Botanique - Lemongrass
Blindhouse Beer Company

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From:
Blindhouse Beer Company
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
Saison
Ranked #5,541
ABV:
5.3%
Score:
80
Ranked #204,848
Avg:
3.76 | pDev: 0%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 14, 2024
Added:
Sep 06, 2024
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Farmhouse-inspired ale with dried lemongrass.

The first in our series of oak-aged Saisons conditioned with various botanicals. Notes of sparkling white wine, lemon-herbal tea, and slight earthy funk. Soft and plush with low bitterness.
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Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia

3.76/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Bottle:
Pretty explosive head in the terms of volume on the initial pour, where white filled half the glass, paused, and then audibly fizzled to a thin covering. Body is unfiltered hazy, but doesn't block light. Nose has some barn must and funk, but there is a distinct lemon note coming through, paired with lighter notes of nectarine and even red plum. It doesn't seem the taste will be completely acidic as there is some earthy to hay-like non-tart notes in the aroma as well.

First sips... light, but abundant carbonation on a lightly flavored, somewhat dry grass and dusty beer. The nectarine comes through from the nose, but there's more of a lightly grassy white wine flavor on the fruit side. Earthy and somewhat watery in feel, this is missing a little excitement when cold.

Thankfully, there is a little more fruit coming through - somewhat tropical in nature - as the beer warms from the fridge. This comes with the impression of a little sweetness, and this somehow helps the body slightly. At what is likely a proper temperature, this beer has evolved more into a slightly tropical fruity, somewhat grassy white wine - that fermented grape note growing with each sip.

This is a light beer, but a pretty good one, fairly nuanced. However, my experience is that someone trying this beer should let it warm from the fridge for about 10-15 minutes before pouring. My rating started pretty low, but I kept bumping it up as I sip.

Note: I read what I copied for the description after the fact, and that barn / dusty notes I think is partially coming from the barrel that the beer sat in.
Oct 14, 2024