Glouglouburp (1829), Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 12, 2008 In short: A splendid wild, almost funky Saison. Give it a more lively carbonation and we have a masterpiece.
How: Tap at Bullfrog
The look: Cloudy blonde body with an initially big but short-lived white head
In long: Authentic Belgian Saison nose, slightly reminiscent of my beloved Saison Dupont. Taste is wild, almost bretty. Light honeyed cereals dancing in a barnyard with a light dry wood flavour (cedar or something like that). The Carbonation could have used some help though. Far from a lively Belgian carbonation so appropriate for the style this one had a small amount of very soft bubbles making the mouthfeel a bit lifeless despite the beer being almost funky. The more I drank it the more I got that dry tart after-taste reminiscent of a lambic. Man that thing was good, very good. And to think I was ordering some kind of pervert beer-geek DVD...
acrdz (4089), Pennsylvania, USA Apr 13, 2008 Murky golden yellow color with a white sticky head. Very pleasant nose of spicy fruit and light funky, peppery lactobacillus, with a smaller note of brettanomyces. Flavor is tart, prickly, spritzy much like a soda, fruity, peppery, mildly sweet and juicy as well, especially in the finish. A very much improved beer over the regular Busted Lawnmower Saison.
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