Blaugies Saison d’Épeautre

Brewed by Brasserie de Blaugies
Style: Saison
Dour-Blaugies, Belgium

Serve in Tulip

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After the airgun-sound with which the cork blew off after removing the muzzle, nearly taking half my ear, VERY subdued gushing - still a huge yellowish head, collapsing above a peach-gold, hazy beer. Something "doggy" at first, then lemon- or grapefruitpeel aroma, some honeyish-flowery nose, a little herb full of nectar-laden springflowers for tiny bees. Bitter, tart taste, but neither hops nor roasted malt - spices, herbs, weeds. Some grapefruit flavour again, or some weird alien citrusfruit, sprouted from one of MartinT's poetic descriptions. I get some metaloxide too - the liquor? Light but not empty, extremely refreshing - great summerbeer - and DRY! Surprisingly true to the original Saison style. I can't but love this one.

Clouded blond body with a tall sea-foam like white head. Very effervescent! Nose is spice and citrus fruits mixed with a flower bed. The tongue is met with more spice, light sugary notes, definite flowery hops and some more citrus fruit. Also, maybe some salt like hints in there as well. Finish has some carbonation bite to it, but this is a really nice saison. Glad I finally got to try it. Recommended!

Hazy golden yellow with a substantial white head. Thoroughly pleasing and enjoyable aroma with tons of light, citric fruit. Spicy hops, lemon rind, a bit of funk and subtle spicing. The light and airy in the mouth and really could use a bit more heft to even things out. The fruit is more dominate in the flavor, but the spice is not absent. At times, apple cider takes over and almost dominates, then at times it's totally abset. Really an interesting beer from a unique brewery. Could use a bit more funk, but I don't think that's the point of this one. A tasty beer.

A truly artisanal Saison, but with a citric, orange and lemon rind twist to the flavoring conveyed by the spelt. The head is huge and light and fluffy. Be patient. Flecks of some weird stuff may appear, black on the head. The head eventually settles into organic islands of foam. The aroma is very wheat-like - not wit per se as the spicing, if any, is very subdued in the aroma. The flavor is heavily citric and peppery, and very challenging. Ultimately, upon full warming, the only complaint is that the palate gets a bit thin. Brasserie Blaugies is really a special brewery - only 4 beers and all world class

This is a good Saison. Light, fruity, and a light wheat flavor. Finishes clean, crisp, and smooth.

a very zesty aroma filled with a hay like scent accompanied with a touch of pepper and corriander, very fat tight white head on top of a cloudy yellow body, the flavor was a tad citric and wheaty, very carbonated with particles

Big, fluffy, white head. Hazy yellow body, turbid carbonation. Very hoppy nose, grassy, citric, hay, faintly sweet. Yeasty, citric, hoppy, pale far off malts, light acidic body, finishing very dry, with salty quenching hops and yeast. Very nice, and dangerously drinkable.

Cloudy dark blond beer with a big head. Sour light yeasty aroma. Rather fizzy bitter sour, fairly short taste with a neutral finish.

The main thing about this one was the aroma - Frito's! Big cornmeal aroma like chips or cornbread. The odd thing was that it didn't seem to have any bearing on the taste - that's probably a good thing. I would have to guess that the odd aroma was from the spelt. Taste was yeasty, tangy, spicey, some pepper. Nice head and lacing along with a hazy yellow body filled with particles. Palate was a little fizzy - like a champagne. A tasty saison. Oh, and like many other raters have noted - as soon as I took the cage off - the cork went flying at extreme velocity!

This was really nice. Lost a point for appearance, because of all the floaties swimming around in it. Palate is very dry, lemony, spicy (pepper), spritzy, fizzy mouthfeel. Pretty nice, and dry, which a lot of the time i prefer. Serious yeast floating around in it though, bloody hell. (Bottle GBBF 03')