Saison Quatrieme
de Garde Brewing
- From:
- de Garde Brewing
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.3 | pDev: 7.21%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 29, 2020
- Added:
- Apr 08, 2015
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
A wild/tart farmhouse ale, fermented and aged in oak wine barrels, then dry hopped with Mosaic and El Dorado hops.
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
4.18/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Another review from Christmas 2016. Cranked out the gems for that evening party.
Pours a mostly golden, light leaning into amber color territory, 1/2" white head. The Mosaic and El Dorado dry hopping is interesting, not at all what you would think to do with a saison, but this is more of a saison/wild ale/ipa hybrid I guess. Smells nice and hoppy, then there is a little bit of wine barrel/french oak behind that. Seems to lean on citrus more than tropical fruit notes, so I guess that means El Dorado beat Mosaic here. Has a little help from the barrel.
Taste pushes the wild ale part of the equation. Its sour for starters, and its way more sour than a saison is without some help generally. Nice influence from the wine barrel/french oak. Lively and light. Lemon and lime. A little bit of passion fruit and guava to it. At the end of the day, I liked it more than I thought I would. Its like a saison for people who like dry hopped proprietary hopped ipas and sour wild ales.
Jun 29, 2020Pours a mostly golden, light leaning into amber color territory, 1/2" white head. The Mosaic and El Dorado dry hopping is interesting, not at all what you would think to do with a saison, but this is more of a saison/wild ale/ipa hybrid I guess. Smells nice and hoppy, then there is a little bit of wine barrel/french oak behind that. Seems to lean on citrus more than tropical fruit notes, so I guess that means El Dorado beat Mosaic here. Has a little help from the barrel.
Taste pushes the wild ale part of the equation. Its sour for starters, and its way more sour than a saison is without some help generally. Nice influence from the wine barrel/french oak. Lively and light. Lemon and lime. A little bit of passion fruit and guava to it. At the end of the day, I liked it more than I thought I would. Its like a saison for people who like dry hopped proprietary hopped ipas and sour wild ales.
Reviewed by mtomlins from Canada (ON)
4.4/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Big thanks to FondueVoodoo for the bottle!
(A) Poured a hazy, murky yellow straw color (but I got the yeast in the bottom of the bottle) with 1+ finger of white head with decent retention and bit of lacing.
(N) Citrus (oranges and lemon zest), sour/acidic, with whiffs funkiness.
(T) Nice sharp sourness and acidic notes, white grape skins, some mellon, definitely some citrus, vinous.
(M) Crisp, dry, good carbonation, slightly puckering.
(O) A super tasty, complex beer with lots going on though a bit dificult to describe :).
Aug 31, 2015(A) Poured a hazy, murky yellow straw color (but I got the yeast in the bottom of the bottle) with 1+ finger of white head with decent retention and bit of lacing.
(N) Citrus (oranges and lemon zest), sour/acidic, with whiffs funkiness.
(T) Nice sharp sourness and acidic notes, white grape skins, some mellon, definitely some citrus, vinous.
(M) Crisp, dry, good carbonation, slightly puckering.
(O) A super tasty, complex beer with lots going on though a bit dificult to describe :).
Reviewed by Rutager from Canada (BC)
4.12/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy, rich yellow gold with a finger of white head. Super juicy nose of citrus, woody white wine tropical fruits and a bit of red berries. Taste is sour citrus and a bit of woody white wine. Nice stuff.
Aug 02, 2015
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