Dupont Avec les Bons Voeux

Brewed by Brasserie Dupont
Style: Saison
Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium

750ml - Cloudy gold, fizzy head, hoppy bitterness and acidic seltzer mouthfeel. Perfect balance - superior.

This saison pours a cloudy deep peach orange color form a cork-finished 750ml bottle. Large sized, long lasting white foamy head, with good retention and excellent lacing. Aroma is fruity, spicy and floral. A medium bodied saison. The malts are fruity; lots of orange, green apple and lemon fruitiness give way to spiciness and grassiness. A little yeasty as well. A little hoppy for a saison, but it works, that hop bite balances and mixes well with the fruit, spice and yeasty. Lively carbonation. Hides the 9% alcohol well. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is crisp and nearly bone dry. Aftertaste is slightly tart.

750 ml bottle on sale at BevMo: Cloudy pale apricot color with a generous fluffy white head. Aroma is lightly fruity, spicy, and floral. Flavor starts fruity with over-ripe orange, a hint of lemon, a little green apple and tropical fruit followed by some yeasty spicyness and a dry bitter finish. Medium body is creamy with lively carbonation.

Poured from the 750 ml bottle into a Duvel tulip. Probably my best pour ever; the goldenrod liquid rises just above the Duvel logo and the head stretches 3 fingers upward to create a perfect convex cap just above the rim. Nice ample lacing too. Smell contains notes of lemon, green apple, yeast, coriander, grass, vinous grape. Taste evokes earthy lemongrass, straw, excellent spiciness, light breadiness, orange peel, unripe pear. Mouthfeel is great, a very refreshing beer. Between thin and medium bodied. The alcohol is never really tasted but the warmth of it is pleasant. Drinkability is wonderful, I had no problem polishing off the 750.

0.75 l bottle. Dark golden color with big long lasting fluffy head. Tart fruit, honey, herbal hops, woody spices, vanilla, coriander, lemon, orange and grapefruit in the aroma. Tart fruity flavor with lemon, grapefruit, orange liquer, honey, clove, pepper, coriander and herbal bitterness. Softer and better with sediment. Very good beer but I feel that Saison Dupont gives nearly the same complexity with only 6.5 % abv.

Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Wheaty orange. Big head. Sour nose. Nice bite. Sweet. Tangy. Orange and mango flavour. High alcohol content and taste. Tart. Nice body.

Cask at Manchester Winter ale festial 08 ... Very light hazy yellow ... lemon wheat nose ... ligth fruity almost wheat like soft lemon but packed full of flavour... quite tart ... quite juice.

Cloudy golden color with a medium head. Aroma has a nice spicy, farmhousey, citrusy, bready aroma that just screams "Good Saison". Flavor has a well balanced citrus/bread/yeast mix with lots of spicey-citrus taste. Pleasant finish. The only thing surprising is the sneaky ABV that comes from nowhere to bite your ass. Good stuff!