Jandrain-Jandrenouille IV Saison

Brewed by Brasserie de Jandrain-Jandrenouille
Style: Saison
Jandrain-Jandrenouille, Belgium

Serve in Tulip

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   add pic

Fabulous beer! Poured with an enourmous cream colored foamy frothy fluffy head and lots of lace. Color is a clear amber. Aroma is yeasty spicey grain cereal little hop. Flavor is like aroma plus has some caramel but really not too sweet. Perfect body and carbonation to make this even better than dupont Saison! Finish is excellent!! Absolutely the beer for a summer day. Session upon session. Has just enough sweetness to entice and the masterful balance of tart/bitter to keep it fresh and lovely. Man o man.

Damn fine beer...I think this is one of the top 5 beers I have had easily...such a great culmination of the 4 ingredients plus a few more for good measure. First, the color is amber gold, clean nice legs, white med head, that falls after a while but beautiful...the aroma is amazing..dried apricots, spices, malty sweets, farmhouse barn. Taste...brown sugar, raw rustic fruit, apricot, wild yeasts and light sweet malty raisin-fig-date fruitiness. Outdoor natural flavors...well crafted and balanced. Not too sweet, not too bitter, balance at its best, with complex and desirable character! Love this beer, I could drink it all week!

UPDATED: APR 9, 2012 tepid gold, wispy white head. Heavy earthy nose, wheat, citrus, and light bitterness. Bit of tea in flavor, more wheat and a husky bitterness, light wheat and lemon through finish. Nicely bitter and balanced, like the earthy elements

No Bottle date, Sampled April 2010 @ Brasserie Beck, Washington DC
The beer pours with a hazed, orange-tinged, pale amber, almost honey color. It is not visually as explosive as some Saisons, but it is still well carbonated with a pale, off-white colored head. The aroma is tart, with a peppery scented earthy base wild herb aromatics and a rustic, weed-like grassiness. This is much more rustic and earthy than Dupont and not as cleanly hoppy. Fresh pear aromatics lean towards green unripe pear, a touch of chive, some definite nettle and herbal-pepper notes play a big role in the nose.

The beer tastes lightly tart, but well balanced by pale grain flavors that are almost cracker like. There is also a hint of sweetness that keeps this from being bone-dry, but this is most definitely dry like a good Saison should be. Grassy herbal hops and a lingering bitterness are found in the finish. Hints of orange zest flavor are noticeable and the Asparagus I am eating brings out an herbal, grassy hop character. This is not as hoppy as Dupont (though is that due to the unknown age of the beer), but still is significantly so. Rustic, earthy undertones that are not quite medicinal, nor overly phenolic, but definitely adds a complexity and tastiness that is so nice. A prickly, ample carbonation contributes to the spiciness as the beer dances across the tongue. Hints of a musty cellars and damp, slightly moldy cotton balls add some funky touches to this beer. The finish has a tannic quality to it with an astringency and there is also an expressive, but somewhat dirty, hop bitterness.

My Bolognese mussels accentuate a fruitiness in this beer; flavors of pear and apple become much more apparent and there is perhaps even some Sauvignon blanc like notes here as well. My last pour adds a touch of yeast bitterness that adds to the rusticity of this Saison. This is a perfect expression of a Farmhouse Saison; it is even a touch more rustic than Dupont. A really fantastic beer that easily pairs seamlessly with the meal I just ate. There is just enough of a rustic edge to this beer and the other notes of hops, pale-malt goodness and oodles of yeast character makes for an awesome experience.

UPDATED: JUN 27, 2008 A very nice and ballanced beer. A discovery for this new brewer. Had it on draft as well as from bottle. Really worth trying. Louking for the other beer they are going to have

Super fresh dank citrus hop nose, fresh herbs and just cut flowers, a touch of cotton candy and dusty yeast. Ultra dry, bitter, hoppy as fuck, tons of citrus, crispy malts, dusty cellar yeast, light honey, lots of fuckyeah. This has been one of my favorite beers over the last couple years so glad I could do this as 3000.

From tap @ KBW Vichte today. Hazy blond color, with white head. Aroma grassy hops, fruits (pears ?). Medium body. Nice taste little sweet start, good hops, bitterness. Dry bitter end. GOOD.

Bottle. Pours golden yellow with a small white head. Fresh, lightly spiced, american citrus hoppy aroma. An extremley drinkable beer, fresh of citrus hops, light earthiness. Notes of pineapple, sweet raspberries and melon. Smooth and well balanced. Quite thin bodied, but that’s a fact that makes it even more drinkable. I could drink this beer a whole night without getting bored.

Bottle. Head is initially large, frothy, white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy dark yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted grain), moderately hoppy (herbs, flowers), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with notes of pepper, lemon and orange zest, dried mango, honey, sassafras, gum. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation. Wow, Shelton Brothers are bringing in some truly awesome new brewers to the States this year. I recently fell in love with the amazing Brasserie St. Germain thanks to them (those Page 24 brews are truly world class across the board). And now this...a superbly crafted, elegant, clean, nearly perfectly balanced saison. You really couldn’t ask for much better. Very few breweries in the world can make this style well, which is heartbreaking because I love saisons so much. But this one’s a new fave...a tip o’ the cap to Saison Dupont for sure, but not a copycat by any stretch. Very fruity, brightly hopped, and effortlessly classy.

Bottle. Musty lemon peel, light coriander, and peach malt aroma. Pale yellow color with giant white head and mild effervescence. Slightly sweet lemon, orange, peach and musty dry malt flavor. Nice body - excellent blending. Near perfect mixture of fruitiness and dryness. Pure pleasure.