La Moneuse

Brewed by Brasserie de Blaugies
Style: Saison
Dour-Blaugies, Belgium

Serve in Tulip

Cold 750ml bottle corked: Volgon removed the cork and poured this Saison for us. It pours a cloudy orange with pink and yellow tones with micro suspended floaties (of yeast?) with a moderate fluffly ivory head that slowly dissolves and leaves nice lacing. Aroma and taste are lovely; of sweet malt, citrus, nice yeast, hay, and light floral hops. Dry and effervescent. Great saison aroma, taste and palate. Well carbonated.

UPDATED: MAY 22, 2007 37.5 cl bottle, ’bbe’ 2007. Foam pours over the bottle neck when opened. In the glass, the beer settles to a golden copper body, slightly turbid, with numerous yeast patches and topped with a two fingers thick white cream. Subtle yet rich aroma combines yeast, fresh bread with sesame seeds and hints of fruit (apple, melon, orange). Some ’animal’ hop notes are revealed, too. The taste is smooth but generous, with malts, some yeast, grapefruit and a a very convincing bitterness in the aftertaste. A lot of dusty bitterness and some more grapefruit retronasally. A warming sensation in the throat, thick body. Strong and lively. Too strong to be a real ’saison’, though.

Bottle from Brandon (bigsilky) Thanks! Pours out an orange yellow color with a huge white head that goes away as qucik as it forms. Smell is musty, malty, yeast, some hops, and spicy. Taste is smooth and tasty, some richness and earthy tasting. Spicy with some tart notes. Pretty good stuff. A good style, really like these kinda beers.

Pours hazy orange / amber with a good sized white head. The aroma is very assertive with tart fruits, spices and yeast. Very earthy and complex. Medium body, crisp yet sturdy with quite a bit of fizzy carbonation; however, the carbonation does not interfer with any of the flavors. Very full flavored saison - lots of tartness and spice, very earthy and husky / grainy. The finish has some extra spice with hops entering the mix. A solid enjoyable saison.

UPDATED: NOV 23, 2007 2004 bottle. Pours a fluffy white head into a tulip. Leaves flecks of lacing as it recedes to a rocky head. Hay and barnyard aromas. Heavily carbonated but dry with upfront honey malts and a lasting pepper finish.

Draught - Bruxellensis Festival. Copper, thin off white head. Well carbonated. Bit of marzipan. It’s alright, bit dull, too fizzy.

WOW! somebody said that this was explosive! darn right it is! The cork blew right off when I tempted with the wire, the wire broke and the cork flew (lucky not to kill someone) and a huge amount of foam came flying out of the bottle. I´ve never ever seen something like this before! Huge head, cloudy dark orange color. The aroma is very similar to Saison Dupont, very much outhouse-ish, corn, acres, house animals... even my grandmother who is closing down on her 90´s was intrigued by this and took a sniff of the glass and found the aroma exceptional! I trully agree but there is nothing new in the aroma, after having sampled Dupont and Fantome, oranges stand out by far, and this idea of a barn attic. Taste is very orangey again, some dryness but not overpowering, wheaty, malty, acid, hoppy ... everything you would want in a saison. A really powerful saison and a soul stirring brew. AJ Moneuse would be proud of this

Golden in color with a nice white head. Malty fruity aroma. Musty. Flavor is hoppy and fruity. Slight hop note. Complex beer. Finish is malty and hoppy. Good stuff.