Epic Elder Brett Saison-Brett Golden Ale

Brewed by Epic Brewing Co. (Utah)
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Yellow pour. Tart fruits on the nose with a bit of barnyard as well. Sourness fades into peach and apple flavors. A very dry and crisp finish.

Mail-order bottle. Pours a deep gold with a huge head. Nose is funky and tart. Drew’s right, smarties. Earthy with a lemon note and some sweetness to the nose. Low phenol, faint peppery notes. On tasting, it is quite sweet and overbodied. A touch boozy. Does have some drying from the brett, along with that smarties tart note but not really a great example overall. Meh.

Bottle. Pours clear gold white head. Aroma pineapple, vanilla, band aids, horsey. Flavors are really tannic, pineapple syrupy sweetness, some horsey, smarties, odd vinous character that seems out of place.

Classy stuff. Lots of brett, but it has an austere nature rather than too barnyardy. Good, weighty though not too heavy body presents the funk on a platter and a dry quenching finish. Lovely.

Big brett aroma, saison brett. Odd spider lacing. Funk aroma, a sour edge. Yellow bodied. Boozy smell in the finish, bigger than the listed abv. A pleasant drinkable sourness. Bottle from recent US trip.

Bottle @ The BeerMongers... Poured clear golden with a thin white head. Nose was insane on this. Great yeast funk and acidity with mild wood notes and a dab of candied grains. Tasted just as good but the nose was so inviting on this beer. Acidic and tart but insanely well balanced. Some sweetness with light fruits like apples or apricots. Some funk and wood but all balanced and working well together. I could drink this all day.

In short: An original, refreshing, very bright and moderately wild/barnyard amber Saison. Truly excellent.
How: Bottle 22oz, batch 1, consumed 9 months after the beer release. Bottle sent to me by tyler_mn, thanks a lot Tyler.
The look: Cloudy glowing golden-amber body topped by a small white head.
In long: Nose is moderately bretty with a very bright farmhouse character, a nice breeze in a coutryside flower field and a not-so-dirty horse blanket. Taste is also very bright. A nice bright restrained brett character, very clean for a brett beer with the brett bringing sharp funky grapefruity edges. A wheat-like malt backbone, a refreshing mild acidity/tartness, a fresh bowl of fruit salad, pleasant cheesy notes. Sweetness sensation is very low. Salty/minerals mouthdrying finish along with some white grapefruits. Everything worked so well in this beer, nothing is overdone, it tasted unique in a way I have a hard time to put into words. Brett beers can be tricky, never know when is the best time to open them, not sure if it because I just waited the perfect amount of time before opening this particular bottle, but I thought this beer was fantastic, an wonderful surprise considering the so-so ratings indicate. I liked it so much that I texted my friend who sent me the bottle a “:)”, the first time I text a smiley face, because the last time I was this happy there was only rotary phones.

Good stuff. Similar in aroma and flavor to the colaboration between Sierra Nevada and Russian River Brux ale. Very light oak. Seems young. Tasty though. Raw lemon, tart apple, wheat. No sediment. Aroma sour tart Belgium. A bit too sweet & slick. Nice carbonation. Think of a Leffe gone sour. Delicious.

23rd June 2012
Hazy gold beer, tidy white head. Palate is light and dry with mild fine carbonation. Mild Belgian yeast flavour and seltzer minerals. Mild orange and lemon citrus. Semi dry finish. Needs something more for the yeast to work on. Yeast alone does not make a beer!

So freaking good. Highly recommended to me by a sales man who knows his stuff. Pick up a bottle now.