Saison de Pipaix

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

Serve in Tulip

Bottled 1995 Golden honey color, light long foamy head, the nose is one of a traditional lambic with tart, winey, vinous and acidity aromas follow through on a medium-bodied palate and developping flavors of traditional lambic, but less scharp and aggressive than lambic, but having the same characteristics of this one, being acidic, tart, vinous with a little note of sour apples, fininishing in a beautiful acidity. this beer has improved with the passing years, becoming an excellent alternative to lambic in my caes, dispate the fact of the oakeness aspect being not present in this beer because she is not ageing in oak barrels. Maybe she will have lost the essence of his specificity as a "bière de saison", since her spicy notes of ginger, pepper, coriander and curaçao have completely vanished but to rebourn under a devine elixir. The 95 vintage will have been a grand cru.

1995 "vintage". Golden-amber color with plenty of carbonation. Aroma is very spicy and shows a lot of the ginger along with the yeast and some malt. Flavor is powerful and classic, with ginger once again being the dominant element, followed by orange peel (seems more like tangerine peel), hops and grain. As with most any beer of this style there is a pleasant, crisp, dry tartness that clearly reflects its history. The mellow hops moderate this tart element to a point of pleasantness -- one of the key considerations for any beer of this type. Musty, yeasty, slightly salt-like finish. A nice saison!

750 ml bottle from 1995 joyously shared with beerbuzzmontreal, ClarkVV, MartinT, tiggmtl, olivier, Rastacouere and Simon at the Farmhouse Ales and More! tasting in Montreal. Wisps of cloudy suspended yeast dominate a fiery gold body with very little head...cinnamon, allspice struggle to be smelled amidst musky sour barnyard aromas and old dried citrus fruits...orange-lemon notes at first in the flavor soon replaced by a cider/vinegar character, certainly some oxidation and age but overall the effect is mellow and smooth, a pleasant spring evening..

Pours a hazy orange color with a ring of white lace. Very good aroma of spices, yeast and orange. Very good tart and acid flavor of orange, spices and yeast. Light body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Very good saison.

Woody, bitter orange-citrus, coriander, peppery aroma. Hazy orange-copper with light cover of white head that leaves some lacing. Woody, spicy flavour with mild band-aid phenolics and strong citrus-orange character. Medium body seems somehow still and lifeless despite the fair carbonation. Bottle (1995) enjoyed with beerbuzzmontreal, ClarkVV, MartinT, muzzlehatch, olivier, Rastacouere and Simon.

Amber/gold body with a bubbly tan head, highly effervescent. Aroma is lemony and sour, slightly funky, stale. Palate is rather light. but bursting with flavor. Tart and sour dominate, with some basement/musty flavors as well. Finish is sour and dry.

03.31.05 750ml bottle, 2004. Dark honey amber pour with small beige head. Aromas are musty and vinous, orange peel, potpouri-like spices, barny, and corky. In fact, I got a strong whiff of cork when I cracked this bottle. Complex flavor profile is quite vinous, more musty grape, sour. Wet wood and yeast linger, dancing with an array of spices. Tart lemons come through in the finish and really help focus the beer to a puckering and dry finish. Whatever is going on here works, this one’s a delight.

Nice saison very appetizing pears and candy apples aroma with some floral spice, almost a bit of ginger. Balanced with a touch of acidity and white pepper. lemon tart finish with some wheat and asparagus notes.