La Sirène Saison

La Sirène Brewing
Brewed at Jamieson Brewery
Style: Saison
, Australia

Serve in Tulip

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Bottle thanks to hawthorne00. Pours very light straw. Somehwat cloudy. Huge billowy bright white head. Aromas of light bready malt with lots of spiciness and plenty oif fruit showng through. Plenty of yeast character as well. Flavours are quite sweet with the yeast character coming through on the finish. LIngering slight sour finish. Medium mouthfeel with lots of carbonic bite. Reminds me more of a triple than a saison especially with the yeast character.

Draught at Josie Bones restaurant in Melbourne. An orangey beer with a thick collar of wispy white head. Good Saison elements on the nose with straw, apples, oranges, vanilla and light malts. Bittersweet on the tongue with a lovely dry finish. Medium bodied with a just right carbonation. An outstanding Aussie version of the style. Congrats to the brewers.

Pours straw yellow with a large, white head. Nose shows citrus, banana, and spicy phenols. Pretty spot-on for the style. Flavours include soft light malt, hay notes and soft spicy hops, all rounded off by a dry, slightly tart finish. Carbonation is a bit full-on.

Verre de 12 oz, en fût au Local Taphouse de Saint-Kilda. Arômes de levure belge portant plutôt sur les esters de gomme balloune et de banane. Robe blonde et trouble, très belle mousse malgré une effervescence assez faible. En bouche, les esters de la levure accompagnent un malt pilsner bien exprimé, très légèrement sucré. Finale relativement aqueuse, sans grande amertume ou acidité. Une blonde belge plutôt qu’une réelle saison.

Aromas of toast, herbs and classic Saison yeastiness. Good mouthfeel with slight sweetness. Overall, probably the best saison ever tasted. Not bad for the first batch!!!

Bottle at Atticus Finch. Exceptional, very creamy, and with great balance. Aromas of butter and vanilla. Taste is sweet, with light bitterness, and long length. Palate is creamy, with a medium-to-full body. Yellow, cloudy, with a massive frothy head.

Seriously impressive packaging (though I’d prefer something more environmentally friendly!) for an impressive beer. Distinctly coconutty phenolics just like a Bocq beer which isn’t all that different to the phenol profile in Dupont. (I thought bluebetty’s comment about it being more like a tripel a bit odd before tasting it, but it’s spot on with respect to the phenolics. Not that I have a problem with it.) Authentically Belgian malt flavour, with a touch of sweetness but handled well. Subtle tropical esters with some orange juice, at a level more in line with good Belgian saisons than most Aussie attempts. Finishes extremely dry with a hint of anise, not that bitter. I’d like more hop throughout, but otherwise this is a seriously rare bird - an Australian beer that I’d probably pick as Belgian if tasting blind. Impressive stuff, I’ll definitely be on the lookout for new (hopefully hoppier!) batches.

UPDATED: APR 12, 2012 Not clear where this is actually brewed, but I’d guess somewhere near Northcote. Bottle. Straw-coloured with a large white head. Aroma of sweet and some tart apples, earth, vanilla, cloves, slight blue cheese. Taste is moderately sweet with vibrant spices Peaches, apples, light sugars, coriander, vanilla, cardamon pods, white pepper. The taste is less rustic than suggested by the aroma. Finish is dry and spicy. Perhaps a little overcarbonated. Good. [3.6]

Was going to keep my remaining bottles til spring, but oh well. Much the same, but there’s a little more tartness to go with the sweet and bitter. Still a little well-mannered for my tastes, but very convincing from start to finish.