Westbrook Biere Pales De L’inde Farmhouse IPA

Brewed by Westbrook Brewing
Style: Saison
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina USA

Serve in Tulip

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Bottle. Pours a clear amber orange with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of citrus and grapefruit with a bit of funk and light grains. Flavor has a good amount of pine and grapefruit with backing sweet grain and light earthy funk.

Pours a murky orange with a fizzy white hard that laces nicely. Nose and taste is a little citrus a little spice and a little funk. Not sure why the label says IPA this is not very hoppy. A solid beer that becomes more tart as it warms. Interesting beer.

bottle bought from charleston beer exchange. thanks to those guys for helping me out while i was in town! perfectly clear amber with plenty of effervescence and a sizable off-white head that lingers a good long while. smell is very interesting. it’s dominated by a strong piney hop note, but there’s a nutty malt with oak notes and tiny pinches of funk, always pushing against those hops. there’s a lot going on there. good stuff. solid nutty malt flavor with a resiny, piney hop flavor taking over midway through the proceedings. nicely complex blend of hop, malt, with again just the tiniest hint that something else is going on. mild sweetness, perfectly balanced by a warm bitterness, rounding out the back end. resinous mouthfeel that only wants to be dry. i’m not noticing the farmhouse aspect as much as i think i would like, but this is pretty amazing as a mere ipa.

growler from Whole Foods in Mt. Pleasant. deep orange pour with a 1+ finger white head. citrus nose with big Saison yeast esters / phenols. med body - smooth - with a bright bitterness with a lovely Saison yeast profile. spices, orange peel, banana circulate w/o Brett... needs more time. semi-dry finish with an orange, earthy, citrus, spice ending.

Growler from CBX poured into my awesome new Duck Rabbit snifter. Real hazy golden pour with a small white head. Faded quickly and left some nice lace. Aroma was full of fruity American hops, funky yeast, earthiness, a really nice yeasty presence. Flavors were dry, earthy, some fruitiness in there with an incredibly dry yeasty bitter finish. Mouthfeel was medium, carbonation light to mid. Quite tasty, very Belgian pale ale like. It’s hard to distinguish the yeast characteristics and the hops, a yeast like this seems to muddle hops quite well. Would be interesting to see how a bottle ages with the brett present.

22oz bottle from a beer store in Myrtle beach. This beer is almost identical to fresh Victory Helios. I bet if you swap them out, you couldn’t tell the difference. I’m sure its the same yeast. The westbook is a little on the bitter side.....maybe more than it needs to be. Good beer but at $7/bottle, I guess I would buy Helios at $4.

ABV 7.3% Bottle pour a hazy gold/amber with a thin lacing white head. Scent of sweet funkiness, spice and hops. Taste is hoppy, citrus, spice and earthy.