Saison de Pipaix

Brewed by Brasserie à Vapeur
Style: Saison
Leuze-Pipaix, Belgium

Serve in Tulip

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(bottle) pours a slightly hazy deep golden-amber colour with a frothy white head. aroma of caramel, floral hops and dandelions, with a hint of mango, powdered sugar and strawberries. flavour is mostly the same, slightly fruity, with heavy notes of strawberry and some caramel. slightly watery body with average carbonation.

Ambrée trouble, mousse plate rapidement, pétillance moyenne. Acide et fruitée (agrumes) de prime abord, petite amertume mêlée d’épices ensuite, le tout disparaissant trop rapidement. La Saison a déjà été plus belle...

Bottle from ’95 at Andy’s courtesy of Andy. Pours a clear amber with a tinge of ruby. Certainly old, oxidized and sweet, weird old fruit notes. Slightly sour with a good bit of weird paper. Tastes like stickers. Strange. Interesting to see how something has aged for this long, but it’s certainly not all that good anymore. Weird.

Bärnstensfärgad öl med vitt bubbligt skum. Doften är örtig, kryddig, lätta citrustoner och jäst. Smaken drar åt en torr cider. Fruktig, lätt jordighet och funkighet. Torr, elegant törstsläckare med mycket smak.

Slightly hazy amber color. Big white head that sticks around. Tons of lacing. Spicy aroma mixed with malt a floral note. Sweet malty flavor with a slight spice bite. Flower in the mouth a bit as well. A slight bitterness in back mixed with malt. Nice. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Une saison à 6 % abv, c’est normal. La suite un peu moins... Couleur doré très foncé jusqu’à ambre clair.Clarté nette. Bulles fines partout mais pas nombreuses. Mousse beige qui tombe tout de suite. Arômes de figue, noisette, avec une pointe de pomme rouge et de l’acide. 1ère bouche assez rêche et très particulière, épicée, avec une pointe de noix et de pomme de terre. Arrière-bouche un peu plus construite avec des céréales. 2ème bouche assez vulgaire, sans noblesse. 3ème bouche plate, sans révélation, sans ligne directrice. Longueur qui arrive à une âcreté importante. Levure aigre. Alcool qui ne soutient rien (puisqu’il n’y a rien...). Finale sans aucune ampleur. Bière vraiment banale, sans goût sinon plat et vulgaire. On est attristé par cette descente en complexité de la 1ère bouche à la finale...

The beer is a warm, amber-hued shade of brown. It’s completely opaque. There’s a good amount of sediment on the bottom of the bottle, and I wouldn’t be surprised to find some floaties. The head is ecru in color and somewhat fizzy. It’s not an altogether effervescent head that fades away immediately, but the mound of bubbles isn’t long for this world. The aroma is lovely. There’s a subtle combination of spices. I’m getting ginger, fennel, licorice, orange and maybe lime. There’s a peppery note that could be hops or just other spice. Nothing really stands out above the rest of the mix or drowns out the other flavors in the beer. The malt is lightly toasty and is accented by wood and earth. There’s peaches, apricots, pears and grapes rattling around. It seems to have a mild lactic note, just an undertone of yogurt, and some nice mineral character. The beer’s taste is quite similar. It starts with some sweet stone fruit and earth. Then, the spices kick in. Again, it’s hard to pick out any one dominating flavor, but ginger and orange start things off with anise and pepper stronger in the finish. Moderately lactic tart. Moderate toasty malt sweetness. There’s some funk, but it probably needs more time to develop fully. This bottle just came into a local store, so I assume it’s relatively fresh for this beer. At any rate, besides the aforementioned spice, the finish also has more of that mineral character and a woody note that dries things out. A touch of bitterness at the end. Mouthfeel starts out a bit effervescent but the carbonation drops pretty quickly, and the beer ends up pretty creamy. Full compared to some saisons. The finish is fairly dry, though. That said, this is a beer that I could enjoy flat. This is a fantastic beer. It has some of the best spicing that I’ve come across in beer. It’s very much on the Fantome side of the saison world, and I can’t imagine finding another beer that tastes terribly similar. I’m looking forward to seeing how it develops.

Golden colour. Spicy yeasty aroma. Slightly acidic, fruity taste. A nice saison.

750 ml bottle. Pours a hazy yellow/brown with light head. Aromas of anise and toasted hops with a distinct floral nose. Flavors of watery lemon juice, toast, and grain. Acidic.

Clear orange colour, white head. Bit of a gusher. Aroma of cork, yeast, fruits, malts and spices. Light sour flavour, very fresh. Citrus, citrus peel, ginger, light pepper. Hefty carbonation, like champagne. Finish citrus and pepper.
Lovely beer. Not very typical for a saison I’d say, in fact reminding me more of sekt than beer.
(From 75cL bottle shared with a few friends)