Saisei / Rebirth
Off Color Brewing
- From:
- Off Color Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.3 | pDev: 2.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 20, 2024
- Added:
- Jul 14, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Foedre fermented wild saison was refermented with Montmorency Cherries and blended with Sencha green tea and Japanese cherry blossoms.
As the final snow melts, spring’s first robins emerge and their songs begin to fill the crisp air. Tulips awaken, push through the earth, and the world begins anew. Created as poetry to express this process of reawakening and revel in it’s precious, tender moments, Saisei/Rebirth incorporates elements of early, mid, and full spring.
Blushing forth with scents of wild blossom honey, lemon peel, violets, and honeysuckle nectar until spring progresses. Trees bud, ducks return to scout calm nesting sites and the first harvest of green tea occurs in Japan. Known as Ichibancha or New Tea, this first flush is the most delicate; sweetly aromatic of freshly mown grass with subtle notes of tilled soil and a slight saline quality best described as ‘oceanic.’ Small buds transform into peak bloom of cherry blossoms and the bees get to work pollinating the new crop of cherries for the cycle to continue. A welcome portent of summer and the new world to come.
As the final snow melts, spring’s first robins emerge and their songs begin to fill the crisp air. Tulips awaken, push through the earth, and the world begins anew. Created as poetry to express this process of reawakening and revel in it’s precious, tender moments, Saisei/Rebirth incorporates elements of early, mid, and full spring.
Blushing forth with scents of wild blossom honey, lemon peel, violets, and honeysuckle nectar until spring progresses. Trees bud, ducks return to scout calm nesting sites and the first harvest of green tea occurs in Japan. Known as Ichibancha or New Tea, this first flush is the most delicate; sweetly aromatic of freshly mown grass with subtle notes of tilled soil and a slight saline quality best described as ‘oceanic.’ Small buds transform into peak bloom of cherry blossoms and the bees get to work pollinating the new crop of cherries for the cycle to continue. A welcome portent of summer and the new world to come.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
4.21/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
4.21/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
This is as much a conceptual work of art as it is an ale. (Which is why I give it -- and OCB as my favorite brewer-- huge Overall Hugs.) I'm drinking what appears to be the fourth release. It was first sold on Saison Day 2024.
My imagination runs wild about how Rebirth evolved over four years.
Not a fan of overly sour Wilds, I'd prefer that Mortmorency cherries were not used since they are a sour varietal.
That aside, the concept of Spring is conveyed in this ale. There are the blossoms. The green tea also is fragrant. And cherries are one of the early seasonal fruits. As critique, I do think Off Color's description below got a little overly poetic. (Or is that OCB being tongue in cheek?)
I almost never drink a Wild a second time. But if I make it to the next Saison Day, I will gladly sample Rebirth again.
May 20, 2024My imagination runs wild about how Rebirth evolved over four years.
Not a fan of overly sour Wilds, I'd prefer that Mortmorency cherries were not used since they are a sour varietal.
That aside, the concept of Spring is conveyed in this ale. There are the blossoms. The green tea also is fragrant. And cherries are one of the early seasonal fruits. As critique, I do think Off Color's description below got a little overly poetic. (Or is that OCB being tongue in cheek?)
I almost never drink a Wild a second time. But if I make it to the next Saison Day, I will gladly sample Rebirth again.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
4.38/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Bright and tart with layered complexity from the wild yeast and wood. Soft cherry blossom sweetness. Crisp feel, some smooth tempered oak traces round it out. Golden tone with sharp clarity and ample foam. We shared the bottle a few ways, but i’d easily finish one solo. A unique wild ale and worth seeking out for sure.
Apr 30, 2023
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.41/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had on tap. Copper orange clear body, thick white ring. Smells of spring cherry blossoms in the summer breeze, with playfully sour cherry fruit, wild honey, tea, oak, lemongrass and wild yeast. How come no one is talking about this one? It is inventive and delicious, the floral and fruit tones roll into the honey and oak, tea, grass, lemon peel, light blood orange, with herbal faint tones to round out the end. Feel is delicate, nuanced, decently complex, and lightly sour. Very drinkable but you don't want to rush all the hidden beauty it has. Really enjoyed this one, thanks Doug!
Aug 06, 2021
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