Saint Arnold UrbanHouse Saison

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  1. dpkpr

    dpkpr Initiate (0) Apr 19, 2008 Texas

    According to the Saint Arnold newsletter, they'll be featuring this at Pub Night tomorrow (Friday, April 1).

    Here's a quote from @awinkro:

    UrbanHouse is our spin on the Belgian farmhouse/saison style. We took Fancy Lawnmower wort, unfermented beer, and filled two red wine barrels that previously held Dubbelganger, our Sorachi Ace Dubbel with brettanomyces. We then pitched two different saison yeast strains to ferment with the residual brett. Farmhouse/saison styles have been a favorite of mine to brew at home, so I wanted to do that here and take it a step further by fermenting in an oak barrel.

    The Fancy Lawnmower recipe is very similar to a saison in malt and hops, so it was a perfect candidate to experiment with. We bottled and keg conditioned this beer, meaning we added sugar and yeast at bottling/kegging to naturally carbonate the beer.

    The aroma has the similar floral characteristics provided by the Hersbrucker hops. The major distinction is the added funky, earthy characteristics provided by the brett and saison strains. The aroma is similar to pear, citrus, and pepper/spice, and there's a crisp, biscuit-like malt flavor that finishes dry. It's slightly higher in alcohol (5.8% ABV) due to the yeast and brett fermenting the beer further than our Kölsch yeast.​
     
    #1 dpkpr, Apr 1, 2016
  2. turfy

    turfy Pooh-Bah (1,872) Mar 17, 2010 Texas
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    I was never a huge SA fan, but the recent DR16 and BB13 really impressed. It looks like they are beginning to press the envelope and producing some great beers. Very welcome news!
     
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    Tuck_leepulin Savant (1,212) Aug 1, 2014 Texas
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    Was wondering what those cage and cork bottled beers were....
     
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  4. awinkro

    awinkro Zealot (500) Oct 15, 2008 Texas
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    Thanks @dpkpr for posting this.

    Just a heads up, this beer will only be available at the brewery. Only 7 kegs were filled, and the bottles given to employees and very good friends of the brewery. We've been playing around with barrel fermentation for about a year now. We did this beer, a saison without brett before it, winter stout in second use bourbon, and the coffee porter in second use bourbon. All have been available at the brewery for pub nights and the occasional tour. Just have to get our newsletter or follow us on social media for tappings. We've got a lot of fun projects in the pipeline and I can only see it growing from here.
     
    #4 awinkro, Apr 1, 2016
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  5. champ103

    champ103 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,296) Sep 3, 2007 Texas
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    Just read the newsletter, and have been waiting for this to come out. I plan on being at the brewery today. Hopefully avoiding the final four madness :slight_smile:
     
    #5 champ103, Apr 1, 2016
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    champ103 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,296) Sep 3, 2007 Texas
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    For what its worth, the review page...not that I am any good at this, but at least try. I would love for more people to actually add reviews, good or bad, and not just for rare hyped stuff...well anyway here you go. As a side note, can't wait for 5 O'Clock Pils. Beer at Saint Arnold, and Scotch at Public Service downtown make me ramble :slight_smile:

    http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/337/222686/
     
    #6 champ103, Apr 2, 2016
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