Dupont Biere de Miel (Biologique)

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

Bottled 25cl (BBE 12/2006)
Hazy orange, small firm off-white head. Typical saison-nose: spices, cardboard, wheat. Medium-bodied. Spicey, yeasty, wheaty. No honey found here. Dry hoppy aftertaste. Drinkable saison, but a bit too yeasty to being refreshing summer drink.

Nice beer. Golden orange cloudy, thick white head collapses to a smallish creamy white head. Big peppermit notes in the aroma with herbs, honey and yeast. Light lemon. Medium body and carbonation with a light oily feel in finish. Sweet flavors with notes of honey, yeast, pepper, spices and lightly sour. Overall a nice brew which I enjoyed.

Slight hint of honey and cloves in the aroma. Mild banana, clove and spice flavors. Low carbonation, very smooth and easy drinking. This was excellent on a hot summer day.

Bottle. Pours gold with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet and citrus. Flavor is alcohol, sweet, and citrus.

The notes are for a 75 cl bottle, bbe Feb 07. Orange amber colour, vivid fizziness, large white frothy head. Nose of honey, hops and light esters. The taste is surprisingly dry, tarty on the fruity side, with cardboard and light bitterness which lasts into the aftertaste. Solid ’honey’ palate with good carbonation. 25 cl bottle, bbe March 2006. Hazy amber, dozens of tiny pearl necklaces, frothy white head which is not particularly stable (ap: 4) . Pleasant honey aroma with some ’animal’ (meaty) character and presence of hops (aroma: 7). Slightly sweetish and a bit peppery flavour revealing honey, rapidly growing into sharp lemony tartiness (flavour: 6). Medium bodied and spritzy on the palate (palate: 3). (Overall: 12, total score: 3.2.)

Cloudy yellow in color with pearly bubbles that quickly disapate. Aroma of clove(?), slight huney. The honey taste is mild and hidden. I would have liked a more pronounced flavor. This beer quickly loses flavor on the tastebuds and leaves an odd but not bad aftertaste. The initial taste is sweet but subtle, almost no middle taste at all. A decent beer but not one to buy a case of.

Hazy straw color with a quickly dead, initially fluffy white head, this saison has an aroma of flowers, mint, honey, yeasty sweetness, and a touch of alcohol. It’s medium-to-light-bodied with wheat acidity and alcohol dryness. The flavor is heavily spiced malt (although no spices are in this ale), a dash of honey, white peppers, and light fruits. Definitely a repeatable drink.

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A definite floral/sour honey sweetness pervades this beer. Poured a lasting soapy white head over a hazy golden-yellow body, medium mouthfeel. Wheaty malt, honey sweet, yeasty funk, with a dash of bread and pepper, nose has some pear notes as well. Finishes lightly bitter, faint sweet aftertaste. Nice to drink with some fruit, but not as nice as I’d like.