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The Bruery
Placentia, California
Saison de Lente
Style: Saison/Farmhouse Ale
Availability: Limited - Seasonal - March - May
Format: 750ml
ABV: 6.5%
IBUs: 35
Bottle text & Info:
Our Spring Saison is light blonde in color with a fresh hoppiness and a wild and rustic Brettanomyces character. Lighter in color and alcohol than our Saison Rue, yet equally complex in its own way. Perfect for warmer weather and Spring celebrations.
Tasting Notes:
Pours a vivid goldenrod with a huge, creamy, pure white top that settles quickly leaving craggy chunks of lacing behind. Smells expressly of yeast - soap and funky barnyard bretts with some very, very subtle lemon and apple notes. Creamy mouthfeel with balance all over the board here. The esther and phenols are on the forefront with tart pear, green apple, sour lemon intermingling with clove and cardamom notes. Finishes with a lovely, leafy hop grit that brings you back for more. This was not in our ordering system and i got sufficiently crawled for ordering it (wrist slap*). F. it. well worth it. By far the most authentic replication I've had from the Bruery and my favorite so far.
The Bruery
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.
The Bruery
Placentia, California
Orchard White
Style: Witbier
Availability: Year Round
Format: 750ml
ABV: 5.7%
IBU's: 15
Bottle text & Info:
"Orchard White is an unfiltered, bottle conditioned Belgian-style witbier. This hazy, straw yellow beer is spiced with coriander, citrus peel and lavender added to the boil and whirlpool. A spicy, fruity yeast strain is used to add complexity, and rolled oats are added for a silky texture."
Tasting Notes:
Pours a pale meringue color with super active carbonation and an epic pure white head that bubbles and quickly settles to a rocky top that shows good retention. Really not a crazy amount going on with the nose but still within style. Wheat malt, lemon and wildflower - in that order. Light yet creamy, spritzy body that finishes slightly tart. Usual suspects with the coriander and the lemon peel, followed by lemon drop with some black pepper that leads into a restrained and pleasant lemon tart finish. Overall, I found this really enjoyable. I'm sure this will be too sour and not sweet enough for some. Americans are so used to these sickeningly sweet witbier replications that disgrace the originals (yes, i'm lookin at you Blue Moon.) A really interesting and refreshing interpretation of this style and for sure one of the best brewed in the U.S. of A.
