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Forest & Main - The Brewery

 

 

 

This should be a treat. Thanks to the fine folks at F&M for reserving this for me for a couple of days. 500 ml bottle into a champagne flute.

A - Pours like champagne for sure. It's a lovely slightly hazy golden color with a large pearl head. Plenty of bubbles streaming up. Darker than I would have expected. Nice.

N - Definitely tart on the nose. I get the requisite amount of barnyard funk, but I really detect that sourness. Maybe some lemon in there.

T - Interesting! This is VERY dry. Like bone dry. Not unpleasantly so, but it was unexpected since it was so fruity and funky up front. It's like they hit the pause button in the middle just as things were getting good. Not that they got bad, they just didn't quite reach the finish line.

M - Very fizzy around the tongue, and the tartness really hits you on the back end before the dryness kicks in. A strange beer.

O - Like a said, a strange beer. This is definitely well-crafted, and I am intrigued enough to be interested in acquiring others.

 

Pours a hazy copper color with a decent fluffy white head. Head reduces fairly quick leaving a nice ring around the edge. Smell was lime, lemongrass and funk. Taste followed with the lime and slight funk and then Some lemongrass on the end. Little harsh at times. Feel was dry. Each sip left the mouth dry after. Overall a pretty good beer.

 

 

 

 

Golden orange colored body; thin white head. Aromas of lime, lemongrass, white wine, oak and some tart funk. Flavor is nice and tart, citrusy (you can certainly pick out the limes), oak and some dry white grapes.

Pour is hazed dark amber with lots of tight white head that lingers with a thick lace. Nose is heavy citric lime, a bit peppery, and some dusty brett. Flavor follows suit, bright lime, very citric but low acidity, leathery brett, a hint of pineapple. Finish is slightly bitter, light body and high carb, delicate feel.

 

Interesting and a bit underrated little beer. Oddly for a saison, it reminds me a lot of Cantillon Gueuze. I like the interplay of the barrel, lime and lemongrass. Tart and a touch bitter with some sweetness to bring everything in line. Tasty and refreshing.