Saison de Mai

Brewed by Brasserie Saint-Monon
Style: Saison
Ambly, Belgium

Serve in Tulip

Not at all what I expected. This is not a dry refreshing saison, but more like a strong blond. It is, however, very enjoyable. It has a very sweet taste, almost honey-like, but also a slight tartness and ends slightly dry. Extremely well balanced and hides the alcohol well.

33cl ayant qcq années de bouteille au moins 3-4 ans. Dorée, col blanc. Arôme malt et grains, caramel, bouquet concassé de moulin poudreux. Garde une note herbacée venant de l’aspérule que je n’avais encore pas vu dans une bière et qui donne un côté fourrage. En bouche, palais est sec, note de levure et épices. Bière âgée et donc avec un profile bien développé aidé par un alcool plus élevé qu’une saison. Retrouve un grains frais/poudreux, douce voire sucrée, malt cara avec une pointe de chocolat. L’aspérule rajoute ce côté herbacé allant sur le médicinal/bosquet.

A hazed blonde saison with a thin white head. In aroma, strong herbaceous character, wheat malt, some citrus peels. In mouth, a smooth and refreshing saison with nice coriander, orange and herbal character (is that the woodruff?), light bitterness, sharp, but overall, quite good. Bottle from Beer Mania, Brussels, 2.50 euros, July 13 2011.

Bottle. Musty lemon peel and mild sweet woodruff aroma. Pale yellow color with moderate head and moderate effervescence. Sweet malt with light sweet woodruff flavor and dry lemon peel flavor. Medium body. Very nice and unique.

Bottle bought at fair in Brussels. Really murky orange bod with nice but quickly receding head. Nose of fruits, caramel and lots of ginger. Taste of oranges, malts and lots of pepper. Strong.

Bottle 330ml. @ Petalax Beer Festival 2010 - the 4th. edition.

Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, flowers, lemon, moderate yeasty, soap. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, caramel, peppery. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100702]

14th August 2008. Cloudy amber brown beer. Slighty odd taste profile. Like a blend of a lemony wheat beer, an amber beer and an IPA! Notes of bubblegum too! Frothy and a dry finish. Not bad but not quite joined up.

[330ml bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring] Gushed everywhere on opening - must have lost best part of half a bottle (grrr!). What was left poured a slightly cloudy orange-amber with a thin off-white head. Moderate to high fizz. Aroma is quite thin - dusty with some cardboardy malts. Tastes initially dusty before lots of smooth orange and malt come through. Generally sweet although there is a hint of bitterness as grass & herby hops comes through. There’s white pepper in the slightly dry finish. Liked this more and more as I went on - so it was a shame I only had half the bottle left.