Saison Ardennes
The Bruery Terreux

375 ml bottle marked as clearance because it's so old. Okay, sure.

Slow pour into a stemmed tulip glass. Very hazy and dark for a saison, opaque orange with a bone white head that quickly dissipates.

Aroma is tart bacterial flowers that have been wonderfully mellowed with age.

Tastes great. Candy tartness up front, mellow yeast and grain in the middle, light hops and a bit of spice on the finish.

Copenhagen 9/7 2023. 37,5 cl bottle from Kihoskh, Sønder Boulevard, Kbh. V. Very rustic label in brown colors and an elderly cow in profile.

Pours unclear - almost opaque - golden yellow with a big white head. Settles as thin but unbroken layer of foam just covering the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is medium intense with a light sweet fruity odor soon overpowered by a prominent spur and tart scent. Sweet pear. Sour green grapes and unripe gooseberries. Touch of vinegar. Tart white wine. Sour cheese and horse blanket.

Light carbonation. Thin, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is fairly intense with a light sweetness followed by a strong vinous tart, sourness. Aftertaste is a tad watery. Sour. Lingers shortly. Finish is dry.

Perfect Saison for a sunny, warm day.

From the 16 oz can in a snifter thanks to Bluejacket74! Cheers Dude!
This solid saison pours a amber tinged yellow with a nice head of white
foam that settles to a thick ring, thin dusty layer, and shows off some
excellent lacing. Nose of white grape, pear, orange zest, and acidic notes
amongst nice oak touches. Flavors surpass the nose with pear, grape,
peach, white grape, rich oak, cracker, and light breaded malts amongst
layers of tart and yeasty funk. Nice mouth feel; medium light body, medium
effervescent carbonation, and a tart moderately dry finish.

Overall, a solid saison.

Cheers

 

nice blend of the best parts of a crisp, clean saison and a tart, wild ale

 

16 ounce can, packaged 04/29/21. Served in a Teku, the beer pours a hazy gold color with about an inch off-white head that stuck around a while. Decent amount of lacing. I like the aroma, the brew smells like oak, funk, earthiness, green apple, apricot, white grapes, pear and peppery spice. For the most part I think the taste is similar to the aroma, but with the addition of some grassiness, lime, grainy malt and lemon zest flavors. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's refreshing and a bit creamy with a good amount of carbonation. Easy enough to drink. I thought this was a good overall tart saison, worth picking up if you come across some!

Had this in June 2019 around the pool.

Pours yellow/gold even leaning into amber which I did not expect. 1/3" white head. The aroma was woody, almost lager-esque (too many foeder lagers I guess) with appreciable sour and tartness. File this under one of those saison/wild ale hybrids.

Taste is a grist and brett full on experience helped along by a pronounced sourness for a saison. Plenty of lemongrass notes, hay, and a light berriness that might be from the brett. Pretty cool fruit impressions for a beer using no fruit, about time. It drank very easily. Hit the sweet spot carbonation wise. Waves of wood, some feels white wine like, its as if they used different kinds here, foeders pick who knows what up from previous batches and whatnot. For sour saisons, even this is like a 9 on the 10pt sour scale for saisons.

This was a good pairing with summertime weather. Can't wait to see what the next bottle does with at least 2 more years on it.

 

 

Many good aspects to this saison. But the best is the Brett is used to emphasize the other flavors... instead of hiding the lack of balance such as too many less-experienced brewers lean on.

Ardennes Looks like a saison you'd want to drink. (However, 7.5% of the beers I've rated are saisons; so it is a fair conclusion that I'm not particularly particular about what they Look like as, I estimate, that 20% of what I drink are saisons... and perhaps half are experiments not to be repeated.)

Ardennes Smells like the real deal: fruity, tarty and mildly herby in that order. Tastes are tarter, but still in the range of creating flavor without over-running the other ingredients. Bubbly enough to cleanse the palate for more food and gentle enough to not try to steal the show and, instead, let food be part of the meal. An accomplished Belgian brewer, indeed.

Bruery Terreux is on my BBBL (Belgian Brewer Bucket List.) It is no #8 on my domestic list. But I hope to visit them this March along with the other two in Southern California (Lost Abbey and FW.)

 

Mid sized bottle, 2018 vintage.

Fully hazed lighter Amber with an olive oil hue., moderate egg shell cap and leaves a few thicker strands of lacing.

A hint of tart and fruits on the sniff.

Super tasty saison with some notes of smoke, tart fruit, and general Belgian themed funk.

Complex and highly worthy.

Bring on the peppery salads, crusty bread and soft cheeses.