Saison

Brasserie La Malpolon “Saison Du Chai” Barrel-Aged Blended Saison

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Name: Saison Du Chai Brewer:  Brasserie La Malpolon (France) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 6.7% Review Year: 2022 Saison Du Chai, artfully crafted by Brasserie La Malpolon in France, is an enchanting blend composed of seven barrels of saisons and mix fermented beers. This meticulously curated concoction was further nurtured for an additional three …

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Zakkokou Koubou (麦雑穀工房) “NaRa Pitchoune Une” White Peach Saison

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Name: Nara Pitchoune Une Brewer:  Zakkokou Koubou (麦雑穀工房) Style: Specialty Fruit Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 6% Review Year: 2022 Presenting the third addition to Zakkokou Koubou’s NaRa series, Nara Pitchoune Une. Hailing from Saitama, Japan, this exquisite “farmhouse ale” has been meticulously crafted and conditioned on whole white Akatsuki peaches from Fukushima Prefecture. Backlog review …

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Evensong “Canon” Table Beer with Brett

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Name: Common Land Brewer: Evensong Brewing Style: Brett Beer (Base Style: Saison (Table-Strength)) ABV: 3.4% Review Year: 2023 Canon by Evensong Brewing is a fully-attenuated “farmhouse” beer that features a base of pilsner malt, spelt, flaked wheat, and wheat malt and was bittered with EKG and late additions of Saaz and Celeia hops. Canon was also fermented …

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Far Yeast x Uchu “Off Trail Event Horizon” Dry Hopped Barrel Aged Saison and Sour Blonde Ale with Koshu Grapes

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Name: Off Trail Event Horizon Brewers: Far Yeast Brewing Company, Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2022 Far Yeast Brewing Company and Uchu Brewing teamed up for Off Trail Event Horizon, a combination of two unique beers: a Japanese grape Saison from 2019 aged in whisky barrels for …

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Brood Fermentation “2021 Harvest Ale” Chardonnay Lees Barrel-Aged Saison

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Name: 2021 Harvest Ale Brewer: Brood Fermentation (New Zealand) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 5.6% Review Year: 2022 The 2021 Harvest Ale is a bottle-conditioned Saison brewed by Brood Fermentation from Nelson, New Zealand. This saison was barrel-fermented with organic Chardonnay lees and fresh Riwaka hops and was then aged for another four …

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Hopping Around: Elias Wicked Ales & Spirits

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Hop around Quezon City (Philippines) for that “revenge beer sesh” at Elias Wicked Ales & Spirits you deserve so dearly. From traditional styles like the Belgian Witbier and Munich Helles to more experimental creations like a sour Saison brewed with mango, pineapple, toasted coconut, and rum-soaked oak chips, Elias has got you covered.   PUSHING …

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Craftwork “Milou” Grisette with Wit Yeast

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Name: Milou Brewer: Craftwork Brewery (New Zealand) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Saison (Session Strength)) ABV: 4.4% Review Year: 2022 Milou is a Grisette fermented with Wit yeast by Craftwork Brewery (Oamaru, New Zealand). STYLE GUIDELINE This beer is being evaluated as a Mixed-Style Beer (34B) with Saison (25B) (Session Strength; Witbier yeast instead of Belgian …

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Craftwork “Siege of Liège” Mixed-Fermentation Barrel-Aged Saison

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Name: Siege of Liège Brewer: Craftwork Brewery (New Zealand) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 7% Review Year: 2022 Siege of Liège by Craftwork Brewery (New Zealand) is a mixed-fermentation barrel-aged Saison featuring Sirop de Liège. This beer was fermented using a French Saison yeast before being conditioned on two large oak puncheons with souring …

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Craftwork “Grisette” Traditional Bottle-Conditioned Farmhouse Ale

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Name: Grisette Brewer: Craftwork Brewery (New Zealand) Style: Saison (Session Strength) ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2022 Grisette by Craftwork brewery (New Zealand) is the brewery’s take on the classic farmhouse ale brewed originally for the miners of Wallonia. Brewed with organic raw wheat and oats, this grisette is the brewery’s response to the 2014 Spelt shortage. …

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Kyoto Brewing x Upright “Farmer’s Table – Barrel Aged (一汁多彩 特別木樽熟成) (2019)” Oak-Aged Table Beer

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Name: Farmer’s Table – Barrel Aged (一汁多彩 特別木樽熟成) (2019) Brewer: Kyoto Brewing Company (Japan), Upright Brewing (United States) Style: Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 3.5% Review Year: 2022 This is the barrel-aged version of Farmer’s Table, a collaboration Table-strength Saison brewed by Kyoto Brewing Company and Upright Brewing (Oregon, U.S.) fermented with Brettanomyces …

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