Aged Saisons

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by fmccormi, Nov 3, 2012.

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  1. Thickfreakness

    Thickfreakness Initiate (0) Oct 2, 2010 New York

    I don't think they've brewed it in almost 4yrs now.
     
    #21 Thickfreakness, Dec 5, 2012
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  2. flayedandskinned

    flayedandskinned Initiate (0) Jan 1, 2011 California

    Should be decent. Just dont expect much of a lemony hop finish.
     
    #22 flayedandskinned, Dec 5, 2012
  3. sliverX

    sliverX Maven (1,459) Oct 5, 2007 South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

    We see some of them here in Buffalo. Noel and h'iver were the last 2 I've seen.
     
    #23 sliverX, Dec 5, 2012
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  4. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    There were some bottles of Hiver that popped up in Syracuse at one store (why that one place and no others, I couldn't tell you) last March or April, for $15.99/ bottle, I think. Seemed like there were too many ways that purchase could turn out to be money poorly spent for me to justify the sticker price.

    Might jump on a bottle of that or something else, if newer Fantôme bottles pop up sometime and I'm feeling saucy.
     
    #24 fmccormi, Dec 5, 2012
  5. sliverX

    sliverX Maven (1,459) Oct 5, 2007 South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

    We opened a hiver recently, tasted of plastic and skunk. Opened a Noel last tasting and was a nice cider like flavor profile. Seems like its a crap shoot with bottle variation from reviews too.
     
    #25 sliverX, Dec 5, 2012
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  6. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    Yeah. That was exactly my concern with it—not going to spend that money on a bottle of unknown age and provenance when even the most pristine bottles appear to be craps shoots, anyway.
     
    #26 fmccormi, Dec 5, 2012
  7. allouez86

    allouez86 Pundit (999) Jan 24, 2009 Wisconsin

    Just curious, I have a fantome Noel that I bought in October and can't find a date anywhere. Where did you see the date on your bottle? I was a big fan of that beer when my buddy opened his last week and am excited to open mine as well, just curious as to how old mine is.
     
    #27 allouez86, Dec 6, 2012
  8. Envelopes

    Envelopes Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2012 Ohio

    Unfortunately the date was a store thing not a bottle thing. The price tag had a date stamp from when they stocked it.
     
    #28 Envelopes, Dec 6, 2012
  9. allouez86

    allouez86 Pundit (999) Jan 24, 2009 Wisconsin

    Ahhh I see. I think it's safe to assume mine was from last fall/early winterbSed on when and where I got it. Cheers!
     
    #29 allouez86, Dec 6, 2012
  10. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,239) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
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    really? The cherry saison, when fresh, may have been the worst beer I've ever had from them and I despise most of their imperial series.
     
    #30 BearsOnAcid, Dec 6, 2012
  11. sliverX

    sliverX Maven (1,459) Oct 5, 2007 South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

    I believe the label art changes each year, but could be it changes when dany runs out of labels.
     
    #31 sliverX, Dec 6, 2012
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