Ellezelloise Saison 2000

Brewed by Ellezelloise (Brasserie des Légendes)
Style: Saison
Ellezelles, Belgium

Serve in Tulip

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Enormous pop greets us upon opening, that’s a gusher! It nonetheless appears gorgeous, a cloudy golden shade with an enormous, lasting white foam that clings to the glass. Unspiced apparently. Just purely yeasty and rather fresh tasting ingredients. Slightly wheaty saison with a firm noble hop bite. Not funky, but certainly not dull, totally farmhouse-like in its yeastiness. Authentic high effervescence, foamy, yet medium bodied. Highly drinkable, delicious pils malt extraction and almost juicy hops. Great stuff.

The beer in the glass is strong golden yellow with a soapy-pearly head. It smells dominant malty, slightly sweet and fruity. Starts hoppy, floral, very fruity, balanced sweet-sour. The middle part is fruity-sweet, surprisingly hoppy and slightly yeasty in the background. Goes into a fruity-sweet-sour finish with grassy aroma hops. Might as well pass as a german Kristallweizen!

hay, roasty, floral, earthy, banana, white foam, amber, clear, medium sweetness, very bitter, medium body, lively,

Bottle @ home. Clear orange / light copper color, big white head. Smell malts, sweet and something weird. Taste lightly bitter, malts and bread. Decent carbo, low body.

This tastes exactly like Innstadt Passauer Weiße Hefe Naturtrüb only a little more fizz. Big honey flavor. Tastes old.

Fruchtiger, leicht hefiger, lecker hopfiger Geruch. Hopfiger Antrunk, leicht malziger Unterton. Würziger Mittelteil mit leichter Tendenz ins Süße, vor allem ist es hier aber wässrig. Im Nachgeschmack wird das Bier malziger und deutlich schwerer, lichtet sich dann aber merklich. Fruchtig ist das Bier ab und an auch, dies ist aber vernachlässigbar. Test vom 18.3.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 10,9,8,10,11,10 - 9,60

Nose is heavy green apple, then medium saaz, rye, feel is little oily, carb is low, taste is early sweet cake almost doughy, then a weak sweet malt note and mediumbitter hoppy finish

(Bottle, Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm) Amber colour, slightly hazy, with brief frothy beige head. Malty, spicy nose with dried fruit, hints of yeast and cinnamon, and some earthy/woody aromas. Malty, slightly fruity taste with notes of dark bread, dried fruit, yeast, spicy hints of nutmeg and cinnamon. Mild bitterness in a spicy finish. Medium body, fairly sweet. Compared to most saisons it’s more spicy and sweet than grassy and bitter. Still, a nice beer.

Bottle with swing-top 0,33ltr: Hazy amber with an some kind of fruity taste, i miss the typical farmlike appearance. If this brew have that farmlike stuff, than it will got more points from me.

25th May 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Slightly tart and slightly bitter. Crisp palate. dry. Refreshing.

13.2 ounce swing-top bottle pours a murky orange/brown body with a lot of "floaties" in suspension. Small offwhite head leaves some patchy lace. Aroma has caramel, toffee, green apples, herbal hops, and nutmeg. Medium body is undercarbonated and a bit syrupy. Taste has an overabundance of caramel sweetness. Herbal hop bitterness is present but struggles to balance. Dark fruits add even more sweetness. Becomes cloying and difficult to finish. Not at all refreshing or enjoyable, even when granting all appropriate latitude to the style.