Les Brasseurs du Temps La Saison Haute

Brewed by Les Brasseurs du Temps
Style: Saison
Gatineau, Canada

Serve in Tulip

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Draft: Poured a hazy amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of spices which may includes cloves with dry rustic esters. Taste is a well made mix between a dry malt backbone with good notes of spices including cloves. Body is full with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very well made with loads of character and great drinkability factor.

750mL bottle from Broue Ha Ha. Cloudy golden appearance with a huge frothy white head. Nice aroma of citrus and peppery spice. Dry/bitter grapefruit taste with some spice, some mustiness and alcohol near the end, and finally a bitter finish. Lots of carbonation (hence the huge head). Nice.

750ml bottle, hazy orangeish-blonde hue, with a big rocky white head, nice yeasty, fruity, spicy floral herbal petal nose, with some light tropical fruit esters, and some mild honeyed pale, toasted, bready malt accents in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, bready dough, fruity character of mangos, peaches, lychees, lemon and grapefruit peels, with a spicy lavender flower petal, mild flowery leafy, grassy hop backbone, with a light honeyed pale, toasted malt undetone, leading towards a yeasty bready doughy, lingering citrusy, leafy, grassy hop bittering finish.

Bottle. Light gold pour with lots of white head and tons of lacing. Very grainy, lots of peppery hops, slight metallic aroma, slightly sweet smelling yeast and bread dough. Taste is much yeastier in character, grainy with a slight hop finale. Palate is a bit too heavy, some alcohol is present in the finish. Decent saison, it just lacks the drinkability of the better ones.

Bouteille de 750ml. Merci Patrick. Bière cuivrée pâle et claire la mousse est ambrée. Le nez est frais avec des arômes classiques de levure et de houblon belge et d’écorce d’orange. La bouche est légèrement houblonnée, agréable, passablement forte en alcool, elle est âcre. La levure est bien présente en bouche.

Hazy orange pour with a huge beige head. Tart, tangy wheat nose. Pungent hops andsome light fruit. Good carb and good mouthfeel. Light pepperiness, but a bitter finish. A very bitter ia like finish. Some more light fruit and a touch of funk. It was pretty bang on or the style util the crazy bitter finsh. Decent. ( my bottle says 8.5%)

Une belle tête mousseuse dense flotte sur un liquide doré à la robe légèrement embrouillée. Une dentelle décore le verre. Le nez présente des arômes de fleurs confrontés par des parfums d’orange et une levure de saison timidement présente. L’alcool signale fortement sa présence. Les saveurs tournent autour de notes houblonnées, en fleurs et en herbes amères avec un alcool aux accents poivrés qui reposent sur une base maltée mielleuse et sur des fruits goûteux. En bouche, le liquide a un corps moyen avec une effervescence soutenue et une texture huileuse. La finale se fait sur de bonnes notes amères et chaudes.

A mild spicy aroma. Light yellow with good lace. Peppery, citrus, and wheat and sweet cardomon, creamy mouthfeel, with bananna characteristics. In the style, but not great representative of the style. Drinkable but not overally drinkable.

My Bottom Line :
Bready yeast and earthy, herbal hops merge in this Strong Saison’s expansive mouthfeel, building a powerhouse of a flavor profile.

Further Personal Perceptions :
-A slice of foam tops the cloudy pale amber.
-Lightly honeyed cereal flavors add depth.
-Carbonation is obviously intense, which alleviates the impression of heaviness.
-The body is not as dry as I would like it to be (in this style).
-Hop bitterness is also grassy at times; this is far from underhopped...
-Brasseurs du Temps have created another winner. Their bottled lineup is becoming very impressive!

Bottle.

As saisons go, this one is a keeper. Pours a cloudy straw yellow with a big frothy white head. Aroma is intense grains and belgian yeast and grass. Taste is great. Awesome mix of belgian yeastyness and grain, a little banana esters and a slow spice that builds.

Cloudy golden pour with a thick, pillowy white head. Aroma of doughy yeast, fruits (pears, apples) and a floral, farmhouse presence. The flavor has doughy yeast, spices, fruits and some farmhouse terroir. The body is medium with a creamy texture and medium carbonation. This is a pretty good saison, good job Dum-Dum!