Portsmouth Biere De Miele

Brewed by Portsmouth Brewery
Style: Saison
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

old note, 8/20 @ brewpub. Good aroma, sweet. Fruity, cherry and berry. honey. Some yeasty spice too. Brownish orange color, small to no head, no lace. Sweet fruity flavor. Like aroma basically. Medium body, syrupy oily mouthfeel, sweet finish. Tasty brew, Flavor was my favorite part, but not by much. Aroma grew on me as it warmed. Nice for the summer...

I liked this brew. It was served in a pint glass downstairs at the LaPanza lounge. It had a finger worth of off white head that transformed to a light lace. The body of the brew as an awesome caramel color slightly, cloudy as well. The nose on this thing is big ass honey, but with special honey malt and 35 pounds of wildflower honey. I guess one should expect that. The saison yeast is also present in the nose, with a light floral hop note as it warms. The flavor mimics the nose to a "T" you get the big honey sweetness up front but there is enough of a hop bitter and spices to keep it from being to coy. I had this brew green (before it fermented) and it reminded me of a nice herbal tea. The spice flavor has mellowed a bit now, they are still there but it was interesting to me how they have changed. It feels to me in my mouth like the lighter side of medium, with good carbonation. This beer is very sessionable and I have had five glasses of this already. So it drinkability is fine. I think Zach did a great job on a very interesting style. Looking forward to see this as a fixture in the summer rotation