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Brewer: Side Project Brewing
Style: Saison / Farmhouse - Flavored
Alcohol Content: 5%
Seasonal: Series
Description:
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Side Project Provence - Cup Of Love
Brewer: Side Project Brewing
Style: Saison / Farmhouse - Flavored
Alcohol Content: 5%
Seasonal: Series
Description:
Provence will be a series of beers in which we explore the use of teas, hops and other spices. Our first release from our Provence line will be a Saison called Cup of Love, named after the beautiful tea we used from Big Heart Tea Company. This started as a collaboration with our friends at Sardella, a fantastic restaurant in St. Louis, and their favorite tea supplier, Big Heart Tea Company.
Since we were working with Sardella and Big Heart Tea Company, our first goal was to produce a delicate, approachable and exceptionally food-friendly experience with this beer. I blended a 2-year-old French Oak Missouri Wild Ale with a 2-month-old Missouri Oak Foedre Saison to balance our signature, vibrant acidity and create a soft mouthfeel and finish. Carbonation is mild to let the tea and oak sit on the palate as lemon meringue, almonds and stonefruit. The tea, Cup of Love, is a tea blend from Big Heart that includes rose and tulsi. The floral notes of the rose offer a beautiful contrast to the normal aromatics of a Side Project Saison, and the tulsi imparts an accentuated peach and stonefruit finish on the beer.
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