Placentia, California
Saison Rue
Style: Saison/Farmhouse Ale
Availability: Year Round
Format: 750ml
ABV: 8.5%
IBUs: 30
Bottle text & Info:
Saison Rue is an unfiltered, bottle conditioned, Belgian/French-style farmhouse ale. This is a beer of subtlety and complexity, with malted rye, spicy, fruity yeast notes, biscuit-like malt backbone, and a slight citrus hop character. With age, this beer will dry out and will become more complex with rustic notes of leather and earth from the contribution of a wild yeast strain. Being a Saison, Saison Rue is ambiguous unto itself as it is a different beer when fresh and when aged. We hope you enjoy it in all of its incarnations.
Tasting Notes:
Poured slightly under room temperature to get the most active flavor profiles of the rye and bretts. Pours a deep apricot color with a quarter inch pure white head that persists, leaving thick white sheets stuck to the glass with each subsequent sip. Very aromatic with a noticeable soap-like nose thanks to the wild yeast. Some pale, bready aromas with notes of white grape, pear and residual earthy, hop spice. A surprising pepper note coupling with pear and apple notes. A swirl two thirds through the bottle unveils a good amount of undisturbed yeast. This guy contains a lot of wine like qualities with enhanced drinkability thanks in large part to the incredibly high, fizzy carbonation. Highly acidic with subdued bitterness, Saison Rue continues to carry the Bruery banner of creating traditional belgian style ales with very unconditional twists. A lot of connoisseurs will find no reason not to grab the ole trusty Saison Dupont. But those who stray off the beaten path will be rewarded.
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