Posts Tagged: Saison
Saison: Red Sky At Night, Clipper City, Baltimore, USA
Posted by on Thursday, July 3, 2008 in - 3 comments
Have I set up a saison category? I can't keep up with these things but if I did create a new category for these posts I would want it to be saison. I was sure it was going to be the next big thing back around 2005 but adding hops to the hops that just had been added to the hoppy beer seemed to be …
Beer At Yule: La Moneuse SWA, Brasserie De Blaugies, Belgium
Posted by on Saturday, December 22, 2007 in - leave a comment
We've had a look at a few beers from Brasserie de Blaugies: Darbyste , a fresh figgy saison (that I was calling a lambic for some reason); Saison d'Epeautre spelt saison; and La Moneuse, their rustic straight up saison. This is the final of the brewer's four brews to try. It's an upgrade of La …
Belgium: Saison d'Erpe-Mere, KleinBrouwerij De Glazen Toren
Posted by on Sunday, October 7, 2007 in - 1 comment
What to have with Thanksgiving turkey...and garlic and spuds, and roast Brussels Sprouts - and parsnips...and pear and ginger pie. Stuffed and wrapped figs, too. What a feed - but what to drink? I wanted something less than a tripel, less malty than a barley wine or dubbel and without the hops of …
Grill, Shed, Steak, Rain, Bieres de Garde And Saisons
Posted by on Sunday, July 1, 2007 in - 4 comments
The trouble with charcoal grilling is that when the rain comes you can't turn it off. Propane, on the other hand, has a nice dial that has a "0" setting. But there is the garden shed and, when it rains and you have visitors, it can turn out to be a delightful place to while away a late afternoon …
Belgium: Brise-BonBons, Brasserie Fantome, Soy
Posted by on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 in - 1 comment
I have to say I am in a conflict with this beer. I have liked all the Fantome I have tried...and I am supposed to approach these reviews with some sense of objectivity...supposedly. I love this beer. There I have said it. And, yes, I would marry it, seeing as you asked. Fresh pear juicy bright …
Belgium: La Moneuse, Brasserie de Blaugies, Dour
Posted by on Thursday, November 30, 2006 in - leave a comment
I just reviewed four saisons a couple of weeks ago and little did I know there was one lurking right down there...yes, just there. • Anyway, this one is by the markers of the previous reviewed Saison d'Epeautre, a spelt saison, and Darbyste, a fig lambic. 2004 on the cork. A tiny burst of cotton …
Belgium: Wallowing In Four Saisons
Posted by on Friday, November 17, 2006 in - 3 comments
Saisons are one of best kept secrets in the world of beer. In the recent book What to Drink with What You Eat, awaiting my review, Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery names "Saison du Fond" - is that a typo of "Saison Dupont"? Yes it is - as his first beer in his fantasy desert island dozen. Early …
Belgium: Fantôme Chocolat, Brasserie Fantôme, Soy
Posted by on Saturday, May 27, 2006 in - leave a comment
A saison with chocolate and chili. I have every expection that this will be weird yet chocolate and chili are an entirely respectable combination in Mexican cooking. And the brewery says that the chocolate is locally sourced. There is a good third of an inch of yeasty goo at the bottom which other …
Belgium: Three Saisons for Hogmanay
Posted by on Saturday, December 31, 2005 in - 7 comments
What to sip for for the New Year, for Hogmanay, as we wait for the baby in the sash to kick the old bearded guy with the staff out of the room as we wait for the odometer of life to click over one more digit? • What better than saison, one of the great ale styles. One, Hennepin, from Ommegang of …
Belgium: Saison In Its Silly Form
Posted by on Saturday, January 1, 2005 in - leave a comment
From Paul, our beer vendor [Ed.: ale-monger?] extraordinaire of Bury St. Edmunds, England, comes notes on a beer from Belgium's Brasserie de Silly Brouwerij called Silly Saison: • “This very fine Belgium beer is a dark amber colour, with a creamy head. It has a malty, slightly sweet toffee …
