rocbyter (902), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA Feb 22, 2009 Batch #1 June 2007. Light sour malt aroma. Hazy yellow color with a small white head. Sweet beginning that mellows in the finish. Creamy and carbonated palate. jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA Feb 21, 2009 Bottle thanks to blutt59. Cloudy yellow in color with a large white head. Aroma is of grain, yeast, lemon, and coriander. Taste is of yeast, grain and alcohol. flatmatt (221), Northville, Michigan, USA Feb 20, 2009 750 mL bottle of batch 2. Pours hazy gold with a white head. Aroma is quite tart, with green apples and a touch of cloves underlying it. Flavor has a light tartness, some hops, green apple, a bit of funk, very dry. Overall, decent but light. GRM (1235), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada Feb 20, 2009 Brown bottle, 750 ml, via Philippe Boutin, purchased on February 17 2009, savoured on February 20 2009; eye: golden with a nice citrus hue, hazy, nice effervescence, voluminous white head that falls and turns into a tiny ring, good lacing; nose: Brettanomyches yeast, horse, citrusy; mouth: Brettanomyches, yeast, horse, light fruity, light citrusy, finale in Brettanomyces yeast with a good presence of horse, a bit thin, average carbonation, medium body, rather sour, foamy texture; overall: special
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Bouteille brune, 750 ml, via Philippe Boutin achetée le 17 février 2009, savourée le 20 février 2009; œil : dorée avec une belle teinte citron, voilée, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche abondante qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, bonne dentelle; nez : levure Brettanomyces, cheval, citrique; bouche : levure Brettanomyces, cheval, léger fruité, léger citrique, finale en levure Brettanomyces avec une bonne présence de cheval, un peu mince, carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen, plutôt aigre, texture mousseusee; en résumé : spécial garthicus (1215), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Feb 19, 2009 Batch 001 from summer 2007. Thanks HogTownHarry!!!!! Appearance, gorgeous! cloudy orange with flecks/floaties and a nice white head. Aroma Fruity, yeasty, lemons, sweet. Flavour: Smooth, orange, lime, lemon, yeast, superb. Has a nice long dry finish. Just lovely. randolphjj (88), Raymore, Missouri, USA Feb 13, 2009 Love the Brett! It says "funkhouse" on the label, and it’s truly funky. But it just works. Easy to drink and you don’t develop a taste (tolerance?) for the flavor, so you don’t get used to it -- In other words, it’s like a new drink every time. Very tasty. It’s like the Boulevard Saison Brett, only... funkier. juiceisloose (634), Windermere, Florida, USA Feb 13, 2009 Batch 1 bottle. Pours a cloudy, golden-blonde color with a small, foamy white head that leaves thin strip of lacing behind. The aroma is very crisp and dry with citrus fruits, lemon, orange, and the bretty yeast. The flavor follows with the orange and lemon with some barnyard funk in the background. The brett quickly dries things out and adds some tartness to the flavor. This bottle was aged for just over a year and the brett has taken full effect with this one. Medium bodied, dry, and ample carbonation lends to easy drinking with a long, dry and bitter finish. Another solid beer from these guys. OldMrCrow (1179), Seattle, Washington, USA Feb 11, 2009 Bottle at a year plus.
Very tangy, brett-driven saison; plenty of citrus as well. Better than I expected and certainly above the bar for anything else I’ve had from the brewery. Still, balance isn’t the name of the game here and (perhaps unfairly) I find myself comparing it Orval, against which it simply cannot match up.
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