Saison Dupont Vieille Provision

Brewed by Brasserie Dupont
Style: Saison
Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium

Serve in Tulip

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Bottle at bar. Thick yellow color, full white head. Sweet fruity taste with some citrus, banana, peach flowers and grass. Awesome saison.

Bottle. Golden with decent white head. Lots going on in the aroma, earthy mustiness, citrus, honey, light nuttiness. Taste has some earthy yeast notes, some light esters, citrus lemon. Tickles the palate with a dry refreshing finish. Very good

Bottled, 0.33l. Pale hazy golden color with medium creamy white head, low carbonation and moderate yeast residue. Aroma of herbal hops, cooked vegetables, fruity and strong yeast note. Refreshing fruity and yeast flavor with medium bitter aftertaste. Medium to full bodied, slick texture and average carbonation in palate. Excellence...

Bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma has some bread and spice with a lot of bubble action on the tongue. Taste is light, crisp and has some light bitterness. Great saison.

INFORMATION: Brewed at one of Europe’s last true farmhouse breweries. This beer has been brewed since 1844! The Saison style was brewed during the Winter, with the intention to serve them to the field workers in the Summer months. The brewery states that their yeast undergoes refermentation in the bottle, and is capable of storing in your cellar “for a long time” while different characteristics develop along the way.

APPEARANCE: Green 750 ml cork and cage bottle with noticeable sediment on the bottom. The cork shot at least 50 to 60 ft. in the air when I popped it! Good thing I decided to drink this bay boy outside. Poured a lemon yellow straw color with a cloudy appearance. There was initially a good four fingers of white foam following a gentle pour. Lots for carbonation bubbles streaming upwards. There’s some head retention after each sip, but it’s pretty short lived.

AROMA: Sour lemon, dew soaked grass, hay, wheat, and other funky farm smells.

TASTE: Tart lemon and citrus up front. There’s a fizzy carbonation that massages the tongue and then proceeds to sweep over the rest of the palate. I’m getting some funky-fruit sourness as well as wheat and straw towards the middle. Very mild hop bitterness near the back. Semi-dry and refreshing finish.

MOUTHFEEL: Medium-thin body with a fizzy and semi-aggressive carbonation.

MOREY’S BOTTOM LINE: It had been a while since I’d had this, and it’s even better than I remembered. It’s sour, funky, fruity, and most of all….refreshing. Definitely a top example within the style, and well worth the $8.99 that I shelled out for this bottle.

Bottle from Prešporská pivotéka. Huge white stable head. Slightly cloudy yellow to golden head. Fizzy carbonation. Aroma of grassy hops, hay, yeasts, minor citrus fruits. Taste is initially light to medium sour, light to medium sweet, then medium bitterness kicks in. The finish is medium bitter, light sour. Not a bad beer, but did not hit my note, the sourness is somewhat soapy.

Orangey yellow slightly hazy with a bright white head, Notes of citrus fruits, bread dough, yeast, fresh bubbly.

Slightly hazy light brown yellow beer with white head. Typical saison, yeast barnyard, dough. Still not my style.

Tasted at Zythos Bier Festival 29th April 2012 Hoppy, slight yeast, medium sweet with a golden colour

Keg at the PSBH. Not my favorite style but nice and refreshing, undertones of marzipan