finishes very dry. It's light and refreshing. It tastes very good after a 15 km run.
Apr 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.49 by cgwami from Canada (MB)

Apr 23, 2016
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.61/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
650ml bottle, the brewery's current (I guess that means Spring?) seasonal, a Saison made with lemon and gin - I resolve to keep my panties unbunched and right where they belong.

This beer pours a hazy, medium golden amber colour, with a teeming tower of puffy, loosely foamy, and somewhat creamy eggshell white head, which leaves a bit of thick streaky and sudsy lace around the glass as it hastily recedes.

It smells of harsh gin notes straight off - juniper, indistinct spice, and bad decisions - bready pale and caramel malt, earthy, and sort of phenolic yeast, white and black pepper mill grist, a stale lemon rind thing, and gently leafy, weedy, and floral hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy wheat malt, a further free-range honeyed caramel sweetness, lemon zest, some reduced gin-adjacent botanicals - vegetal juniper and spruce needles, mostly - huddling yeast, bland table-top ground pepper, and more plain leafy, herbal, and grassy green hoppiness.

The bubbles are pretty low-key after their initial explosiveness, given their presently wan frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and so-so smooth, as the yeast, lemon gin esters, and actual hops all seem to not give a shit about their running roughshod here. It finishes off-dry, lots of varied malt, honey, and zesty fruit hanging around to counter any lingering green astringencies.

Well, they more or less nailed it - if you absolutely had to mix the essences of Lemon Gin into a Saison, this is what one might imagine it would turn out like. I mean, it's not exactly a kitchen sink approach, and nor do I have any intention of tossing the rest of this down one, but, yeah, you really have to be into the guest flavours to consider taking this one out for a second date.
Apr 20, 2016
 
Rated: 4.11 by ZachT from Canada (BC)

Mar 19, 2016
Lemon Gin Saison from Bridge Brewing Company
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 12 ratings